WGU Introduction to Sociology - C273 Correct 100%!! Auguste Conte - ANSWER Suggested we apply scientific method to social world, which
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.
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