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According to Durkheim, society is made up of: |
| | A) | intuitive understandings. |
| | B) | social facts. |
| | C) | subject interpretations. |
| | D) | abstract theories. |
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Durkheim argued that ___________ was necessary in order to separate sociology from philosophy. |
| | A) | empirical research |
| | B) | theory |
| | C) | education |
| | D) | statistical analysis |
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Which of the following is NOT an example of a social fact? |
| | A) | language |
| | B) | individual consciousness |
| | C) | morality |
| | D) | art-deco architecture |
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Durkheim refers to the general structure of shared understanding, norms, and beliefs as: |
| | A) | collective representation. |
| | B) | collective effervescence. |
| | C) | collective conscience. |
| | D) | collective action. |
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Modern society is characterized by _____________ solidarity. |
| | A) | organic |
| | B) | religious |
| | C) | capitalist |
| | D) | mechanical |
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Which of the following statements correctly characterizes the division of labor, according to Durkheim? |
| | A) | The division of labor strengthens the collective conscience in modern society. |
| | B) | The division of labor makes social morality obsolete. |
| | C) | The division of labor creates bonds of organic solidarity. |
| | D) | The division of labor results in a repressive legal system. |
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Durkheim argues that two social facts are critical for explaining suicide. They are: |
| | A) | regulation and alienation. |
| | B) | integration and individuality. |
| | C) | alienation and integration. |
| | D) | regulation and integration. |
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______________ suicide occurs when the regulative powers of society are disrupted. |
| | A) | Anomic |
| | B) | Fatalistic |
| | C) | Egoistic |
| | D) | Altruistic |
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Durkheim suggests that someone seeking to become a martyr would commit ________________ suicide. |
| | A) | egoistic |
| | B) | anomic |
| | C) | altruistic |
| | D) | fatalistic |
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According to Durkheim, the enduring essence of religion is: |
| | A) | distinguishing the sacred from the profane. |
| | B) | belonging to a church. |
| | C) | praying every day. |
| | D) | avoiding profanity. |
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Why did Durkheim choose to study religion in primitive culture? |
| | A) | so he could travel and escape the alienating forces of modern society |
| | B) | in order to shed light on religion in modern society |
| | C) | because primitive religion is more complex than modern religion |
| | D) | to avoid the Dreyfus Affair in France |
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To Durkheim, which of the following is the simplest, most primitive form of religion? |
| | A) | Protestantism |
| | B) | Catholicism |
| | C) | animalism |
| | D) | totemism |
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Which of the following is NOT one of the six fundamental categories of understanding identified by Durkheim? |
| | A) | time |
| | B) | space |
| | C) | classification |
| | D) | religion |
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Durkheim argues that there are times when moral and cognitive categories can change or be created anew. What does he call this phenomenon? |
| | A) | collective representation |
| | B) | social construction |
| | C) | collective effervescence |
| | D) | anomic division of labor |
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Which of the following statements conveys Durkheim's understanding of individualism? |
| | A) | Individualism has no place in modern society. |
| | B) | Individual interpretations of social facts are the driving force of social change. |
| | C) | The cult of the individual characterizes the collective conscience of modern society. |
| | D) | Moral individualism is replaced by egoistic individualism in modern society. |
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Durkheim was deeply offended by the Dreyfus Affair because of the anti-Semitism that surrounded the trial. However, Durkheim did not attribute this anti-Semitism to racism among the French people. To what did he attribute it? |
| | A) | He saw it as a symptom of moral sickness. |
| | B) | He saw it resulting from mechanical solidarity. |
| | C) | He blamed it on the traditional authority of the military. |
| | D) | He blamed it on the cult of the individual. |
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Durkheim believed that morality is composed of which of the following three elements? |
| | A) | discipline, attachment, autonomy |
| | B) | discipline, attachment, anomie |
| | C) | egoism, altruism, fatalism |
| | D) | religious beliefs, rituals, collective effervescence |
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According to Durkheim, what is the function of education in modern society? |
| | A) | to teach how to research the social world empirically |
| | B) | to provide moral tools |
| | C) | to teach how to memorize social facts |
| | D) | to provide a place where one can make friends |
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For which of the following reasons did Durkheim believe that occupational associations were needed? |
| | A) | They provide workers with a group through which to express their grievances to employers. |
| | B) | They provide managers with the moral tools with which to manipulate workers. |
| | C) | They provide a check on monopoly formation. |
| | D) | They provide owners, workers, and managers with a common morality. |
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Durkheim's sociological theory has been subject to criticism because: |
| | A) | his idea of moral education is too radical. |
| | B) | he fails to give consciousness an active role in social processes. |
| | C) | he assumes that human nature is driven by altruism. |
| | D) | he focuses too much on religion. |
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Most of Durkheim's work involves the study of material social facts. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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The increasing division of labor has caused a diminution of the collective conscience. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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A society with mechanical solidarity is characterized by repressive law. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Durkheim assumed that only social facts could explain suicide rates. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Fatalistic suicide is most likely to occur when integration is excessive. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Durkheim believed that the enduring essence of religion is the differentiation between the sacred and the profane. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Durkheim studied religion in primitive society in order to escape the Dreyfus Affair. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Durkheim labeled the modern form of the collective conscience " totemism. " |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Durkheim believed that individual consciousness was the source of morality in modern society. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Durkheim suggested that occupational associations could provide integrative morality. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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