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What "enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society" according to C.W. Mills?
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Sociological Imagination
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During what decade did C. Wright Mills develop his theory about grasping the relationship between history and biography in society?
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1950
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How would you describe the practice of sociology?
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the interactions of people
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Which sociologist developed the theory of positivism?
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Auguste Comte
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Positivism is best defined as __________
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Sociology is like a physical science, therefore we can use the scientific method to best solve it
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According to Comte, positivism arose out of a need to make ____________ sense of the social order in a time of declining religious
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moral
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As a formal field, sociology is a relatively ____________ discipline.
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new
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Who was the author of the first methods book in the discipline of sociology?
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Harriet martineau
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Who are known as “the founding fathers of the sociological discipline”?
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Marx, Durkheim, and Weber
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As an ideology for society to follow, Marx said, “from each according to his abilities, to each _______________
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a according to his need
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