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the scientific study of societies and social life. -It is a result of the industrial revolution - correct answers sociology ○ "Social physics" or "sociology" ○ Thought that through this new science, they could discover governing laws of human behavior > The word sociology was coined...

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the scientific study of societies and social life.

-It is a result of the industrial revolution - correct answers ✔✔sociology

○ "Social physics" or "sociology"

○ Thought that through this new science, they could discover governing laws of human behavior

> The word sociology was coined by this French sociologist, but some people say it was coined
back in 1776 by a guy named Adam Smith. - correct answers ✔✔Auguste Comte

Published The Wealth of Nations. In this book Smith argued for a free market economy "Laissez-
Faire" which can be translated as "leave it alone". At this time the government had nothing to
do with economy. Smith said there was a certain invisible king with the market and it will
control the production of goods. Free American competition will make sure that goods are
available in descent quality at a good price. The process of demand will work out itself. For
example, if the demand goes up more will be produced and if the demand goes down less will
be produced. - correct answers ✔✔Adam Smith

Emphasized on "High Division of Labor" this means that everyone is specialized at what they do.
Before assembly production if you were a carriage maker you made a carriage. With assembly
line production this changed. Now you had different set of workers making different parts of
things. Smith said this was a far more productive way of producing goods. This will maximize the
efficient of production. For example, if it takes longer to make wheels put more people on the
wheel assembly. So the number of wheels corresponds to another part of the assembly. -
correct answers ✔✔Adam Smith

Another founding father of sociology back in the mid-1800's. Like most sociologist at this time
they were something else before they were sociologist. He was a doctor and biologist. He was
very influenced by Darwin and Wallace in England. He found the similarities of science and

, society by using how society's division from simpler forms to more complex ways as they grow
more and more into a society. A more complex society was like higher animals (mammals,
humans,) where their bodies were made up of all different kinds of things. Each of these
specialized organs provides a special function. Spencer said complex societies are the same way
they each have their different parts and each provide some special function to maintain that
society. If something goes wrong with one part that will affect all the other parts. - correct
answers ✔✔Herbert Spencer

looks at the different parts of society and what it makes as a whole. This is one of the three
main theories in sociology. Herbert Spencer created it. - correct answers ✔✔Structural
Functionalism

He developed sociology into a major theory. He based his ideas on Spencer's and other
anthropologist. He said if we want to understand society you need to look at each part of
society (the traditions, holidays, and physical artifacts.) We need to learn which function each of
these parts provides to maintain a society. This has been the dominant theory in sociology for
the last few years. Parson never got his PHD but he was still one of the top sociologists in the
21st century. Structural Functionalism is based on Spencer's theory. But, ________ came up
with it several years later - correct answers ✔✔Talcotl Parsons

He was one of Parsons graduate students who tried to address some of the criticism of Parson
work. He defined this idea of functions. He said we can find things that are function and
dysfunction in society. Some things can be functional and dysfunctional at the same time. The
automobile for example is a good way of transportation but it burns fossil fuels and pollutes our
air. - correct answers ✔✔Robert K. Merton

We look at certain things in our society and there is an obvious function. "_________" are
clearly understood functions of some aspect of our society. For example, every society has some
type of education system. Our function of education is to teach people. This is the manifest
function of our education system. - correct answers ✔✔Manifest Functions

Our education system has a lot of other functions that people don't think about or recognize as
well. These types of functions are called "Latent Functions". They don't come to the public

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