WGU C273 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT 2024 NEWEST REAL
EXAM VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND GUARANTEED
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+.
Karl Marx - answer Who believed the engine of human history is class conflict
*society is made up of 2 classes
*economics is a central force in social change
*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 Who 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
Max Weber - answer Who 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
*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
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
Applied Sociology - answer the use of sociology to solve problems from classroom integration
and family relationships to crime and pollution
Public Sociology - answer applying sociology for the public good; especially sociological
perspective (how things relate to one another) to guide politicians and policy makers
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
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 os one of the founders
Functional Analysis (functionalism, structural functionalism) - answer theoretical from work in
which society is viewed as composed of various parts, each with a function that when fulfilled
contributes to society's equilibrium; also known as functionalism and structural functionalism
, Society is made up of a whole unit of interrelated parts that work together.
Auguste Conte - answer Who 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 Who is described as the 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)
Sociologists that had functional analysis theories - answer Auguste Conte
Herbert Spencer
Emiline Durkheim
Robert Melton
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
Function - answer refer to beneficial consequences of people's actions (help keep a group in
balance) i.e. family running a farm
can be manifest or latent
Dysfunctions - answer harmful consequences of people's actions (they undermine the systems
equilibrium
manifest - answer an action is INTENDED to help some part of the system
latent - answer an UNINTENDED consequence that help a system adjust
OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT 2024 NEWEST REAL
EXAM VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND GUARANTEED
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+.
Karl Marx - answer Who believed the engine of human history is class conflict
*society is made up of 2 classes
*economics is a central force in social change
*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 Who 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
Max Weber - answer Who 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
*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
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
Applied Sociology - answer the use of sociology to solve problems from classroom integration
and family relationships to crime and pollution
Public Sociology - answer applying sociology for the public good; especially sociological
perspective (how things relate to one another) to guide politicians and policy makers
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
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 os one of the founders
Functional Analysis (functionalism, structural functionalism) - answer theoretical from work in
which society is viewed as composed of various parts, each with a function that when fulfilled
contributes to society's equilibrium; also known as functionalism and structural functionalism
, Society is made up of a whole unit of interrelated parts that work together.
Auguste Conte - answer Who 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 Who is described as the 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)
Sociologists that had functional analysis theories - answer Auguste Conte
Herbert Spencer
Emiline Durkheim
Robert Melton
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
Function - answer refer to beneficial consequences of people's actions (help keep a group in
balance) i.e. family running a farm
can be manifest or latent
Dysfunctions - answer harmful consequences of people's actions (they undermine the systems
equilibrium
manifest - answer an action is INTENDED to help some part of the system
latent - answer an UNINTENDED consequence that help a system adjust
