SOCI201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Anthony Giddens, Stroke Belt, Social Fact

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI201
• Professor: Perez Victor

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Girl having long hair: emile durkheim social facts when i fulfill my obligations as a brother husband or citizen i preform duties which are defined externally to myself and my acts in law and custom . It"s through examining social statuses that we can reveal patterns and what society is something larger than any one individual: social institutions childbirth, soda (or pop), violent crime. Complex social forms that reproduce themselves such as: government, the family, language, universities, hospitals, corporations, legal systems etc. Seen after observing through the lens of patterns. General patterns in particular categories of people ex. Race is a particular thing that everyone can be categorized by and suicide is a. Very persistent pattern of elevated rates of suicides where rates are 60-80% higher than rest of the country. Relates it to stroke belt (chronic diseasenot infectious) Is there something in the water about the environment that produces suicide mentality.