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Auguste Conte - correct 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 toget...
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Auguste Conte - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct answer. Capitalists
they own the means of production - money, land, factories, and machines.
Proletariat - correct answer. Workers
Emile Durkheim - correct 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 - correct answer. Degree to which people are tied to their social
groups.
People with weaker social ties are more likely to commit suicide
Applying Durkheim - correct answer. Patterns of behavior or recurring patterns or
events
Max Weber - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct answer. *did writings because women were to focus on
church, cooking, children and clothes
*early female sociologist
*viewed sociology as a path to reform and improve society (stop lynchings, integrate
immigrants, improve working conditions)
W.E.B. DuBois - correct answer. black sociologist
Jane Adams - correct answer. Sociologist and social reformer
*came from wealth and privilege
*founded Hull House with Ellen Gates Starr
C. Wright Mills - correct answer. pushed sociologist to go back to push social reform
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