Chapter 10

Question 1

Commits suicide for someone else. Example: elderly people end their lives so they don’t have to be a burden to other people.

Answer 1

Altruistic Suicide

Question 2

People feel unwelcomed or isolated and that’s why they end their lives. Example: People end their lives due to feeling lonely.

Answer 2

Egoistic Suicide

Question 3

Feeling loss and downward social mobility. Example: A man has devoted all his efforts to building up his company to achieve a lifelong goal but once he accomplishes it, he no longer feels like he has purpose in life and ends it.

Answer 3

Anomic Suicide

Question 4

Suicides that occur out of clash of modern and traditional values. Example: 17 year old girl in turkey dated a boy and broke her family tradition and her family told her to kill herself or they will do it themselves.

Answer 4

Virgin Suicide

Question 5

They can’t evaluate their immediate difficulties in the perspective of lifelong events. Example: teenager kills themselves due to being bullied

Answer 5

Adolescent Suicide

Question 6

Suicide motivated by desire to avoid suffering resulting from disease or injury.

Answer 6

Euthanasia