Soc 200 Exam 1 questions and answers

Sociology The study of groups and group interactions Who is Auguste Comte? founder of sociology What were Auguste contributions Focused on social order and change Augustus comtes positivism Said all societies have three basic stages (theological , metaphysical, and scientific) also said societies are based on scientific laws (use scientific method) C. Wright Mills' Sociological Imagination the ability to see the relationship between individual experiences and the larger society (peoples behavior in relationship to history and social structure) Conflict Theory the idea that conflict between competing interests is the basic, animating force of social change and society in general What approach is the conflict theory Macro level German philosopher Karl Marx saw what Saw society as being made up of Social class social institutions patterns of beliefs and behaviors focused on meeting social needs Quantitative research methods Being asked yes or no questions to collect data in numerical form Qualitative Research methods Harder to organize, more opinion based, not numerical What did Karl Marx do Wrote the Communist Manifesto