SOC101Y1 Lecture : Introduction-Sociology as a Life or Death Issue Ch.1 Sept 10 2008
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Sociology as a life or death issue: ch. O determinism: the belief that everything happens the way it does because it was destined to happen in just that way. O voluntarism: the belief that we alone control our destiny. O many believe is due to nonsocial, antisocial, and deep psychological distress. O durkheim proposed that suicide is influenced by the social relations in which you are embedded (frequency of interactions with others) O married couples: adults half likely to commit suicide (marriage creates social ties, moral cement that bounds individuals to society) O women less likely to commit suicide (more involved in family social relations) Jews less likely then catholics to commit suicide due to tightly knit societies post eras of prosecutions. O elderly are more likely to commit suicide due to lack of job, friends, relations, loss of spouse. O social ties are in general weakening today, because ppl. share fewer beliefs, values, and.
