WGU C273 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY TEST BANK
EXAM NEWEST VERSION 2025 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS \\ACTUAL EXAM
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an individual who tries to keep the group moving
instrumental leader
toward its goals; also known as a task-oriented
leader
an individual who increases harmony and minimizes
expressive leader
conflict in a group; also known as a socioemotional
leader
leadership styles ways in which people express their leadership
authoritarian leader an individual who leads by giving orders
democratic leader an individual who leads by trying to reach a consensus
laissez-faire leader an individual who leads by being highly permissive
a narrowing of thought by a group of people, leading to
groupthink
the perception that there is only one correct answer and
that to even suggest alternatives is a sign of disloyalty
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Suggested we apply scientific method to social world, which is
known as Positivism
Auguste Conte
Viewed society as a living organism, similar to an
animals body - must function together to function
smoothly. (functional analysis)
*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
Herbert Spencer
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)
*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,
Karl Marx 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
Capitalists
Bourgeoisie
they own the means of production - money, land, factories, and
machines.
Proletariat Workers
*succeeded in getting sociology recognized as a separate
academic discipline
*how social forces affect peoples behavior
Emile Durkheim *Social Integration
when all parts of society full their part it is in a
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