Which option correctly lists the four types of suicide identified by Durkheim?

Which option correctly lists the four types of suicide identified by Durkheim?

• A. Egoistic, altruistic, fatalistic, and anomic
• B. Egoistic
• C. Altruistic
• D. Anomic

Answer: (A)

Durkheim explains suicide by looking at how people are integrated into and regulated by society. He identifies four types: egoistic, altruistic, anomic, and fatalistic. Egoistic suicide happens when individuals feel detached and lack social ties; altruistic occurs when individuals are so integrated into a group that they self-sacrifice for it; anomic arises during times of major disruption when norms lose their guidance and regulation weaken; fatalistic occurs under extreme, oppressive regulation where there’s little sense of personal freedom or future. This option is the only one that lists all four categories, while the others each name only a single type, leaving the full framework incomplete.

Durkheim explains suicide by looking at how people are integrated into and regulated by society. He identifies four types: egoistic, altruistic, anomic, and fatalistic. Egoistic suicide happens when individuals feel detached and lack social ties; altruistic occurs when individuals are so integrated into a group that they self-sacrifice for it; anomic arises during times of major disruption when norms lose their guidance and regulation weaken; fatalistic occurs under extreme, oppressive regulation where there’s little sense of personal freedom or future. This option is the only one that lists all four categories, while the others each name only a single type, leaving the full framework incomplete.