NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
SOCIOLOGY
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Question
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Herbert Spencer did not believe in social reform (improvement) because he thought it interfered with people’s finding their proper social-class level.
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Herbert Spencer is famous for his doctrine of social Darwinism, which asserted that the principles of evolution, including natural selection, apply to human societies, social classes, and individuals as well as to biological species developing over geologic time.
Detailed explanation-2: -Herbert Spencer believed that society will progress in it’s own way if left alone by people. He didn’t believe in benefits of social reforms because he thought that process of social selection will ensure survival of the fittest society. That is why his theory of social change is called Social Darwinism.
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