Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Societies with mechanical solidarity have a stronger collective conscious than those held together with organic solidarity.
2. Durkheim argues social facts are best explained by other social facts.
3. According to Durkheim’s concept of dynamic density, there is less competition in societies with organic as opposed to mechanical solidarity.
4. Nonmaterial social facts can be studied by looking at social change.
5. Organic solidarity is enforced with repressive law.


1. True
2. True
3. True
4. True
5. False

Sociology

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