SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Solidarity, List Of Sovereign States By Suicide Rate
Document Summary
It is based on the idea that our relations with other people create opportunities for us to think and act but also set limits on our thoughts and actions. Durkheim (first sociology professor in france and in the world) : set up foundations of the disciple of sociology. He suggested that suicide is a psychological problem. He found that herostemia (check spelling) (prof said don"t need to know the exact word) is twice as high among men. Suicide rate is 3 times as high among men. As people age, the rate of suicide increases. Different groups of the population are characterized by different grounds of social solidarity. The level of social solidarity dictates whether or not their psychological state will have certain outcomes: ex: someone who isn"t married is more likely to commit suicide. People who are married are at a higher level of s. s. Family acts as an anchor that keeps your grounded.
