SOC101Y1 Lecture : Lecture One.docx
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Social solidarity is frequency which will people interact and the degree to which they share beliefs, morals and values. As a person age, they feel more socially isolated. Suicide rates are lowest at intermediate levels of society and are highest at low/high level of social solidarity. A person is willing to die for the group-form of altruistic suicide. Sociology is the systematic study of human action in a social context. It is based on the idea that our relationship with other people that create opportunities for us to think and act differently.
