Question by acressey1972: sociology quiz out if the 100 i answered i am having problems with these?
The following is a Durkheimian proposition:
Answer

A.Modern societies are characterized by organic solidarity

B.Religion is a system of social solidarity

C.There is a nonrational foundation of modern rationality

D.Traditional societies are characterized by mechanical solidarity

E.All of the above

An American student who is conservative and republican is likely to agree with:
Answer

A.Functionalism

B.Social Darwinism

C.Laissez-faire

D.All of the above

E.None of the above

A philosopher who contributed to the development of functionalism was:
Answer

A.Marx

B.Mead

C.Jane Adams

D.Durkheim

E.DuBois

The research technique that permits the study of a large number of variables and results can be generalized to a larger population if sampling is accurate is:
Answer

A.Experiment

B.Participant Observation

C.Survey

D.Historical research

E.Content analysis

Karl Marx wrote the following:
Answer

A.Democracy in America

B.The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

C.Suicide

D.Capital

E.Mind, Self and Society

The following is a Weberian proposition:
Answer

A.Modern societies are characterized by organic solidarity

B.Religion is the opiate of the masses (people)

C.”The struggle of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle”

D.”The bourgeoisie, historically, has played a most revolutionary part”

E.None of the above

Marxist concept referring to the unhappiness most workers feel with their jobs:
Answer

A.Alienation

B.Materialism

C.Idealism

D.Participation observation

E.Structural mobility

An American student who is liberal on social issues, progressive and socialist is likely to agree with the following theory:
Answer

A.Functionalism

B.Conflict theory

C.Symbolic Interactionism

D.Modernization

E.Social Darwinism

The following is a Durkheimian proposition:
Answer

A.Workers in capitalist societies experience alienation from the act of working

B.The organizational form characteristic of modern society is bureaucracy

C.Crime is functional for holding society together

D.Sociology centers around three interrelated subjects: stratification, organizations and politics

E.The self can be conceptualized as having two aspects: me and I.

Philospher that studied the social construction of the self:
Answer

A.Karl Marx

B.Emile Durkheim

C.Herbert Mead

D.Max Weber

E.Auguste Comte

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Question by ALFRED J: please help me! this is mathematical modelling problems..?
The modern philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau formulated a simple model of population growth for 18th-century England based on the following assumptions:
The birthrate in London is less than that in rural England.
The death rate in London is greater than that in rural England.
As England industrializes, more and more people migrate from the countryside to London.
Rousseau then reasoned that because London’s birthrate was lower and its death rate higher, and rural people tended to migrate there, the population of England would eventually decline to zero. Criticize Rousseau’s conclusion.

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Answer by patrick m
the critisism is the lack of expected life span, and boundry values (not everyone can move, and the population rate change is probably dependant on the current population -like rabbits and wolves living in proximity – more rabbits->more wolves->less rabbits->less wolves) – these can be modeled e^rt – and simultaneous difference equations……

hope this provided a little insight -

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Question by David: What are some of the problems with this solution to the mind-body problem?
Most people tend to lead towards materialism or dualism as I understand it. Obviously dualism can’t be fully explained (a non physical matter exerting influence on a physical matter) and materialism doesn’t do well for those hoping for an afterlife. What if you were instead to view the brain as a computer tower or the hard drive? The actual brain would be the hardware, the mind would be the software or operating system. An operating system obviously consists of code and data, which cannot be held or seen such as a rock on the ground. Obviously I’m talking about the physical matter that data really is, not a C.D. or memory stick.

Anyways, the mind would be our own Windows 7. It would exist within the brain, telling the brain what it should do physically (as far as sending signals to your arm to get it to move, for example). However, it wouldn’t BE the brain. And, just like data can be transferred, your mind could leave the brain itself. This would lend itself to a possibility of life after death, with the mind still being a physical thing. In a sense, you would almost be joining the afterlife via a wireless file transfer This could also explain the possibility of reincarnation (for those that believe in such a thing).

I know this has had to have been proposed before, as I thought of it almost immediately as we went over the basics of the mind body problem in philosophy class. We’re also only halfway through the course, but we seem to have left this particular topic for now. So forgive me if I sound ignorant of new theories (or this one). However, I can’t seem to find a problem with it myself, though admittedly a beginner in philosophy. Can anyone else tell me how this theory has faired when weighed with modern philosophers?
Barbie: you do realize the point of throwing in how the theory dealt with the after life is because fans of dualism reject materialism due to the fact that it doesn’t have room for one, right? Seriously, no one cares what your religious or non religious beliefs are. It’s about the theory being plausible.
Aaron: yes I remember the Chineese room arguement. However, that was to show that just because something appears to do something, doesn’t mean that that is the case. Such was the example of the people in the room responding in Chineese, though they knew not what it meant. I would believe more along the lines of the identity thesis than functionalism. While I draw a parallel between the mind and the OS, I don’t mean that they are identical. I simply use that example to explain how the mind can be physical, as can the brain, and be two seperate entities, as well as how the mind can survive the death of the body. However, more elaborating and fine tuning would be desired, agreed. I’ll have to do this.
Aaron: yes I remember the Chineese room arguement. However, that was to show that just because something appears to do something, doesn’t mean that that is the case. Such was the example of the people in the room responding in Chineese, though they knew not what it meant. I would believe more along the lines of the identity thesis than functionalism. While I draw a parallel between the mind and the OS, I don’t mean that they are identical. I simply use that example to explain how the mind can be physical, as can the brain, and be two seperate entities, as well as how the mind can survive the death of the body. However, more elaborating and fine tuning would be desired, agreed. I’ll have to do this.

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Answer by Vintage Barbie
What makes you think there is an afterlife?

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