Emile Durkheim believed that social norms helped to maintain social order. For example, he explained that suicide is a result of a lack of balance in an individual's social world and not an event that is based on an individual's free will. Into which sociological theory does this best fit?
A. symbolic interactionist theory
B. structural-functionalist theory
C. conflict theory
D. feminist theory
Answer: B
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