As a Theorist, Emile Durkheim Was Most Interest in the Question:__________

question 47

Multiple Choice

As a theorist, Emile Durkheim was most interest in the question:__________ .

• A) What holds societies together?
• B) Who benefits from the structure of society?
• C) What meanings do various symbols have for different groups of people?
• D) What is the experience of women and others with lower status in society?

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Definitions:

Freud

A reference to Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist known for founding psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Striving for Superiority

A concept in psychology suggesting that a primary motivational force in humans is the pursuit of superiority or success in overcoming challenges.

Alfred Adler

An Austrian psychiatrist and founder of Adlerian psychology, emphasizing the importance of the feeling of inferiority in the development of personality.

Oedipal Complex

A Freudian theory in psychoanalytic psychology that a child, typically around the age of three to five, experiences a desire for the opposite-sex parent and hostility toward the same-sex parent.