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WGU INTRODUCTION TO
SOCIOLOGY - C273 2026/2027
ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED 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.
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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
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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
WGU INTRODUCTION TO
SOCIOLOGY - C273 2026/2027
ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED 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.
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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
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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
