Answer to Question #197297 in Sociology for Anino Jarikpe

Question

Next, explain how industrialization helped to foster the growth of sociology as a discipline and how that also relates to the concept of social facts. In your answer, you should clearly explain the concept of social facts. (3 marks) 

Answer 1

Values, cultural standards, and social institutions that transcend the individual and may exert societal control are referred to as social facts. In society theory, industrialization has a crucial, though unclear, function. Industrialization, on the other hand, is frequently seen as the primary factor in the formation of contemporary society. The industrial revolution was the greatest significant change in human existence documented in written history.