The idea of applying scientific method to sociology was first suggested by this early sociologist.
Who is Auguste Comte?
100
According to Emile Durkheim, industrial societies have this, which means that there is social interdependency based on highly specialized roles of society’s members.
What is organic solidarity?
100
Comté and Spencer viewed society as a living thing whose parts worked together for the common good, which mirrors this sociological theory.
What is functionalism?
100
This is a method of collecting data that consists of a series of questions that may be in either written or oral form.
What is a survey?
100
This type of research is performed by doing a thorough investigation of a single group, incident or community.
What is case study?
200
He believed in “survival of the fittest,” or Social Darwinism, when it came to society.
Who is Herbert Spencer?
200
Max Weber coined this term, which means understanding other people’s social behavior by putting yourself in their shoes.
What is verstehen?
200
Ideas for communism and a classless society were promoted by Karl Marx, which led to the development of this sociological theory?
What is conflict theory?
200
This research method involves the use of data pre-collected for a different purpose.
What is secondary analysis?
200
The degree to which two variable are connected is known as this.
What is correlation?
300
She won the Nobel Peace prize for, among other accomplishments, founding the Hull House for the less fortunate in Chicago.
Who is Jane Addams?
300
A baby waving "bye-bye" is an example of what element of symbolic interactionism?
What is a symbol?
300
The distribution of power is the most important in this sociological theory.
What is conflict theory?
300
This kind of research generates numerical data.
What is quantitative research?
300
This is the final step conducting research.
What is stating the findings and conclusions?
400
He predicted a bitter struggle between the working class and the owners of industry.
Who is Karl Marx?
400
These are the intended and unintended outcomes of behavior, according to Robert Merton.
What are functions?
400
A sociologist who suggests that people react differently to a gold band on the ring finger of the left hand implies that she believes most strongly in this theory.
What is symbolic interactionism?
400
Case study and participant observation fall under this category, which is research that is conducted in the natural setting of the group being studied.
What is field research?
400
A sample of the population that accurately reflects the characteristics of the population as a whole is known as this.
What is a representative sample?
500
He studied the social structure of African American communities and founded the NAACP.
Who is W.E.B. DuBois?
500
These are the outcomes of a behavior that are unintended yet beneficial.
What are latent functions?
500
This theory believes that inequality is an inevitable part of society that leads to progress.
What is functionalism?
500
These are the kind of questions in which a respondent answers by choosing from a set of limited, predetermined options.
What are close-ended questions?
500
When an increase in time spent exercising leads to lower rates of depression and anxiety, it has this kind of relationship.