EMILE DURKHEIM: Subject matter of sociology

Question 1

Emile Durkheim was born on

Answer 1

15 April 1858

Question 2

Emile Durkheim was born to a Jewish family with a long line of rabbis. Was he a rabbi?

Answer 2

he decided not to be a rabbi

Question 3

where exactly in France was Emile Durkheim born?

Answer 3

Epinal, France

Question 4

At what age did Emile Durkheim go to the prestigious Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris?

Answer 4

Age 19

Question 5

What year did Durkheim graduate?

Answer 5

1882

Question 6

what was Durkheim’s first interest before studying society scientifically?

Answer 6

Philosophy

Question 7

At which university was a sociology course created for Durkheim?

Answer 7

University of Bordeaux

Question 8

Who is the first academic sociologist?

Answer 8

E Durkheim

Question 9

how many years after graduation was the sociology course created for Durkheim?

Answer 9

Five years

Question 10

Emile Durkheim was a functionalist sociologist true or false?

Answer 10

true

Question 11

in what year did Emile Durkheim defend his doctoral dissertation division of labor in society at the university of Paris?

Answer 11

in the year 1893

Question 12

Durkheim founded and wrote an influential journal called….

Answer 12

L’Annee Sociologique

Question 13

in what year did Durkheim, attain professorship of “science of education and Sociology” at the Sorbonne?

Answer 13

in 1913

Question 14

Between Durkheim and Comte, who had the opportunity to lecture in a university helping them develop a sound academic base?

Answer 14

Durkheim

Question 15

Who legitimized sociology in France, and establish its major subject matter?

Answer 15

Durkheim

Question 16

Emily Durkheim died on

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15 November 1917 in France

Question 17

List, the four major works of Durkheim

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Division of labor in society - 1893
The rules of sociological method -1895
Suicide-1897
The elementary forms of religious life-1912

Question 18

Durkheim defined the subject matter of Sociology as the study of

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Social facts

Question 19

which philosopher believes that society is held together by the shared beliefs, sentiments and values of members in a society?

Answer 19

Durkheim

Question 20

What is Durkheim’s view on evolution of society?

Answer 20

Traditional to modern

Question 21

What are some of the key ideas Emile Durkheim had?

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social solidarity, collective conscience, happiness, division of labor, and specialization, anomie and suicide

Question 22

what is social cohesion according to Emile Durkheim?

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They are core institutionalized values that are held in common

Question 23

The lack of norms of behavior, feelings of alienation and social conflict is called

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Anomie

Question 24

According to Durkheim, collective conscience and religion are crucial to social….

Answer 24

cohesion

Question 25

Beliefs and sentiments, which ushered in common by members of the society is called

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Collective functions

Question 26

what is the main form of collective conscience?

Answer 26

religion

Question 27

“Society creates religion and religion serves society” ~

Answer 27

The social significance of religion

Question 28

Durkheim like Comte believed in ……..

Answer 28

Positivism

Question 29

Consists of acting, thinking and feeling external to the individual and endowed with power of coercion by which they control him is called…..

Answer 29

social fact

Question 30

Who urges that social facts should be the subject matter of sociology?

Answer 30

Durkheim

Question 31

Are social facts internal or external?

Answer 31

external

Question 32

The things that exert powerful influence on our behaviors are called?

Answer 32

social facts

Question 33

Social facts put constraints on our behaviors true or false?

Answer 33

true

Question 34

Social facts are general throughout society, true or false?

Answer 34

true

Question 35

Social facts are “sui generis” latin word which means

Answer 35

unique

Question 36

What are some examples Durkheim gave on social facts…

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Legal rules, moral obligations, social convention and language.

Question 37

Material social facts consist of

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Society itself, and it’s major institutions

Question 38

nonmaterial social facts consist of

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Social rules, or norms and values. Principles of morality, symbols shared sentiments in collective consciousness.

Question 39

Characteristics of traditional societies because of similarity or uniformity of the individuals in terms of similar backgrounds, occupations, interests and feelings is called…

Answer 39

mechanical solidarity

Question 40

Characteristics of modern societies because of differences among the individuals because of divergent backgrounds, occupations, thoughts and feelings is called

Answer 40

Organic solidarity