Founding Sociologists
Who is known as the “Father of Sociology”?
Who is Auguste Comte?
The scientific study of society and human behavior.
What is sociology?
The study of human cultures, past and present
What is anthropology?
The working class who sell their labor to survive.
Who are the proletariat?
Looking at unemployment as an economic and social issue instead of laziness.
What is the sociological perspective?
Which French sociologist studied how societies maintain stability and created sociology as an academic discipline?
Who is Émile Durkheim?
Organized patterns of roles, relationships, and institutions.
What is social structure?
The study of the human mind and behavior.
What is psychology?
The wealthy, property-owning class who control the means of production.
Who are the bourgeoisie?
Who coined the term “sociology”?
Who is Auguste Comte?
Which American sociologist introduced the idea of “double consciousness”?
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
The ability to connect personal experiences to broader social and historical forces.
What is sociological imagination?
The study of governments, systems, and political behavior.
What is political science?
Marx believed that conflict between these two groups would lead to revolution.
Who are the bourgeoisie and the proletariat?
This German thinker studied how religion influenced economics.
Who is Max Weber?
Which sociologist encouraged people to use the “sociological imagination”?
Who is C. Wright Mills?
The idea that knowledge should be based on observable facts, not speculation.
What is positivism?
The study of how people and environments interact.
What is human geography?
A person who owns and invests in businesses for profit.
What is a capitalist?
Studying crime rates using data instead of personal opinion is an example of this approach.
What is positivism?
Who studied the relationship between culture, religion, and economics, especially the Protestant work ethic?
Who is Max Weber?
The processes by which societies change and evolve over time.
What are social dynamics?
Who is called the “Father of American Anthropology”?
Who is Franz Boas?
Which economist is known as the “Father of Capitalism”?
Who is Adam Smith?
W.E.B. Du Bois described African Americans experiencing two identities shaped by society.
What is double consciousness?