Social Sciences
Development of Sociology
People
Theory
Research
100
This social science is the study of past events and people.
What is History?
100
This revolution gave the 13 colonies independence from Britain based on individual rights and democracy.
What is the American Revolution?
100
He is considered the founder of sociology.
Who is Auguste Comte?
100
This theory states that society is inherently unequal and that competition between social groups leads to conflict, which leads to change.
What is conflict theory?
100
This method is used to study large groups of people and has two types, questionnaires and interviews.
What is survey?
200
This social science studies human society and social behavior.
What is Sociology?
200
This revolution, beginning in 1789, overthrew a monarchy and created a new government based on democracy and individual rights.
What is the French Revolution?
200
He created the idea of Social Darwinism.
Who is Herbert Spencer?
200
This theory studies how individuals interact with each other.
What is interactionist theory?
200
This method requires researchers to watch their subjects.
What is observation?
300
This social science studies behavior and mental processes.
What is Psychology?
300
This "revolution" caused cities and industry to grow rapidly, leading to an increase in crime and pollution, as well as a shortage in housing.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
300
The original conflict theorist, he was obsessed with the imbalance of power between owners and workers and advocated revolution to bring about change.
Who is Karl Marx?
300
This theory, a subset of conflict theory, focuses on the inequalities between the genders.
What is feminism?
300
This method uses information from the past.
What is historical method?
400
This social science studies choices people make to satisfy their needs and wants.
What is Economics?
400
This term means to look at social life in a scientific, systematic way free from bias.
What is sociological perspective?
400
He focused on the individual in society and was one of the first social psychologists. He advocated putting oneself in another's shoes to understand their thoughts and feelings.
Who is Max Weber?
400
This theory focuses on how the elements of society work together to produce a stable social system.
What is functionalist theory?
400
This is an intensive study and may use elements of all sociological research methods.
What is a case study?
500
This social science is the comparative study of past and present cultures.
What is Anthropology?
500
This term describes the ability to see the connection between the larger world and your personal life.
What is sociological imagination?
500
He was the first to use the scientific method to study society and coined the term "function" to describe the different parts of society.
Who is Emile Durkheim?
500
Someone studying how symbols communicate different things to different people is a _________________ theorist.
What is interactionist theory?
500
This method counts the uses of words or symbols in a specific context.
What is content analysis?
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