Durkheim concluded that social and economic changes lead to higher suicide rates. This type of theory has predictive power because

A. it was based on visions of the future.
B. it suggests that the suicide rate will rise or fall as those social changes occur.
C. Durkheim predicted that there would one day be no suicide at all
D. there is no way to tell what might make the rate go up or down in the future


Answer: B. it suggests that the suicide rate will rise or fall as those social changes occur.

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