SOC 460 TEST 1 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS
Demaistre sss& sssDebonald sss- sssAnswer sssCounter-enlightenment. sssBelieved sssin
sssthe ssspower sssof sssauthority sssand sssof ssshaving sssone sssperson sssin ssspower.
sssConservative sssthinking ssswith sssreligious sssfoundation. sssEmphasized ssssocial
sssorder sssand ssssociety.
Enlightenment/Comte sss- sssAnswer sssInfluenced sssby sssphilosophy sss& sssscience.
sssApplied sssscientific sssmethod sssto ssssocial sssissues.
Social ssscontract sss- sssAnswer sssComte sssbelieved sssyou sssneed sssconsensus sssover
sssbasic sssrules sss(constitution), sssdivision sssof ssslabor, sssand sssforce sss(police).
Comte's sssprogression sssof sssknowledge sss- sssAnswer sssEpistemology sss- ssstheory sssof
sssknowledge. sssComte sssbelieve sssthat sssideas sssgovern sssthe sssworld sssand sssthat
sssideas sssare sssexplained sssthrough ssshistory sss(idealist). sssMethod sssto ssslearn ssswas
sssthrough sssobservation, sssexperimentation, sssand ssscomparison.
Social sssStatics sss- sssAnswer sssInvestigation sssof ssslaws sssof sssaction/reaction sssof
sssthe sssdifferent sssparts sssof sssthe ssssocial ssssystem. sssThe sssmethod sssof sssanalyzing
sssthis sssmethod sssof sssstudy sssis sssthrough ssstheory sss(deducing ssshuman sssnature).
sssFocused ssson ssssociety sssas sssa ssswhole sssrather sssthan sssthe sssindividual.
Social sssdynamics sss- sssAnswer sssSociety sssfollows sssa ssslaw sssof ssssuccessive
sssdevelopment sss(phenomena) sssthat ssscan sssbe sssunderstood.
Positivism sss- sssAnswer sssThe ssssearch sssfor sssinvariant ssslaws sssof sssboth sssthe
sssnatural sssand ssssocial sssworld sssthrough ssstheory sssand sssresearch.
Law sssof sssthree sssstages sss- sssAnswer sssTheological, sssmetaphysical, sssand
ssspositivist sssstages
Theological sssstage sss- sssAnswer ssshuman sssmind sssis ssssearching sssfor sssthe sssnature
sssof sssthings sss(origin)
Metaphysical sssstage sss- sssAnswer sssNature sssand sssother sssabstract sssforces sssare
sssused sssto sssexplain sssthings.
COMPLETE ANSWERS
Demaistre sss& sssDebonald sss- sssAnswer sssCounter-enlightenment. sssBelieved sssin
sssthe ssspower sssof sssauthority sssand sssof ssshaving sssone sssperson sssin ssspower.
sssConservative sssthinking ssswith sssreligious sssfoundation. sssEmphasized ssssocial
sssorder sssand ssssociety.
Enlightenment/Comte sss- sssAnswer sssInfluenced sssby sssphilosophy sss& sssscience.
sssApplied sssscientific sssmethod sssto ssssocial sssissues.
Social ssscontract sss- sssAnswer sssComte sssbelieved sssyou sssneed sssconsensus sssover
sssbasic sssrules sss(constitution), sssdivision sssof ssslabor, sssand sssforce sss(police).
Comte's sssprogression sssof sssknowledge sss- sssAnswer sssEpistemology sss- ssstheory sssof
sssknowledge. sssComte sssbelieve sssthat sssideas sssgovern sssthe sssworld sssand sssthat
sssideas sssare sssexplained sssthrough ssshistory sss(idealist). sssMethod sssto ssslearn ssswas
sssthrough sssobservation, sssexperimentation, sssand ssscomparison.
Social sssStatics sss- sssAnswer sssInvestigation sssof ssslaws sssof sssaction/reaction sssof
sssthe sssdifferent sssparts sssof sssthe ssssocial ssssystem. sssThe sssmethod sssof sssanalyzing
sssthis sssmethod sssof sssstudy sssis sssthrough ssstheory sss(deducing ssshuman sssnature).
sssFocused ssson ssssociety sssas sssa ssswhole sssrather sssthan sssthe sssindividual.
Social sssdynamics sss- sssAnswer sssSociety sssfollows sssa ssslaw sssof ssssuccessive
sssdevelopment sss(phenomena) sssthat ssscan sssbe sssunderstood.
Positivism sss- sssAnswer sssThe ssssearch sssfor sssinvariant ssslaws sssof sssboth sssthe
sssnatural sssand ssssocial sssworld sssthrough ssstheory sssand sssresearch.
Law sssof sssthree sssstages sss- sssAnswer sssTheological, sssmetaphysical, sssand
ssspositivist sssstages
Theological sssstage sss- sssAnswer ssshuman sssmind sssis ssssearching sssfor sssthe sssnature
sssof sssthings sss(origin)
Metaphysical sssstage sss- sssAnswer sssNature sssand sssother sssabstract sssforces sssare
sssused sssto sssexplain sssthings.
