| A | B |
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| August Comte | proposed the use of positivism |
| Herbert Spencer | coined the phrase "the survival of the fittest" |
| Karl Marx | believed the key to human history was class struggle |
| C. Wright Mills | encouraged the use of the sociological perspective |
| Emile Durkheim | stressed how individual behavior is shaped by social factors |
| Harriet Martineau | published Society in America and translated Comte's work into English |
| Mario Brajuha | refused to turn over notes on his research on restaurant work |
| W.E.B. Du Bois | was an early African American sociologist |
| Max Weber | believed religion was central force in social change |
| Rik Scarce | imprisoned by 159 days on contempt charges |
| Robert K. Merton | used the terms functions and dysfunctions |
| Laud Humphreys | his research reflected questionable ethics |
