NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
SOCIOLOGY
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Question
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Social Darwinism is the belief that societies evolve naturally into the fittest form.
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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: -Social Darwinists believe in “survival of the fittest”-the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better. Social Darwinism has been used to justify imperialism, racism, eugenics and social inequality at various times over the past century and a half.
Detailed explanation-2: -Multiple people took Darwin’s ideas from The Origin of Species and applied them to society. The most prominent of these was Herbert Spencer.
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