Terms
The scientific study of society and human group behavior
Sociology
Sociology originated in
Europe
He was not a sociologist, but his political ideas created the development of the conflict perspective.
Karl Marx
A systematic method to obtain knowledge and test theories
Science
This was an effort to overthrow the supreme power of government controlled by the monarchs.
French Revolution
First African American to graduate from Harvard with a PhD.
W.E.B. DuBois
Various ways to view general patterns in society
Sociological perspectives
This was a great change that increased mobility, new kinds of employment, and replaced manpower with machinery.
Industrial Revolution
Co-founder of the Hull House in Chicago and first female to win a Noble Peace Prize in the US.
Jane Addams
The social context explored in a study examining how individuals responded to COVID initially
Age
Created for the term sociology and positivism
Auguste Comte
Supporter of the structural functionalist perspective and viewed society as supported the idea of the "survival of the fittest"
Herbert Spencer
This term was created by C. Wright Mills
Sociological imagination
This social change increased poverty among the mass population.
Supporter of two major sociological perspectives
Max Weber