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Auguste Comte argued that all human beings and societies pass successively through which of the following stages? |
| | A) | theoretical, eschatological, morphological |
| | B) | ancient, medieval, modern |
| | C) | band, tribe, nation |
| | D) | theological, metaphysical, positivist |
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For Comte, the _______________ stage is the least important stage. |
| | A) | latent |
| | B) | manifest |
| | C) | metaphysical |
| | D) | positivist |
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In Comte's positivist stage, people: |
| | A) | tend to have positive self-esteem. |
| | B) | look for invariant laws that govern all phenomena. |
| | C) | look for variant laws that govern some phenomena. |
| | D) | pray to appease supernatural beings and mysterious forces. |
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In Comte's theological stage, people ultimately come to worship: |
| | A) | science. |
| | B) | Marx. |
| | C) | a single divinity that explains everything. |
| | D) | concrete laws that explain the existence of supernatural forces. |
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Which of the following describes Comte's view of positivism as a doctrine? |
| | A) | It emphasizes a positive self-image as the key to success. |
| | B) | It is committed to the search for invariant laws. |
| | C) | It is committed to the search for variable laws. |
| | D) | It is unscientific and therefore found mostly in the theological stage. |
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Which of the following historical events was a source of negativity for Comte? |
| | A) | the Franco-Prussian War |
| | B) | the Franco-American War |
| | C) | the War of Order and Progress |
| | D) | the French Revolution |
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Comte argued that the positivist stage of history provides: |
| | A) | progress and regression. |
| | B) | ingress and egress. |
| | C) | order and progress. |
| | D) | being and time. |
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Social statics involves studying the laws of: |
| | A) | the interaction between different parts of a social system. |
| | B) | natural selection. |
| | C) | primitive societies. |
| | D) | motion. |
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Comte argued that the fundamental problem of human life is: |
| | A) | the private provision of violence in agrarian society. |
| | B) | the rationalization of the world. |
| | C) | the inequality of the sexes. |
| | D) | the need for altruism to dominate egoism. |
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According to Comte, which of the following is the building block of society? |
| | A) | the police |
| | B) | the military |
| | C) | the family |
| | D) | the media |
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Comte's positive family was to be composed of: |
| | A) | mothers and children of the working class. |
| | B) | a husband, a wife, three children, and the husband's parents. |
| | C) | middle-class fathers and mothers. |
| | D) | maternal grandparents, three children, and a servant. |
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In Comte's view, which of the following is an important social institution? |
| | A) | language |
| | B) | violence |
| | C) | prosperity |
| | D) | social dynamics |
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According to Comte, which of the following is the universal basis of all society? |
| | A) | social statics |
| | B) | static societals |
| | C) | women and the working class |
| | D) | religion |
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In Comte's sociological theory, the division of labor: |
| | A) | holds people together in society. |
| | B) | divides people in society. |
| | C) | is a tool of imperialism. |
| | D) | causes chaos and disorder in static societies. |
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Social dynamics involves studying the: |
| | A) | laws of organic dynamism. |
| | B) | laws of succession of social phenomena. |
| | C) | customs of industrial civilizations. |
| | D) | structures of societies in the present. |
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Comte's theory of the evolution of society is based on: |
| | A) | the evolution of the mind through three stages. |
| | B) | the development of modes of production. |
| | C) | the postmodern self as a fragmentary simulacrum. |
| | D) | the devolution of the self under the conditions of late capitalism. |
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According to Comte, who is most likely to support positivism? |
| | A) | women and the working class |
| | B) | women and children |
| | C) | citizens and soldiers |
| | D) | rebels and rulers |
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In Comte's view, a focus on individual rights tends to lead to: |
| | A) | altruism. |
| | B) | the bureaucratization of the world. |
| | C) | chaos and disorder. |
| | D) | universal positivity of the highest order. |
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According to Comte, ___________ lies at the center of theory and practice. |
| | A) | theology |
| | B) | music |
| | C) | morality |
| | D) | time |
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Which of the following is one of Comte's positive contributions to sociology? |
| | A) | a dialectical view of macro structures |
| | B) | a monolectical view of micro structures |
| | C) | an enigmatic view of micro-macro integration |
| | D) | an anti-intellectual view of science |
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Observation, experiment, and metaphysics are Comte's three basic methods of sociology. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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The metaphysical stage is the final and most important stage in Comte's sociology. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Positivism is the search for variant laws. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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24 | |
Comte was primarily a materialist. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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25 | |
Comte viewed the individual as the building block of society. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Comte emphasized social dynamics over social statics. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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In Comte's theory, women are important agents of political change. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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28 | |
Comte was the first thinker to use the term sociology. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Comte defined sociology as a positivistic science. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Comte offered a dialectical view of macro-social structures. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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