Sociology 1021E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Forces, The Sociological Imagination, Symbolic Interactionism

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 1021E
• Professor: Gahad Hamed

Document Summary

> the systematic study of human behavior in social context. > psychology views suicide as a symptom of mental health. > reasons for suicide: mental health issues, financial stress, feelings of being an outsider. > durkheim connected suicide to social solidarity social ties: suicide is condemned, suicide is committed privately, 11. 3% of every 100,000 people commit suicide (not rare in canada) More connected thinking in countries with low suicide rates. More thinking on how to help community over killing themselves. (cid:1005)96(cid:1004)"s lo(cid:449) sui(cid:272)ide rates. The (cid:373)ore (cid:455)ou"re tied to a religio(cid:374) the (cid:373)ore a pla(cid:272)e (cid:455)ou ha(cid:448)e. There"s a (cid:272)orrelatio(cid:374) (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) high sui(cid:272)ide rates a(cid:374)d high di(cid:448)or(cid:272)e rates. Durkheim"s contribution: durkheim argued suicide rates varied as a result of differences in the degree of social solidarity in different categories of the population. Ma(cid:454) we(cid:271)er predi(cid:272)ted (cid:449)e"d (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e sla(cid:448)es to (cid:271)ureau(cid:272)ra(cid:272)(cid:455) a(cid:374)d to the rules and regulations. We have to work for money and have money for enjoyment.