WGU C273 INTRODUCTION TO
SOCIOLOGY EXAM 2024
COMPLETE 250 QUESTIONS WITH
100% CORRECT DETAILED AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS BRAND NEW
EXAM ALREADY GRADED A+
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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,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
2
,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
Max Weber - ....ANSWER...*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
Protestant Ethic - ....ANSWER...*looked for sign they
were in Gods good grace
3
, *financial success-live frugal lives, saving ant investing
money "the spirit of capitalism"
This brought about capitalism
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)
W.E.B. DuBois - ....ANSWER...black sociologist
Jane Adams - ....ANSWER...Sociologist and social
reformer
*came from wealth and privilege
*founded Hull House with Ellen Gates Starr
C. Wright Mills - ....ANSWER...pushed sociologist to
go back to push social reform
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SOCIOLOGY EXAM 2024
COMPLETE 250 QUESTIONS WITH
100% CORRECT DETAILED AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS BRAND NEW
EXAM ALREADY GRADED A+
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)
1
,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
2
,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
Max Weber - ....ANSWER...*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
Protestant Ethic - ....ANSWER...*looked for sign they
were in Gods good grace
3
, *financial success-live frugal lives, saving ant investing
money "the spirit of capitalism"
This brought about capitalism
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)
W.E.B. DuBois - ....ANSWER...black sociologist
Jane Adams - ....ANSWER...Sociologist and social
reformer
*came from wealth and privilege
*founded Hull House with Ellen Gates Starr
C. Wright Mills - ....ANSWER...pushed sociologist to
go back to push social reform
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