Durkheim defined social facts as___________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Durkheim defined social facts as______________?

   A. ways of acting thinking and feeling that are collective and social in origin
   B. the way scientists construct knowledge in a social context
   C. data collected about social phenomena that are proven to be correct
   D. ideas and theories that have no basis in the external physical world

2. According to Durkheim social facts are_____________?

   A. ways of behaving that are external to individuals
   B. only things that have been shown to be true
   C. social insights into collective behavior
   D. information captured by official statistics

3. According to Durkheim social facts are________________?

   A. ways of behaving that are external to individuals
   B. only things that have been shown to be true
   C. social insights into collective behavior
   D. information captured by official statistics

4. According to Durkheim stronger social ties and religious affiliation______________?

   A. Increase the suicide rates
   B. Decrease them
   C. Have no effect upon them
   D. None of these

5. What concept does Durkheim use to explain how religious ceremonies generate social solidarity ?

   A. collective consciousness
   B. collective interaction
   C. collective effervescence
   D. class consciousness

6. According to Durkheim an important component of social life was______________?

   A. Social solidarity
   B. Social alienation
   C. Individualism
   D. None of these

7. Social facts have their independent existence and must be studied likewise Who remarked above when discussing scientific method ?

   A. Ibn-e-khaldun
   B. Emile Durkheim
   C. Auguste Conte
   D. None of these

8. The sociology was simply the Science of Social facts is the view of______________?

   A. Marx
   B. Weber
   C. Durkheim
   D. All of above

9. The theory pictures social movements as operating within a competitive field of movements __ a “social movement industry” ____ within which they compete not least for members and activists Which theory of social movements is this ___________?

   A. new social movement theory
   B. collective behavior theory
   C. social strain theory
   D. resource mobilization theory

10. A social system in which social position is fixed for a lifetime What type of social stratification does this describe ?

    A. slavery
    B. Social class
    C. caste
    D. estates