NURSING ANM AND GNM

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SOCIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This sociologist introduced a theory of social change called Social Darwinism:
A
Emile Durkheim
B
C. Wright Mills
C
Max Weber
D
Herbert Spencer
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: -Spencer was initially best known for developing and applying evolutionary theory to philosophy, psychology and the study of society-what he called his “synthetic philosophy” (see his A System of Synthetic Philosophy, 1862-93).

Detailed explanation-3: -Spencer took the theory of evolution one step beyond biology and applied it to say that societies were organisms that progress through changes similar to that of a living species. It was Spencer’s philosophy that societies (like organisms) would begin simple and then progress to a more complex form.

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