WGU C273 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT REAL EXAM VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS| ALREADY
GRADED A+| LATEST UPDATE| SCORE 100%
Auguste Conte
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
*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)
Karl Marx
*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
Capitalists
they own the means of production - money, land, factories, and machines.
Proletariat
Workers
, Emile Durkheim
*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
Degree to which people are tied to their social groups.
People with weaker social ties are more likely to commit suicide
Applying Durkheim
Patterns of behavior or recurring patterns or events
Max Weber
*used cross culture and historical materials to trace the cause of social change
and how social groups affect peoples orientation to life
OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT REAL EXAM VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS| ALREADY
GRADED A+| LATEST UPDATE| SCORE 100%
Auguste Conte
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
*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)
Karl Marx
*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
Capitalists
they own the means of production - money, land, factories, and machines.
Proletariat
Workers
, Emile Durkheim
*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
Degree to which people are tied to their social groups.
People with weaker social ties are more likely to commit suicide
Applying Durkheim
Patterns of behavior or recurring patterns or events
Max Weber
*used cross culture and historical materials to trace the cause of social change
and how social groups affect peoples orientation to life
