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Altruistic Suicide
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Type of suicide that occurs where ties to the group or community are considered more important than the individual identity.
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Anomic Suicide
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Type of suicide where that occurs when the structure of society is weakened or disrupted and people feel hopeless or disillusioned.
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Comparative Method
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Research technique that compares existing official statistics and historical records across groups to test a theory about a social phenomenon.
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Egoistic Suicide
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Type of suicide that occurs in settings where the individual is emphasized over the group or community connections.
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Individualistic explanation
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Tendency to attribute people’s achievements and failures to their personal qualities.
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Sociology
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The systematic study of human societies.
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Sociological Imagination
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Ability to see the impact of social forces on our private lives.
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