According to Auguste Comte, people begin to try to understand how social life operates as their ...

According to Auguste Comte, people begin to try to understand how social life operates as their society enters which stage of development?
 
  a. Theological stage
  b. Metaphysical stage
  c. Scientific stage
  d. Post-scientific stage

Question 2

According to Auguste Comte, people living in Europe during the Middle Ages thought of society as ________
 
  a. a system operating according to its own laws.
  b. chaotic and having little order or form.
  c. an expression of God's will.
  d. a system of behavior according to natural laws.

Question 3

The ancient Romans saw the stars as being gods. Auguste Comte would classify Roman society as being in which of the following stages of history?
 
  a. Scientific stage
  b. Metaphysical stage
  c. Theological stage
  d. Post-scientific stage

Question 4

Sociology first appeared as a formal discipline in ________
 
  a. the United States.
  b. Japan.
  c. France.
  d. China.

Question 5

Comte described the earliest human societies as being at which stage of historical development?
 
  a. Theological stage
  b. Metaphysical stage
  c. Scientific stage
  d. Post-scientific stage

Question 6

The term sociology was coined in 1838 by ________
 
  a. Karl Marx.
  b. Herbert Spencer.
  c. Adam Smith.
  d. Auguste Comte.