NURSING ANM AND GNM

NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS

SOCIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which Sociologist believed in positivism, that social behavior can be studied using scientific observation?
A
Herbert Spencer
B
Auguste Comte
C
Patricia Collins
D
Karl Marx
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -You are a student of Emile Durkheim, a Frenchman and sociologist like Comte, who proposed the idea that social facts are structured rules that explain how society operates. Durkheim believed these facts can be verified by scientific observation and experimentation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Comte divided sociology into two main fields, or branches: social statics, or the study of the forces that hold society together; and social dynamics, or the study of the causes of social change.

Detailed explanation-3: -For Comte, positivism is the belief that societies have their own scientific principles and laws, just like physics or chemistry. Positivism assumes there are truths about society that can be discovered through scientific studies and that our understanding of society should be based on actual data and evidence.

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