WGU Introduction to Sociology - C273 Test Questions with
Answers Graded A
Auguste Conte - -Suggested we apply Bourgeoisie - -Capitalists
scientific method to social world, which is they own the means of production - money,
known as Positivism land, factories, and machines.
Viewed society as a living organism, similar
to an animals body - must function together Proletariat - -Workers
to function smoothly. (functional analysis)
Emile Durkheim - -*succeeded in
Herbert Spencer - -*Called 2nd getting sociology recognized as a separate
founder of sociology academic discipline
*disagreed with Conte, believed sociologists *how social forces affect peoples behavior
should not guide social reform *Social Integration
*societies are evolving from lower to higher
form when all parts of society full their part it is in a
*society's most capable and intelligent "normal" state, if they do not fulfill their
members service - the less capable die out function it is in an "abnormal" or pathological
*fittest members produce a more advanced state. (functional analysis)
society "The survival of the fittest" or "Social
Darwinism" (credited to Darwin because he
applied it to organisms. Social Integration - -Degree to which
people are tied to their social groups.
Viewed society as a living organism, similar
to an animals body - must function together People with weaker social ties are more likely
to function smoothly. (functional analysis) to commit suicide
Karl Marx - -*believed the engine of Applying Durkheim - -Patterns of
human history is class conflict behavior or recurring patterns or events
*society is made up of 2 classes
*economics is a central force in social
change Max Weber - -*used cross culture and
*Bourgeoisie - capitalist own the means of historical materials to trace the cause of
production, money, land, factories and social change and how social groups affect
machines peoples orientation to life
*Proletariat - workers; *disagreed with Karl Marx
*workers will unite and bread their chains of *Roman Catholics taught to hold on to
bondage tradition, protestant taught to embrace
*introduced Conflict Theory change
*did not think of himself as a sociologist *Protestant ethic
, WGU Introduction to Sociology - C273 Test Questions with
Answers Graded A
Protestant Ethic - -*looked for sign they
were in Gods good grace Public Sociology - -applying sociology
*financial success-live frugal lives, saving ant for the public good; especially sociological
investing money "the spirit of capitalism" perspective (how things relate to one another)
This brought about capitalism to guide politicians and policy makers
Harriet Martineau - -*did writings Theory - -general statement about how
because women were to focus on church, some parts of the world fit together and how
cooking, children and clothes they work; an explanation of how 2 or more
*early female sociologist facts are related to one another
*viewed sociology as a path to reform and
improve society (stop lynchings, integrate
immigrants, improve working conditions) 3 major theories - -Symbolic
Interaction
Functional analysis
W.E.B. DuBois - -black sociologist Conflict Theory
Jane Adams - -Sociologist and social Symbolic Interaction - -theoretical
reformer perspective in which society is viewed as
*came from wealth and privilege composed of symbols that people use to
*founded Hull House with Ellen Gates Starr establish meaning, develop their views of the
world and communicate with one another
C. Wright Mills - -pushed sociologist to Analyze how social life depends on the ways
go back to push social reform we define ourselves and others. Study face to
face interactions, examine how people make
sense of their live and place in it
Basic (or pure) sociology - -
sociological research for the purpose of i.e. sister vs girlfriend, brother vs boyfriend
making discoveries about life in human
groups, not for making changes in those George Herbert os one of the founders
groups
Functional Analysis (functionalism, structural
Applied Sociology - -the use of functionalism) - -theoretical from work
sociology to solve problems from classroom in which society is viewed as composed of
integration and family relationships to crime various parts, each with a function that when
and pollution fulfilled contributes to society's equilibrium;
Answers Graded A
Auguste Conte - -Suggested we apply Bourgeoisie - -Capitalists
scientific method to social world, which is they own the means of production - money,
known as Positivism land, factories, and machines.
Viewed society as a living organism, similar
to an animals body - must function together Proletariat - -Workers
to function smoothly. (functional analysis)
Emile Durkheim - -*succeeded in
Herbert Spencer - -*Called 2nd getting sociology recognized as a separate
founder of sociology academic discipline
*disagreed with Conte, believed sociologists *how social forces affect peoples behavior
should not guide social reform *Social Integration
*societies are evolving from lower to higher
form when all parts of society full their part it is in a
*society's most capable and intelligent "normal" state, if they do not fulfill their
members service - the less capable die out function it is in an "abnormal" or pathological
*fittest members produce a more advanced state. (functional analysis)
society "The survival of the fittest" or "Social
Darwinism" (credited to Darwin because he
applied it to organisms. Social Integration - -Degree to which
people are tied to their social groups.
Viewed society as a living organism, similar
to an animals body - must function together People with weaker social ties are more likely
to function smoothly. (functional analysis) to commit suicide
Karl Marx - -*believed the engine of Applying Durkheim - -Patterns of
human history is class conflict behavior or recurring patterns or events
*society is made up of 2 classes
*economics is a central force in social
change Max Weber - -*used cross culture and
*Bourgeoisie - capitalist own the means of historical materials to trace the cause of
production, money, land, factories and social change and how social groups affect
machines peoples orientation to life
*Proletariat - workers; *disagreed with Karl Marx
*workers will unite and bread their chains of *Roman Catholics taught to hold on to
bondage tradition, protestant taught to embrace
*introduced Conflict Theory change
*did not think of himself as a sociologist *Protestant ethic
, WGU Introduction to Sociology - C273 Test Questions with
Answers Graded A
Protestant Ethic - -*looked for sign they
were in Gods good grace Public Sociology - -applying sociology
*financial success-live frugal lives, saving ant for the public good; especially sociological
investing money "the spirit of capitalism" perspective (how things relate to one another)
This brought about capitalism to guide politicians and policy makers
Harriet Martineau - -*did writings Theory - -general statement about how
because women were to focus on church, some parts of the world fit together and how
cooking, children and clothes they work; an explanation of how 2 or more
*early female sociologist facts are related to one another
*viewed sociology as a path to reform and
improve society (stop lynchings, integrate
immigrants, improve working conditions) 3 major theories - -Symbolic
Interaction
Functional analysis
W.E.B. DuBois - -black sociologist Conflict Theory
Jane Adams - -Sociologist and social Symbolic Interaction - -theoretical
reformer perspective in which society is viewed as
*came from wealth and privilege composed of symbols that people use to
*founded Hull House with Ellen Gates Starr establish meaning, develop their views of the
world and communicate with one another
C. Wright Mills - -pushed sociologist to Analyze how social life depends on the ways
go back to push social reform we define ourselves and others. Study face to
face interactions, examine how people make
sense of their live and place in it
Basic (or pure) sociology - -
sociological research for the purpose of i.e. sister vs girlfriend, brother vs boyfriend
making discoveries about life in human
groups, not for making changes in those George Herbert os one of the founders
groups
Functional Analysis (functionalism, structural
Applied Sociology - -the use of functionalism) - -theoretical from work
sociology to solve problems from classroom in which society is viewed as composed of
integration and family relationships to crime various parts, each with a function that when
and pollution fulfilled contributes to society's equilibrium;
