In Durkheim's characterization, complex societies exhibit "organic solidarity" because
A) complex society functions like a single organ of the body, the heart for example.
B) he chose a musical idiom to suggest harmony in society.
C) complex society is largely integrated through a sense of belonging, as an organ belongs in a church.
D) complex society resembles a living organism, constructed from specialized parts.
E) none of the above.
D
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A regional or subcultural variant of language is called a:
a. dialect. b. voice. c. sublanguage. d. protolanguage.
A "world-rejecting religion" is one that
A. concerns itself with a higher realm of spirituality. B. rejects worldly goods and popular culture. C. is polytheistic or monotheistic, and is led by a shaman. D. has been rejected by the world. E. focuses on a higher realm of reality.
Which two primary schools of classification are discussed in the text?
a. Evolutionary systematics and cladistics b. Generalized and specialized c. Cladistics and non-cladistics d. Organic and inorganic e. Ancestral and derived (modified)
The fact that most women who work in theater today refer to themselves as actors
a. is a sign of too much political correctness. b. just sounds silly, as if they were claiming to be men. c. is a successful effort to remove one case of gender bias in English. d. cannot have any impact on the way these women are perceived.