SOC101Y1 Chapter 1: SOC101 Textbook (New Society 6th ed) Notes Chapter 1
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Sociology: systematic study of human behavior in social context y social causes are distinct from physical/emotional causes. Suicide rate for canada: 13 suicides annually for every 100 000 people y world s highest rates are found in some countries of the former soviet union; lowest rates are in some. Caribbean islands and in parts of the arab world (egypt, syria, palestine, etc. ) Jews had lowest suicide rate but had highest rate of psychological disorder y y suicide rate increase with age but psychological disorder happed frequently when person reaches maturity. Durkheim believed that suicide rates vary because of differences in the degree of social solidarity in different groups. Jews are a defensive and close group b/c of years of persecution. Social structure: relatively stable patterns of social relations y sociologists try to identify and explain connections b/w people s personal troubles and the social structures in which they are embedded.
