1. Theoretical Perspectives
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2. Who was considered the founder of Sociology?
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Who was considered the founder of Sociology?
HINT: Spencer, Comte, Addams

3. $100 Answer
Who was Auguste Comte?

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

5. $200 Answer
Who was Max Weber?

6. Who developed the idea of Social Darwinism?
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Who developed the idea of Social Darwinism?
HINT: Marx, Weber, or Spencer

7. Who was Herbert Spencer?
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Who was Herbert Spencer?

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

9. $400 Answer
Who was Emile Durkheim?

10. Coined the term sociological Perspective.
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Coined the term sociological
Perspective.

11. $500 Answer
Who was C. Wright Mills?

12. Societies are in relative balance.
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Societies are in relative balance.

13. Functionalist perspective
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Functionalist perspective

14. $200 Question
Anything that stands for something else and has an agreed upon meaning attached to it.

15. $200 Answer
What is symbol?

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

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What is functionalism?

18. Many elements of a society exist to benefit the powerful.
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Many elements of a society exist to benefit the powerful.

19. What is the conflict perspective?
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What is the conflict perspective?

20. We are guided by what we think others expect of us.
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We are guided by what we think others expect of us.

21. Symbolic interactionism
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Symbolic interactionism

22. Who studied African American Communities?
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Who studied African American Communities?
HINT: Mills, Dubois, Weber

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W.E.B. DuBois

24. He thought that society would be classless.
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He thought that society would be classless.

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Karl Marx

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

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Jane Addams

28. He compared society to the human body.
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He compared society to the human body.
HINT: Spencer, Marx, or Weber

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Herbert Spencer

30. Believed statistical methods could help us study human groups.
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Believed statistical methods could help us study human groups.

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Emile Durkheim

32. What is the class owning the means for producing wealth?
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What is the class owning the means for producing wealth?

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The bourgeoisie

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Approach to sociology that depicts human interaction as theatrical performances.

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What is dramaturgy?

36. What is conventional social wisdom?
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What is conventional social wisdom?

37. Ideas that people assume or believe to be true.
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Ideas that people assume or believe to be true.

38. What is positivism and who came up with the term?
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What is positivism and who came up with the term?

39. What is the use of observation and experimentation to be certain.
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What is the use of observation and experimentation to be certain.
Auguste Comte

40. $500 Question
Most people have highly specialized roles and are interdependent on each other.

41. What is organic solidarity?
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What is organic solidarity?

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

43. The conflict perspective
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The conflict perspective

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

45. Symbolic Interactionists
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Symbolic Interactionists

46. Mrs. Wozny’s children are named _____________ and ______________.
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Mrs. Wozny’s children are named
_____________ and ______________.

47. Who is Paige and Frankie
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Who is Paige and Frankie

48. What perspective does the term dramaturgy best fit into?
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What perspective does the term dramaturgy best fit into?

49. Symbolic Interactionism
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Symbolic Interactionism

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

51. Symbolic Interactionism
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Symbolic Interactionism

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

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