Suicide

Question 1

What are social facts?

Answer 1

Social factors which control our behaviour - degree of moral regulation and degree of social integration

Question 2

what is the degree of social integration?

Answer 2

the extent to which an individual experiences a sense of belonging to a group

Question 3

what is the degree of moral regulation?

Answer 3

the extent to which society controls peoples norms and values

Question 4

what is altruistic suicide?

Answer 4

This involves too much social integration and putting other/the group first. Suicide is like self sacrifice.

Question 5

what is fatalistic suicide?

Answer 5

Involves too much moral regulation. It is caused when society over regulates people/strictly controls norms and values

Question 6

what is egoistic suicide?

Answer 6

Involves too little social integration- it is caused by a lack of ties to others and society

Question 7

what is anomic suicide?

Answer 7

involves too little moral regulation- it is caused when norms and values in society are unclear (often caused by rapid social change as people are unsure of what society expects of them)

Question 8

what is status integration?

Answer 8

Compatible statuses that do not conflict with each other

Question 9

what is low status integration?

Answer 9

when statuses conflict with each other

Question 10

Who came up with low status integration?

Answer 10

Gibbs & Martin

Question 11

Who found that coroners follow a set of assumptions to decide upon a verdict (is a death ruled as suicide or not)?

Answer 11

Atkinson

Question 12

What is parasuicide?

Answer 12

when people who attempted suicide aren’t certain about themselves or the outcome and they may not be aiming to die.

Question 13

what is self-directed (ectopic) suicide?

Answer 13

when the individual is psychologically detached from others- suicide is a private act

Question 14

what is submissive suicide?

Answer 14

when a person is certain about themselves and what they want to do. They want to die.

Question 15

What is thanatation suicide?

Answer 15

when someone is uncertain about themselves. The suicide attempt involves taking a risk- they may or may not survive

Question 16

What is other directed (symphysic) suicide?

Answer 16

when the individual has an overwhelming attachment to some other person (who could give them a reason for living). This form of suicide is not self contained but aims to communicate with others

Question 17

What is sacrifice/revenge suicide?

Answer 17

when someone is certain about others- either they or someone else has done something wrong which makes living impossible. Usually person wants to die to make someone suffer/feel guilty or its a way for the person to deal with their own guilt

Question 18

What is appeal suicide?

Answer 18

when someone is uncertain about themselves in relation to others- they have doubts about their importance to others and suicide helps to resolve this. It is an attempt to change somones behaviour.