Theoretical Perspectives Jeopardy *Don’t forget to study the different social sciences on your own, they aren’t in the Jeopardy game. Early Sociologists Theoretical Perspectives More on sociologists More perspectives Important Terms Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

Who was considered the founder of Sociology? $100 Question Who was considered the founder of Sociology? HINT: Spencer, Comte, Addams

$100 Answer Who was Auguste Comte?

concept of ‘verstehen’ to study groups of people? $200 Question Who said we needed the concept of ‘verstehen’ to study groups of people? HINT: Weber, Comte, or Marx

$200 Answer Who was Max Weber?

Who developed the idea of Social Darwinism? $300 Question Who developed the idea of Social Darwinism? HINT: Marx, Weber, or Spencer

Who was Herbert Spencer? $300 Answer Who was Herbert Spencer?

Who spent a great deal of time studying suicide in terms of sociology? $400 Question Who spent a great deal of time studying suicide in terms of sociology? HINT: Durkheim, Weber, or Spencer

$400 Answer Who was Emile Durkheim?

Coined the term sociological Perspective. $500 Question Coined the term sociological Perspective.

$500 Answer Who was C. Wright Mills?

Societies are in relative balance. $100 Question Societies are in relative balance.

Functionalist perspective $100 Answer Functionalist perspective

$200 Question Anything that stands for something else and has an agreed upon meaning attached to it.

$200 Answer What is symbol?

$300 Question Emphasizes the contributions of each part of society and how these parts work together to create a unified whole.

$300 Answer What is functionalism?

Many elements of a society exist to benefit the powerful. $400 Question Many elements of a society exist to benefit the powerful.

What is the conflict perspective? $400 Answer What is the conflict perspective?

We are guided by what we think others expect of us. $500 Question We are guided by what we think others expect of us.

Symbolic interactionism $500 Answer Symbolic interactionism

Who studied African American Communities? $100 Question Who studied African American Communities? HINT: Mills, Dubois, Weber

$100 Answer W.E.B. DuBois

He thought that society would be classless. $200 Question He thought that society would be classless.

$200 Answer Karl Marx

Focused on women’s rights and founded the Hull House. $300 Question Focused on women’s rights and founded the Hull House. HINT: Addams, Martineau, or Spencer

$300 Answer Jane Addams

He compared society to the human body. $400 Question He compared society to the human body. HINT: Spencer, Marx, or Weber

$400 Answer Herbert Spencer

Believed statistical methods could help us study human groups. $500 Question Believed statistical methods could help us study human groups.

$500 Answer Emile Durkheim

What is the class owning the means for producing wealth? $100 Question What is the class owning the means for producing wealth?

$100 Answer The bourgeoisie

$200 Question Approach to sociology that depicts human interaction as theatrical performances.

$200 Answer What is dramaturgy?

What is conventional social wisdom? $300 Question What is conventional social wisdom?

Ideas that people assume or believe to be true. $300 Answer Ideas that people assume or believe to be true.

What is positivism and who came up with the term? $400 Question What is positivism and who came up with the term?

What is the use of observation and experimentation to be certain. $400 Answer What is the use of observation and experimentation to be certain. Auguste Comte

$500 Question Most people have highly specialized roles and are interdependent on each other.

What is organic solidarity? $500 Answer What is organic solidarity?

$100 Question An approach emphasizing the role of conflict, competition, and constraint within a society.

The conflict perspective $100 Answer The conflict perspective

$200 Question They emphasize that people can communicate because they share words, gestures, and physical objects that have similar meanings to all of them.

Symbolic Interactionists $200 Answer Symbolic Interactionists

Mrs. Wozny’s children are named _____________ and ______________. $300 Question Mrs. Wozny’s children are named _____________ and ______________.

Who is Paige and Frankie $300 Answer Who is Paige and Frankie

What perspective does the term dramaturgy best fit into? $400 Question What perspective does the term dramaturgy best fit into?

Symbolic Interactionism $400 Answer Symbolic Interactionism

500 question Social life should be understood from the viewpoint of the individuals involved.

Symbolic Interactionism 500 answer Symbolic Interactionism

Final Jeopardy Who published the term sociological imagination and what does it mean?

Final Jeopardy Answer C. Wright Mills The ability to see the link between society and self.