SOCA01H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Subculture, Social Environment, Creatures 2
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Africentric high school students thrive in pioneering program. Final exam- tbd: live in a world that us constantly changing. Singular framework (theory) may not have all the answers. There may not be a (cid:498)right(cid:499) answer. What is essential/essence of human beings? social relations are constantly changing: durkheim and suicide. Emile durkheim - social forces strongly affect suicide rates. Durkheim says that women are less likely to commit suicide however. Women are more likely to attempt suicide (women = drugs, men. Durkheim said that suicide rates varied bc of diffs in the degree of social solidarity in diff categories of the population. Durkheim said greater the degree to which group members share beliefs and values, and the more freq and intensely they interact, the more social solidarity the group exhibits. More social solidary a group exhibits, more unlikely the inds apart of the group are bc they are strongly anchored to the social world, and vise versa.
