1.  A paradigm is a set of  ______________________________ that shape and underlie explanations of why society is the way it is 

2.  In relation to paradigms & social theory, the paradigm of conflict theory is a general theoretical approach that develops a set of questions, values, & theories on the conflicting values in society which yields a societal  ______________________________ 

3.  In relation to an intro to methods, a  _________________________________  usually involves some kind of cause effect relationship between two or more variables 

4.  In relation to social laws, while law's are _____________________________ , there are there are no truly universal laws in society 

5.  The political revolutions that affected the early social sciences were characterized by  _________________________________ , the fall of monarchy, & the Rise of "the rabble," aka the middle class 

6.  The Enlightenment blamed people in authority, especially the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church, for keeping people in  __________________________  in order to maintain their own personal power 

7.  One of the tenets of early sociology was that  ____________________  was seen as the most important unit of analysis 

8.  Saint-Simon's theory is disjointed & piecemeal, but accepts many of  __________________________ 's ideas 

9.  In his six volume work, The Course of Positive Philosophy (1830-1842), Comte framed his "law of the  ____________________________ " 

10.  One of the fundamental principles of Marxism is that the  _____________________________  controls the economy 

11.  American income distribution demonstrates that the richest  ___________ % has more income than all the rest 

12.  Durkheim is usually categorized as a  ____________________________  because many of his ideas have been utilized by that discipline 

13.  One of Durkheim's major points is that society & social behavior can be studied  _________________________ 

14.  For Weber, the bureaucracy is the ultimate rational social  ________________________ 

15.  Weber analyzes the role of  _______________________________  in bureaucracy & concludes that they have the best chance of breaking out of the "Iron Cage of Rationality" 

Essays should be two, average length, hand written pages long.  Be sure & answer all parts of the question. 

1.  In the development of sociology, there are several social factors affecting early sociology as well as the tenets of early sociology.  Discuss how these social factors, as well as the tenets, are embraced, utilized, or contradicted or ignored by Marxism.