SOC 112 Chapter Notes - Chapter chapter 9: Social Forces, Queer Theory, Heterosexuality
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Sociology 112- my compass for a new world. He examined the association between rates of suicide and rates of psychological disorder for different groups. He discovered that insane asylums housed slightly more women than men, but there were four male suicides for every female suicide. Among the major religious groups in france, jews had the highest rate of psychological disorder, but also had the lowest suicide rate suicide rates and rates of psychological disorder did not vary directly in fact, they varied inversely. Durkheim expected high-solidarity groups to have lower suicide rates than low-solidarity groups did. Social structures: are relatively stable patterns of social relations. Microstructures: are patterns of intimate social relations. Families, friendship circles, and work associations are all examples of microstructures. Global structures: are patters of social relations that lie outside and above the national level. The scientific revolution: began in the 1550. The scientific revolution suggested that a science of society was possible.
