Sociology

Famous sociologists

100

Who was often called the "father or sociology", he named the discipline and pushed for a society based on scientific reasoning? 

Auguste Comte 

200

Who provided a functionalist understanding of crime and developed the concept of "social facts" 

Emile Durkheim 

300

Hard quest: 

Who founded Hull-House in Chicago and focused on social reform for immigrants? 

A) C. Wright Mills 

B) Harriet Martineau 

C) Jane Addams 

C) Jane Addams 

400

Who coined the term "sociological imagination" to connect personal troubles to public issues? 

C. Wright Mills

500

Who was the German philosopher and economist predicted a worker revolt against capitalism? 

Karl Marx

Subculture vs Counterculture

100

Define Culture 

The language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviors, and even material objects that are being passed down from one generation to the other. 

200

Define subculture 

The values and related behaviors of a group that distinguish its members from the larger culture; a world within a world.

300

Define Counterculture 

A group whose values, beliefs, and related behaviors place its members in opposition to the broader culture.

400

What challenges do subcultures and countercultures face in gaining acceptance?

Gaining acceptance 

500

Are all these examples? 

1960s hippies, the Old Order Amish and Cults

yes. 

True or False

100

True or False? 

Social norms are the rules of behavior that are considered acceptable in a group or society? 

TRUEEEE

200

True or False..? 

The environment or situation does NOT influence the norms...

False 

300

True or False... 

Norms are usually done without thinking about them ...

True 

400

True or False.. 

How you look and talk have a big role in norms 

TRUE

500

Hard question.. 

True or False.. 

Applying the scientific method to the social world is called..empiricism.. 

FALSE

Social Stratification

100

Define social stratification?

This term refers to the ability to move up or down the social ladder 

200

Define Ethnicity 

This refers to shared cultural traits. 

300

How is race measured? 

By looking at the racial identity, personal and subjective 

400

Yes or no question 

Does social class dictate your style, opportunities and the behavior? 

Yes

500

Define sovereignty 

Self-determination within nations and the interactions with the world.   

Trivia

100

In Home Alone, the McCallisters are headed to this European city when they leave Kevin behind

What is Paris 

200

This popular Christmas carol, which includes the lyric "have a cup of cheer," was originally composed as a Thanksgiving song.

Jingle Bells

300

What is the only part that is fully grown from birth? 

Eyes

400

What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?

A diamond 💎 

500

What is the only land mammal that can’t jump ? 

Elephant 🐘