NURSING ANM AND GNM

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SOCIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Auguste Comte suggested that certain processes, which he called ____, hold society together.
A
social dynamics
B
social classes
C
social statics
D
social functions
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -As a result, Comte began to focus on two basic areas of study-social order and social change. He suggested that certain processes, which he called social statics, hold society together. Similarly, Comte argued that society changes through definite processes, which he called social dynamics.

Detailed explanation-2: -Social static focuses on how order is maintained in the society and social dynamic focuses on how society changes over time. Comte separated social statics from social dynamics.

Detailed explanation-3: -Comte named the scientific study of social patterns positivism. He described his philosophy in a series of books called The Course in Positive Philosophy (1830–1842) and A General View of Positivism (1848).

Detailed explanation-4: -Comte believed that social phenomena could be reduced to laws in the same way that the revolutions of the heavenly bodies had been made explicable by gravitational theory.

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