WGU Introduction to Sociology - C273 Study Guide Exam And Actual Answers.
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WGU C273
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WGU C273
Auguste Conte - Answer Suggested we apply scientific method to social world, which is known as Positivism
Viewed society as a living organism, similar to an animals body - must function together to function smoothly. (functional analysis)
Herbert Spencer - Answer *Called 2nd founder of ...
WGU Introduction to Sociology - C273
Study Guide Exam And Actual Answers.
Auguste Conte - Answer Suggested we apply scientific method to social world, which is known as
Positivism
Viewed society as a living organism, similar to an animals body - must function together to function
smoothly. (functional analysis)
Herbert Spencer - Answer *Called 2nd founder of sociology
*disagreed with Conte, believed sociologists should not guide social reform
*societies are evolving from lower to higher form
*society's most capable and intelligent members service - the less capable die out
*fittest members produce a more advanced society "The survival of the fittest" or "Social Darwinism"
(credited to Darwin because he applied it to organisms.
Viewed society as a living organism, similar to an animals body - must function together to function
smoothly. (functional analysis)
Karl Marx - Answer *believed the engine of human history is class conflict
*society is made up of 2 classes
*economics is a central force in social change
*Bourgeoisie - capitalist own the means of production, money, land, factories and machines
*Proletariat - workers;
*workers will unite and bread their chains of bondage
*introduced Conflict Theory
*did not think of himself as a sociologist
Bourgeoisie - Answer Capitalists
they own the means of production - money, land, factories, and machines.
, Proletariat - Answer Workers
Emile Durkheim - Answer *succeeded in getting sociology recognized as a separate academic discipline
*how social forces affect peoples behavior
*Social Integration
when all parts of society full their part it is in a "normal" state, if they do not fulfill their function it is in
an "abnormal" or pathological state. (functional analysis)
Social Integration - Answer Degree to which people are tied to their social groups.
People with weaker social ties are more likely to commit suicide
Applying Durkheim - Answer Patterns of behavior or recurring patterns or events
Max Weber - Answer *used cross culture and historical materials to trace the cause of social change
and how social groups affect peoples orientation to life
*disagreed with Karl Marx
*Roman Catholics taught to hold on to tradition, protestant taught to embrace change
*Protestant ethic
Protestant Ethic - Answer *looked for sign they were in Gods good grace
*financial success-live frugal lives, saving ant investing money "the spirit of capitalism"
This brought about capitalism
Harriet Martineau - Answer *did writings because women were to focus on church, cooking, children
and clothes
*early female sociologist
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