Emile Durkheim Believed That Social Norms Helped to Maintain Social

Multiple Choice

Emile Durkheim believed that social norms helped to maintain social order.For example,he explains 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) structural-functionalist theory
B) symbolic interactionist theory
C) feminist theory
D) conflict theory