Test
Suicide
Preguntas del test (10)
1What did Durkheim study to explain patterns of suicide?
- AOfficial Statistics
- BSuicide notes
- CInterviews with suicidals
- DCoroners' reports
2Why did Durkheim study suicide?
- ABecause it was deviant
- BTo understand people's motives for suicide
- CTo discover the influence of religion on suicide
- DTo establish Sociology as a University subject
3Which two factors did Durkheim say influenced levels of suicide?
- AAltruism and Anomie
- BIntegration and regulation
- CEgo and superego
- DFatalism and hopelessness
4What were Durkheim's four types of suicide?
- AAnomic, egoistic, fatalistic, altruistic
- BAtomic, egoistic, ectopic, anomic
- CEgoistic, symphsic, fatalistic, ectopic
- DAltruistic, symphsic, anomic, atomic
5Criticisms of Durkheim from positivists include:
- AThat he didn't take coroners' assumptions into account
- BHe treated suicide as just one act
- CHe didn't define his terms clearly
- DHe tries too hard to create a causal explanation
6Which were the action theorists who disagreed with Durkheim?
- AGiddens, Becker, Weber
- BTaylor, Walton, Young
- CLemert, Bruce, Hindness
- DTaylor, Douglas, Atkinson
7Which of the following wasn't said to be an issue coroners use to help them decide if something's a suicide?
- ASuicide note
- BMental condition
- CNeed for revenge
- DMode of death
8Which of the following was not a meaning Douglas said people attach to their suicides?
- ATransformation of self
- BLack of attachments
- CTransforming the self for others
- DAchieving fellow feeling
9What was Atkinson's methodology?
- APositivism
- BHypothetico-deductive method
- CInterpretivism
- DEthnomethodology
10Why did Hindness criticise Atkinson?
- AHe said he was influenced by what he saw as common sense
- BHe said he failed to take a scientific approach
- CHe said he had to make assumptions about why people committed suicide
- DHe said he only looked at small scale research
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- Multi choice test on suicide
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