Download Sociologists practice quiz

The Early
Sociologists
Review Quiz!!
Q1:
 Described social dynamics as forces for
change and conflict in society
A:
 Auguste Comte
Q2:
 Who argued that sociology should be a
value-free discipline?
A:
 Max Weber
Q3:
 Who strongly advocated racial and
gender equality and cooperation among
the classes?
A:
 Harriet Martineau
Q4:
 Which functionalist argued that people
are a product of their social environment
not just biology?
A:
 Emile Durkheim
Q5:
 Based his theory on economic principles
A:
 Karl Marx
Q6:
 Studied those referred to as “sufferers”
including the poor, disabled, criminals
and alcoholics.
A:
 Harriet Martineau
Q7:
 He contributed the idea that Verstehen
(seeing the world as others do) was
important in sociology.
A:
 Max Weber
Q8:
 Felt that people had membership in
multiple groups or “social spheres”.
A:
 Georg Simmel
Q9:
 He was a contemporary of Charles
Darwin and applied evolutionary theory to
the study of society.
A:
 Herbert Spencer
Q10:
 This theorist believed a better society
would emerge if there was cooperation
amongst all classes
A:
 Harriet Martineau
Q11:
 Felt revolution brought positive change to
societies
A:
 Karl Marx
Q12:
 Proposed the idea of Positivism- that
society could be best understood through
scientific inquiry
A:
 Auguste Comte
Q13:
 Use the terms dyad and triad to
distinguish between social groups made
up of two or three members.
 Georg Simmel
Q14:
 Which sociologist believed clashes
between the bourgeoisie and proletariat
resulted in social change
A:
 Karl Marx
Q15:
 His theories discuss a way of looking at
society by linking personal troubles with
public issues to gain insight and
understanding of social behaviour and
interaction.
A:
 C. Wright Mills
Q16:
 Who believed in a theory now called
“Social Darwinism”?
A:
 Herbert Spencer
Q17:
 This sociologist focused on suicide as a
social issue.
A:
 Emile Durkheim
Q18:
 The man who created the term
“sociology”.
A:
 Auguste Comte
Q19:
 Described the breakdown of society as
“anomie”.
A:
 Emile Durkheim
Q20:
 Translated Comte’s work but unlike him
actually conducted sociological research
A:
 Harriet Martineau
Q21:
 Believed that only the “fittest" societies
would survive
A:
 Herbert Spencer
Q22:
 Noted that social interaction differs based
on the size of the social group
A:
 Georg Simmel
Q23:
 Felt that feelings of powerlessness and
alienation would lead people to unite and
seek radical change in their societies
A:
 Karl Marx
Q24:
 Many critics argued that his theory did
not account for the fact that people can
alter their environments and that the
theory justified concepts such as class
and racial and ethnic and gender
inequality
A:
 Herbert Spencer
Q25:
 Stated that the limits of human
behaviour/potential are socially, not
biologically based
A:
 Emile Durkheim
Q26:
 Described forces for order and stability in
society as social statics
A:
 Auguste Comte
Q27:
 Believed that some personal difficulties in
an individual’s life were the product of
historical and social forces and were
therefore beyond the individual’s control
A:
 C. Wright Mills
Q28:
 Many feel she should in fact be
considered a founder in the field of
sociology
A:
 Harriet Martineau
Q29:
 He strongly opposed any measures that
would alter natural selection and damage
society by favoring its “weakest/ less
worthy members”.
A:
 Herbert Spencer