Origins of Sociology

Question 1

Émile Durkheim conducted a ground-breaking study on this topic.

Accepted Answer

Suicide

Question 2

Who co-founded Hull House?

Accepted Answer

Jane Addams

Question 3

Harriet Martineau was a pioneer of feminist theory.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Which sociologist was the head of the Mexican Border Studies Project?

Accepted Answer

Julian Samora

Question 5

Understanding social behavior by putting yourself in the place of others is known as what?

Accepted Answer

Verstehen

Question 6

Herbert Spencer compared society to:

Accepted Answer

The human body

Question 7

What social conditions led to the creation of sociology in Europe?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 8

Who is which the father of sociology?

Accepted Answer

Auguste Comte

Question 9

The theory that natural social selection would ensure the survival of the fittest society is known as what?

Accepted Answer

Social Darwinism

Question 10

Which American university was the first to have a department of sociology?

Accepted Answer

Chicago University

Question 11

The mindset that knowledge of the social world can be found only through scientific study is known as what?

Accepted Answer

Positivism

Question 12

Who founded the Tuskegee Institute?

Accepted Answer

Booker T. Washington

Question 13

W.E.B. Du Bois analyzed the social structure of which group?

Accepted Answer

African Americans

Question 14

Max Weber defined this as a mindset that emphasizes knowledge, reason, and planning.

Accepted Answer

Rationalization

Question 15

Karl Marx believed that history was defined by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Class Conflict

Question 16

Du Bois and Washington agreed on the issue of segregation.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

Durkheim believed that preindustrial societies were based on what?

Accepted Answer

Mechanical Solidarity

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