SOC 102 Quiz 1 Study Guide 1

SOC 102 - Principles of Sociology

Kerich – Quiz 1 (Ch. 1-2) Study Guide

1. Understand how sociology began as a discipline
2. Be familiar with the key historical figures in sociology and their primary contributions/theories.
   1. August Comte:
   2. Herbert Spencer:
   3. Karl Marx:
   4. Emile Durkheim
   5. Max Weber:
3. Understand the meaning of the sociological imagination
4. Have a basic understanding of sociology’s three theoretical perspectives
   1. Structural functionalism:
   2. Conflict Theory:
   3. Symbolic Interactionalism:
5. Know Robert Merton’s theory of functions/dysfunctions  
6. Understand the difference between a macro and micro level of analysis
   1. Macro level of analysis:
   2. Micro level of analysis: