Emile Durkheim

THE DURKHEIM QUIZ

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1. According to Durkheim, what is the form of social cohesion found in earlier societies?


Organic Solidarity
Mechanical Likeness
Mechanical Solidarity

2. What, for Durkheim, is the opposite of the profane in society?

Holy
Sacred 
ReligiousMundane

3. How many types of suicide does Durkheim suggest there to be?

Two
Four
Three

4. When Durkheim suggests 'society' exists 'sui generis', he means that society:

..is nothing more than an aggregate of the individuals within it
..exists independent of the individuals who live in it
is a chaotic effect of individual wills.

5. What for Durkheim is the function of religion in society?

Social Control
To allow a society to (re)affirm its sense of collectivity to praise god

6. Which of the terms below is a synonym for Durkheim's concept of Anomie?

Alienation
Normlessness
Normality

7. What is the function of a ritual in society?

To demystify the sacred To connect the profane with the sacred to have a good time.

8. For Durkheim which of the groups listed below is the one responsible for maintaining solidarity in modern societies?

Landed Gentry
Professionals
Working classes

9. What is a 'collective conscience'?


A group of guilt-ridden people
The sharing of guilt
A Moral Consensus

10. Which of the terms below best describes Durkheim's sociological approach?

Methodological Relationalism
Methodological Holism
Methodological Individualism