WGU C273 Introduction to Sociology Study Guide (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) | Questions and Verified Answers| Grade A| 100% Correct

WGU C273 Introduction to Sociology Study Guide (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) | Questions and Verified Answers| Grade A| 100% Correct Q: Protestant Ethic - looked for sign they were in Gods good grace - financial success-live frugal lives, saving and investing money "the spirit of capitalism" This brought about capitalism Q: Harriet Martineau Answer: - 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) Q: W.E.B. DuBois Answer: Black sociologist Q: Jane Adams Answer: Sociologist and social reformer - came from wealth and privilege - founded Hull House with Ellen Gates Starr Q: C. Wright Mills Answer: Pushed sociologist to go back to push social reform Q: Basic (or pure) sociology Answer: Sociological research for the purpose of making discoveries about life in human groups, not for making changes in those groups Q: Applied Sociology Answer: The use of sociology to solve problems from classroom integration and family relationships to crime and pollution Q: Public Sociology Answer: Applying sociology for the public good; especially sociological perspective (how things relate to one another) to guide politicians and policy makers Q: Theory Answer: General statement about how some parts of the world fit together and how they work; an explanation of how 2 or more facts are related to one another Q: 3 major theoretical perspectives Answer: Symbolic Interaction Functional analysis Conflict Theory Q: Symbolic Interaction Answer: Theoretical perspective in which society is viewed as composed of symbols that people use to establish meaning, develop their views of the world and communicate with one another Analyze how social life depends on the ways we define ourselves and others. Study face to face interactions, examine how people make sense of their live and place in it (i.e. sister vs girlfriend, brother vs boyfriend) George Herbert is one of the founders Q: Functional Analysis (functionalism, structural functionalism) Answer: Theory in which society is viewed as composed of various parts, each with a function that when fulfilled contributes to society's equilibrium. Society is made up of a whole unit of interrelated parts that work together. Q: Sociologists that had functional analysis theories Answer: Auguste Conte Herbert Spencer Emile Durkheim Robert Melton Q: Robert Melton Answer: Dismissed comparing society to a living organism, but maintained the essence of functionalism Used the terms functions, dysfunctions, manifest, latent, and latent dysfunctions Q: Function Answer: Refers to beneficial consequences of people's actions (help keep a group in balance) i.e. family running a farm Can be manifest or latent Q: Dysfunctions Answer: Harmful consequences of people's actions (they undermine the systems equilibrium) Q: manifest An action is INTENDED to help some part of the system Q: latent