SOC 2106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Fact, Samuel A. Stouffer, Ritualism In The Church Of England
10 Apr 2017
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Monday september 21, 2015 and thursday september 24, 2015. What is it: a theory is a set of interrelated propositions constructed and fitting together logically, which claims to explain one or more aspects of the world around us. Why is it important: explanations can be described as the stories we well each other in attempts to produce some order in our lives, theories outline paths that leas to particular outcomes. They allow us to feel that we know why something happened and whether or not under what conditions its is likely to occur again. Popularity: popularity does not mean validity, example. All the sugar that you had taken it messes with your bodily function. Scope: the range of phenomena that a theory can explain, example. Theory a is better cause it has a better range. Accuracy: does the theory match empirical reality, summer.
