Sociology 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter Chapter 1: The Sociological Imagination, Manifest And Latent Functions And Dysfunctions, Symbolic Interactionism
11 Jan 2018
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Sociology: the systematic study of human behavior in social context. However also had the lowest suicide rate: durkheim argues that suicide rates vary because of differences in social. Durkheim"s theory of suicide- figure 1. 2 page 7. Altruistic suicide: occurs when norms tightly govern behavior so that individual actions are often in the group"s interest (ex. Egoistic suicide: results from a lack of integration of the individual into society because of weak social ties to others. Occurs when norms governing behavior are vaguely defined (ex. Suicide in canada today: men are 3. 6 times more likely to commit suicide over women, compared to what durkheim said before (youth suicide is rare), in canada ages. Figure 1. 3: suicide by age and sex, canada, 2008. Social structures: relatively stable patterns of social relations. 3 levels of social structure: microstructures: patterns of social intimate relationships.
