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6. Douglas argues that societies don’t share the same meaning of suicide; if people are highly integrated then suicide is more likely to be what?
- Covered up
- Taken to the coroner
- Shared with the police
7. Escape suicide is another explanation. What does this mean?
- Punishing oneself.
- Escape from live which has become unbearable.
- Expressing sorrow for wrongdoing.
8. Douglas criticises who for accepting reliability and validity of official statistics?
9. Altruistic Suicide is when you commit suicide because of?
- Little integration
- Little regulation
- Full Integration
- Too much regulation
10. What method did Durkheim use for suicide studies?
- Questionnaires
- Participant Observation
- Official Statistics
- Experiments
11. What is fatalistic suicide?
- Suicide because of too much regulation of control.
- Suicide because of lack of regulation and control.
- Suicide because of becoming fully integrated.
12. Durkheim considers suicide rates as what?
- Social Facts
- Socialisation
13. Suicide rates are _______ if coroners decide the cause of death.
- Low in validity
- Reliable
- Unrepresentative
14. Which one of these scenarios/stories matches fatalistic suicide?
- Parents of a British schoolgirl who ran away with her teacher attempted to kill suicide.
- Students committing suicide because of financial problems.
- Ariel Castrol committed suicide by hanging in prison.
15. What is suicide?
- Suicide is when you intend to kill yourself deliberately.
- Suicide is when you are not happy with life.
16. Egoistic suicide is committed because of?
- Lack of regulation.
- Little integration.
- Full integration.
- Too much regulation.
17. Why do some people commit anomic suicide?
- Because of one's excess of individualism.
- Because one's desires are not being fulfilled.
- Because one's facing too much control and integration.