______________ suicide occurs when people kill themselves because they have been cast into a lower status.
a. Egoistic c. Anomic
b. Altruistic d. Fatalistic
Question 2When suicide is a response to being cast into a higher status, it is considered
a. egoistic c. anomic
b. altruistic d. fatalistic
Question 3Men have a higher suicide rate than women but women attempt suicide about three times more often than men. Sociologists maintain that the different suicide and suicide-attempt rates reflect all but which one of the following?
a. the pressures placed on men to succeed at suicide.
b. men's greater access to guns and knowledge about how to use them.
c. the most common method of suicide for women is poisoning with drugs, a method that is more likely to fail.
d. men use suicide as the ultimate cry for help
Question 4During World War II, Japanese pilots committed suicide by flying small planes they were piloting into enemy targets. This suicide would qualify as
a. egoistic. c. anomic.
b. altruistic. d. fatalistic.
Question 5When people commit ____________ suicide, it is on behalf of the group they love more than themselves.
a. egoistic c. anomic
b. altruistic d. fatalistic
Question 6The term _______________ describes a state in which ties attaching individuals to others in the society are weak.
a. egoistic c. anomic
b. altruistic d. fatalistic
Question 7From a sociological perspective, suicide is
a. an act of intentionally killing one's self.
b. the result of personal disappointment and sorrow.
c. self-hatred actualized.
d. the severing of relationships.
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