WGU INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY - C273 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

WGU INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY - C273 UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. 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)

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2. 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)

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3. 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

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4. Bourgeoisie
Answer:
Capitalists they own the means of production - money, land, factories, and machines.

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5. Proletariat
Answer:
Workers

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6. 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)

, Question:
7. Social Integration
Answer:
Degree to which people are tied to their social groups.
People with weaker social ties are more likely to commit suicide

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8. Applying Durkheim
Answer:
Patterns of behavior or recurring patterns or events

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9. Max Weber
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*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

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10. Protestant Ethic
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*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

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11. Harriet Martineau
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*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)

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12. W.E.B. DuBois
Answer:
black sociologist

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13. Jane Adams
Answer:
Sociologist and social reformer *came from wealth and privilege *founded Hull House with Ellen Gates
Starr

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14. C. Wright Mills
Answer:
pushed sociologist to go back to push social reform