Sociology - CH-1: Introduction to Sociology

What is the meaning of Sociology?

• The study of social relationships and society

• The study of human behavior

• The study of physical sciences

• The study of natural phenomena

Who is considered the 'Father of Sociology'?

• Auguste Comte

• George Simmel

• Karl Marx

• Emile Durkheim

What is the etymological meaning of Sociology?

• The science of society

• The study of human behavior

• The study of social order

• The study of human interrelations

According to George Simmel, what does Sociology study?

• The forms of human interrelations

• The social order and progress

• The physical sciences

• The natural phenomena

What is the scope of Sociology?

• Studying social relationships and society

• Studying physical sciences

• Studying natural phenomena

• Studying human behavior

What is the subject matter of sociology?

• The study of human society

• The study of natural sciences

• The study of individual psychology

• The study of physical geography

What are the three major points indicated by the definitions of sociology?

• Emphasis on social relations and events, scientific nature, and complexity

• Emphasis on individual psychology, scientific nature, and complexity

• Emphasis on physical geography, social relations and events, and complexity

• Emphasis on natural sciences, social relations and events, and complexity

What is the sociological imagination?

• A means to understand the world around us

• A means to understand marine biology

• A means to understand fish in the sea

• A means to understand common sensical knowledge

What is the nature of sociology?

• An empirical science

• A philosophical doctrine

• A theoretical and applied science

• A factual science

What were the factors that influenced the emergence of sociology?

• Commercial revolution, industrial revolution, French revolution, scientific revolution, and urbanization

• Political revolution, scientific revolution, industrial revolution, and urbanization

• Scientific revolution, commercial revolution, French revolution, and industrial revolution

• Industrial revolution, scientific revolution, French revolution, and political revolution