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Biography
Definitions
Suicide Types
Theory
Criticisms
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What is Emile Durkheims real name?
David
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What is Reliability?
the degree to which the study provides consistently accurate results. (Can the theory be proven again in later studies by the same or different researcher)
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How many types of suicide's are there?
four
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Could Durkheims theory tell which individuals were going to commit suicide?
No
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Locial Error termed the __________ fallacy
ecological
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When was he born?
April 15th 1958
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What is Validity?
the degree to which the scientific study actually measures what it is attempting to measure
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What is Egotisitic suicide?
committed by people who are not strongly supported by a membership in cohesive social groups. As outsiders they depend more on themselves rather than on group goals or rules. When they are stressed they feel alone and helpless.
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Was Durkheim's theory both Vaild and Reliable?
Yes
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Did people find his theory mis leading?
Yes
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What did Durkheim like to study best?
Catholicism
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Whats independant variable?
thought to be the cause or explanation of one or more dependant variables
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What is Anomic suicide?
committed when society is in crisis or there is a rapid change. In these times the customary norms make break down or weaken. There usually isn’t any clear standard of behavior to guide them. People usually become confused, the goals they had become meaningless, and life seems pointless.
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What did Durkheim treat suicide as?
Social factor
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TRUE OR FALSE People thought he made the suicides into two social groups
True
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What was his goal that he accomplished?
he joined the ranks with other great socialist, psychologists, and philosophers.
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What is positive correlation?
an increase in one variable is matched by an increase in the other variable
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What is Altruistic Suicide?
committed by people who are deeply committed to group norms and goals and who see their lives and their selves as less important. These suicides involve dying for a cause
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In the possible relationships which one does not belong? A) Positive Correlation B) Negative Correlation C)Spurious Correlation D) Null Hypothesis E) None of the above
E) None of the above
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TRUE OR FALSE Some critics have claimed that Durkheim’s only intent was to explain suicide sociologically with a specific perspective and that he emphasizes how suicide was based on social environments rather than just the particular individual
True
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What happened in 1881?
In 1881 Durkheim passed the difficult examination required for teachers to administer in secondary school.
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What did Durkheim define suicide as?
"all cases of death resulting directly or indirectly from a positive or negative act of the victim himself, which he knows will produce this result."
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Give an example of each four suicide types that was talked about in the presentation
Egotistic: lone wolf suicide; unmarried; school age killer(no friends, no one likes me); generally isolated Altruistic suicide: parent pushing a child from path of car; solider jumping on grenade or charging hill’ policeman dying on duty Anomic suicide: I am so weak I have nothing left to lose; college students (away from home, family and friends); person moving Fatalistic Suicide: slaves, prisoners, over worked Japanese’s employees and school age suicide killer; I cant stand the harassment in the crowd because I am so different from everyone else
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Durkheim belived that ______ _______ would affect the overall suicide rate which became the _________ variable.
Social forces, independant
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What author questioned the micro and macro relation?
Berk