SOC101Y1 Final: Final Exam study guide with lecture and textbook notes
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Everything in society serves some kind of social function which has the higher goal of maintaining social order. Shows how patterns of power difference in society produce stability in some instances and social change in others. The way that social institutions function either helps maintain or undermine social order. Society based on power struggle between privileged and subordinate people, both groups t rying to advance their own interests. Lower class has to unite to get their complaints heard. Can only understand society by examining the subjective meanings that people create and use to motivate their behaviour. Privilege and subordination associated with diff genders www. notesolution. com. Durkheim- suicide rates strongly influenced by social forces. Little relation between psychological disorders and suicide rates. (jews high psychological disorder, low suicide rate) Greater social solidarity if group members share beliefs and values and frequently/intensely interact. Likelihood of committing suicide decreases with degree to which person is anchored in society.
