The writings of Auguste Comte and Emile Durkheim are examples of___________?

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1. The writings of Auguste Comte and Emile Durkheim are examples of______________?

   A. cyclical theory
   B. unilinear theory
   C. multilinear theory
   D. conflict theory

2. Auguste Comte described _________________?

   A. Four stages of social change
   B. Two stages
   C. Three stages
   D. None of these

3. Auguste Comte was a_______________?

   A. French thinker
   B. American
   C. British
   D. None of these

4. What did Auguste Comte mean by positivism in sociology ?

   A. sociological research must contribute to a governments social policy
   B. sociology should be optimistic about human achievements
   C. sociology should make use of statistical evidence
   D. sociology should adopt the same methods as the natural sciences

5. In his study of suicide Emile Durkheim was primarily concerned with_______________?

   A. suicide rates and how they varied from county to country
   B. personalities of individual suicide victims
   C. means people used to take their own lives
   D. effects of suicide on the families of victims

6. In his study of suicide Emile Durkheim was primarily concerned with________________?

   A. suicide rates and how they varied from country to country
   B. personalities of individual suicide victims
   C. means people used to take their own lives
   D. effects of suicide on the families of victims

7. In the division of Labor in Society Emile Durkheim presented the idea of______________?

   A. Mechanical and organic solidarity
   B. Physical and social solidarity
   C. physiological and mechanical solidarity
   D. None of these

8. Comte argued that knowledge passed through which three stages ?

   A. theological metaphysical positive
   B. ignorance understanding truth
   C. philosophical biological sociological
   D. functionalist marxist interactionist

9. Comte,s term positivism refers to_____________?

   A. a theory that emphasizes the positive aspects of society
   B. the precise scientific study of observable phenomena
   C. a theory that posits difficult s and sets out to answer them
   D. an unscientific set of laws about social progress

10. August Comte viewed cultural development in_____________?

    A. Three Stages
    B. Four Stages
    C. Two stages
    D. None of these