Deck 1: Auguste Comte and the Development of Sociology

Question 1

Who coined the term Sociology?

A)Herbert Spencer
B)Saint-Simon
C)Auguste Comte
D)Emile Durkheim

Answer 1

Auguste Comte

Question 2

In the history of the development of sociology______________ is known as a period of remarkable intellectual; development and change in philosophical thought.

A)Industrial Revolution
B)Period of Enlightenment
C)Urbanisation
D)Religious change

Answer 2

Period of Enlightenment

Question 3

The scientific view developed by Auguste Comte is known as

A)Philosophical science
B)Positive Philosophy
C)Negative Philosophy
D)Scientific Philosophy

Answer 3

Positive Philosophy

Question 4

What are the three stages argued by Comte that knowledge can pass through?

A)Primitive-Feudal-Capitalistic
B)Theological-Metaphysical-Positive
C)Barbarian-Agricultural-Industrial
D)Tribal-Industrial-Capitalistic

Question 5

Who among the following authors initially used the term 'social physics' for Sociology?

A)Herbert Spencer
B)Auguste Comte
C)Max Weber
D)Emile Durkheim

Question 6

The idea of Social Dynamics propounded by Comte refers to

A)Sociology
B)Social Structures
C)Social Change
D)Social Thought

Question 7

Auguste Comte was born in

A)1789
B)1798
C)1759
D)1799

Question 8

Auguste Comte used the term Social Statics to intricate

A)Existing social structures
B)Positive effects
C)Social dynamics
D)Social evolution

Question 9

Auguste Comte gave the name of religion as love of

A)God
B)Money
C)Worship
D)Humanity

Question 10

Auguste Comte, through his 'Law of Three Stages' clearly established a close association between

A)Intellectual evolution and Social progress
B)Social change and Social dynamics
C)Social structures and social statics
D)Social laws and social change

Question 11

Auguste Comte believed that __________ could be applied to the study of society and human behaviour

A)Comparative method
B)Phenomenology
C)Longitudinal
D)Scientific method

Question 12

Comte divided the study of Sociology into two broad areas namely

A)Social statics and social dynamics
B)Science and scientific methods
C)Social approach and methods
D)Sociological study and interpretation

Question 13

Which is not part of the Law of Three Stages according to Auguste Comte?

A)The Theological stage
B)The Metaphysical stage
C)The Metamorphic stage
D)The Positive Stage

Question 14

Who pioneered the idea of scientific study of society?

A)Adam Smith
B)Plato
C)Herbert Spencer
D)Auguste Comte

Question 15

Which of the following is not Auguste Comte's work?

A)Principles of Sociology
B)Religion of Humanity
C)The Course in Positive Philosophy
D)System of Positive Polity

Question 16

Metaphysical stage is also known as

A)Fictitious stage
B)Abstract stage
C)Scientific stage
D)Theological Stage

Question 17

Theological stage is also known as

A)Abstract stage
B)Positive stage
C)Fictitious stage
D)None of the above

Question 18

The third stage of the 'Law of Three Stages" is

A)The Theological stage
B)The Metaphysical stage
C)The Evolutionary stage
D)The Positive Stage

Question 19

Auguste Comte's positivism is based on

A)real phenomena
B)fanciful event
C)supernatural
D)materialism

Question 20

The Course of Philosophy which is a series of book written by Comte was translated into English by

A)Michel Foucault
B)Harriet Martineau
C)Pierre Bourdieu
D)Talcott Parsons

Question 21

In Theological stage ideas are focused on

A)observation
B)essence of phenomena
C)supernatural realm
D)none of the above

Question 22

Auguste Comte introduced the word 'sociology' in his famous work

A)Positive Philosophy
B)Positive Polity
C)Religion of Humanity
D)The Course of Philosophy

Question 23

The cultural system of Metaphysical Stage leaders is the

A)Priests
B)Scientists
C)Bureaucrats
D)Philosophers

Question 24

The Metaphysical stage is a

A)religious stage
B)transitional stage
C)scientific stage
D)all of the above

Question 25

Which of the following does not belong to Theological stage

A)fetishism
B)atheism
C)polytheism
D)monotheism