WGU Introduction to Sociology - C273
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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.
Proletariat - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Workers
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
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2025/2026 Exam Questions with 100%
Correct Answers | Latest Update
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.
Proletariat - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Workers
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
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