Contributions of:

Question 1

Robert Merton:

Answer 1

He is an American sociologist who studied what happens when behaviour violates the standard of conduct or expectations in society.

• He was a functional theorist
• Merton’s typology

Question 2

Harold Garfinkel

Answer 2

walking backwards up a flight of stairs
facing everyone on an elevator
standing to eat in a restaurant

Question 3

Solomon Asch

Answer 3

Asch line experiment

Question 4

Auguste Compte

Answer 4

Is a french philosopher who coined the word sociology

Question 5

Emile Durkheim

Answer 5

Is a french sociologist, who partook in a controversial study of suicide. His school of thought is structural functionalism.

Question 6

Karl Marx

Answer 6

A German economic historian believed that society is a constant fight for domination. EX: the proletariat vs the Bourgeoisie. He is associated with Conflict theory

Question 7

Herbert Blumer

Answer 7

An American sociologist who introduced the idea of cultural relativism Micro sociology

Question 8

Stanley Milgram

Answer 8

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