Sociology 100 Midterm 1 Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
sociology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the social science that studies the
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development, structuring and functioning of human society
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sociological imagination - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the capacity to shift
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from the perspective of the personal experience to the grander, societal
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scale, that has caused of influenced that personal experience
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C. Wright Mills - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-coined the term and idea of the
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sociological imagination |
Thomas Malthus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-modern sociologist in the
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1700's-1800's
Ibn Khaldûn - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-first person to carry out a
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systematic study of sociological subjects and set his thoughts down in
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writing in the 1300's
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, Auguste Comte - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a proponent of positivist
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philosophy, he aimed to develop a social science that could be used for
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social reconstruction
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Harriet Martineau - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-widely viewed as the first
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women sociologist, she wrote extensively on social, economic, and
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historical topics and translated several of Comte's works
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Karl Marx - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the founder of modern communism,
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he viewed social change in terms of economic factors
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Herbert Spencer - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-social evolutionist sought to
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apply Darwin's theory of natural selection to human societies and
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coined the term "survival of the fittest"
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Friedrich Nietzsche - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-philosopher rejected
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Christianity's compassion for the weak and championed the "will to
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power" and the "superman" who could rise above the restrictions of
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ordinary morality |
Thorstein Veblen - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-economist and social critic
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attacked American "conspicuous consumption"
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Questions With Correct Answers
sociology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the social science that studies the
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development, structuring and functioning of human society
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sociological imagination - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the capacity to shift
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from the perspective of the personal experience to the grander, societal
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scale, that has caused of influenced that personal experience
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C. Wright Mills - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-coined the term and idea of the
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sociological imagination |
Thomas Malthus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-modern sociologist in the
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1700's-1800's
Ibn Khaldûn - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-first person to carry out a
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systematic study of sociological subjects and set his thoughts down in
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writing in the 1300's
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, Auguste Comte - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a proponent of positivist
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philosophy, he aimed to develop a social science that could be used for
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social reconstruction
|
Harriet Martineau - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-widely viewed as the first
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women sociologist, she wrote extensively on social, economic, and
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historical topics and translated several of Comte's works
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Karl Marx - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the founder of modern communism,
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he viewed social change in terms of economic factors
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Herbert Spencer - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-social evolutionist sought to
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apply Darwin's theory of natural selection to human societies and
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coined the term "survival of the fittest"
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Friedrich Nietzsche - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-philosopher rejected
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Christianity's compassion for the weak and championed the "will to
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power" and the "superman" who could rise above the restrictions of
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ordinary morality |
Thorstein Veblen - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-economist and social critic
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attacked American "conspicuous consumption"
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