In his study of suicide Emile Durkheim was primarily concerned with________________?

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1. In his study of suicide Emile Durkheim was primarily concerned with_______________?

   A. suicide rates and how they varied from county to country
   B. personalities of individual suicide victims
   C. means people used to take their own lives
   D. effects of suicide on the families of victims

2. In the division of Labor in Society Emile Durkheim presented the idea of______________?

   A. Mechanical and organic solidarity
   B. Physical and social solidarity
   C. physiological and mechanical solidarity
   D. None of these

3. Which of the following was supported by Durkheim,s study of suicide ?

   A. Catholics had higher rates of suicide than protestants
   B. Rates of suicide were higher in times of war than in times of peace
   C. Rates of suicide were lower in times of economic stability
   D. Individuals who were enmeshed in meaningful social bonds were less inclined to commit suicide

4. The writings of Auguste Comte and Emile Durkheim are examples of___________?

   A. cyclical theory
   B. unilinear theory
   C. multilinear theory
   D. conflict theory

5. The writings of Auguste Comte and Emile Durkheim are examples of______________?

   A. cyclical theory
   B. unilinear theory
   C. multilinear theory
   D. conflict theory

6. According to durkheim the greater rates of suicide in protestants were due to more emphasis on____________?

   A. Social Conesion
   B. Individualism
   C. Economic problem
   D. none of these

7. One of the root causes of suicide, according to Durkheim was______________?

   A. Decrease in social solidarity
   B. Increased development
   C. Industrialization
   D. None of these

8. Suicide by Durkheim was published in____________?

   A. 1878
   B. 1797
   C. 1897
   D. None of these

9. Which group of sociologists note that developers’ bankers and other powerful real estate interests view housing as an investment and are primarily concerned with maximizing profit not with solving social problems?

   A. urban ecologists
   B. new urban sociologist
   C. functionalists
   D. human ecologists

10. According to Durkheim the division of labor in industrial societies brings about______________?

    A. organic solidarity
    B. a loss of social solidarity
    C. mechanical solidarity
    D. communal solidarity