According to Durkheim and the functionalism theory, industrial societies are held together by ____________, which is social order based around an acceptance of economic and social differences.

a. organic solidarity
b. the proletariat
c. class consciousness
d. rationalization


a. organic solidarity

@ According to Durkheim and the functionalism theory, industrial societies are held together by organic solidarity, which is social order based around an acceptance of economic and social differences.

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Milton Gordon's ethclass groupings represent __________

A) the eventual decline of ethnicity as a significant factor B) the supremacy of ethnicity over social class because of ethnic reawakening C) the subsocieties resulting from the intersection of ethnicity and social class D) an abstract concept, not one of primary relationships

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Given that Japan's fertility has been between 1.2 and 1.4 for several decades, there is a distinct possibility that in the future Japan will experience a __________

a. sharp drop in infant mortality b. slow and steady increase in population c. slow and steady decline in population d. very rapid decline in population

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Which of the following is an example of a crowd?

A. viewers of a symphony orchestra B. spectators at a football game C. rioters D. All of these answers are correct.

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