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Sociology
Systematic study of human societies
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Sociological imagination
understanding the larger historical picture and its meaning in our own lives
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Comparative method
A research strategy for analysing methods of suicide
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Anomic suicide
When peoples lives are suddenly disrupted, econoomic depression/ wars/ famines (people going hungry)
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Egoistic Suicide
When group family or community ties are weak or deemphasized, People feel disconnected or alone.
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Altruistic Suicide
Ties to community are too strong instead of too weak, lives for the group. Ex: Waco
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Society
Population living in the same geographic area that shares a culture and a common identity whose members are subject to the same political authority.
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Macro level
Structural society and historical processes
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Statuses
Positions that individuals within the society occupy. Ex: Shantee is my wife and also a mother
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Ascribed status
The status you were born with Ex: Race, sex, ethnicity
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Achieved Status
Social position we take on voluntarily or aquire through our own efforts or accomplishments
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Role strain
People that lack the necessary resources to fulfill the demands of a particular role Ex: Parents can't provide children with adequate food, shelter or clothing.
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Role conflict
Situations which people encounter tension in trying to cope with the demands of an incompatable roles. Ex: A Mother has an important out of town conference to attend on the same day her 10 year old son is appearing in a play
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Group
A set of people who interact more or less regularly with one an another and are consious of their identity as a group. Ex: Colleagues at work or family
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In groups
Groups we belong to and to which we feel a sense of loyalty to
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Out groups
Groups we don't belong to and which we feel a certain amount of antagonisim towrads
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Primary group
Consists of a relatively small numbers of members who spend a lot of time together over a long period of time
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Secondary group
More formal and impersonal group ex: co-workers, classmates
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Dyad
Smallest group consists of two people (relatively unstable)
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Triad
Group of 3 more stable than dyad, tendency for coalitions to form
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Coalitions
When two people pair up and conspire against the third
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Organizations
Networks of statuses and groups created for a specific purpose. Ex: universaties, microsoft, methodist church
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Social institutions
Stabl sets of statuses, roles, groups and organizations form. Provide the foundation for addressing fundemental societal needs. Ex:education, economics, politics, family and law
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