ESSENTIALS OF SOCIOLOGY
COMPREHENSIVE INTRODUCTORY
SOCIOLOGY STUDY GUIDE 2026
◉ society.
Answer: a group of people who share a culture and a territory
◉ what affects people's behavior and ideas.
Answer: social location:
- jobs
- income
- education
- gender
- race-ethnicity
- age
◉ auguste comte.
Answer: founder of sociology. suggested we apply the scientific
method to the social world called POSITIVISM
, Wondered what hold society together? why do we have social order
instead of anarchy or chaos? what causes society to change after
being on a set course for some time?
wanted to discover social principles and even make social reforms
with this new social science, making it impact society in hopes of
bettering the people
◉ sociology.
Answer: Greek: logos- "study of"
Latin: socius "companion" or "being with others
◉ herbert spencer.
Answer: second founder of sociology. disagreed with Comte about
social reform; Spencer believed sociologists should NOT guide social
reform.
SOCIAL DARWINISM ACTIVIST. thought that the people who were
unintelligent should let natural selection take its course so weaker
humans will cease to exist one day, social reform would be in the
way.
◉ karl marx.
COMPREHENSIVE INTRODUCTORY
SOCIOLOGY STUDY GUIDE 2026
◉ society.
Answer: a group of people who share a culture and a territory
◉ what affects people's behavior and ideas.
Answer: social location:
- jobs
- income
- education
- gender
- race-ethnicity
- age
◉ auguste comte.
Answer: founder of sociology. suggested we apply the scientific
method to the social world called POSITIVISM
, Wondered what hold society together? why do we have social order
instead of anarchy or chaos? what causes society to change after
being on a set course for some time?
wanted to discover social principles and even make social reforms
with this new social science, making it impact society in hopes of
bettering the people
◉ sociology.
Answer: Greek: logos- "study of"
Latin: socius "companion" or "being with others
◉ herbert spencer.
Answer: second founder of sociology. disagreed with Comte about
social reform; Spencer believed sociologists should NOT guide social
reform.
SOCIAL DARWINISM ACTIVIST. thought that the people who were
unintelligent should let natural selection take its course so weaker
humans will cease to exist one day, social reform would be in the
way.
◉ karl marx.