SOCI 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Integration, Participant Observation, Ethnography
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What is sociology: systematic study of human society. Other research methods: survey, participant observation - ethnography, interviews, historical analysis o. Study of suicide: not just about individual, seems just individual factors but it"s so much high in some places/groups than others. Emile durkheim wrote book on why people commit suicide. Social integration: if you"re more integrated into society you can see how other needs of people are important, can be too integrated , ultraistic suicide (sucide bombs) = too integrated. Social regulation: too much regulation can lead to suicide. So many restrictions: not enough regulation. During economic booms and busts we don"t know our role in society !!! Men more likely to commit suicide because less integrated . Protestants more likely than catholics because they needed to interet bible , catholtics couldn"t read latin so they were forced to interact with others to seek. Personal troubles and public issue: laziness versus structural inequality.
