SOC221H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Qualitative Research, Basic Belief, Ideal Type
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A process in which people combine a set of principles, outlooks, and ideas with a collection for specific practices, techniques, and strategies to produce knowledge. Requires persistence, personal integrity, tolerance for ambiguity, interaction with others, and commitment to doing quality work. Accepting something as true because it is an authoritative publication. Acceptance as true because (cid:281)it"s the way things have always been. (cid:282) Something happens to you, you see it or experience it, you accept it as true. Occurs when some evidence supports a belief, but a person falsely assumes that it applies to many other situations. The tendency to take notice of certain people or events based on past experience or attitudes. Occurs when a person feels he or she has the answers and does not need to listen, seek information, or raise questions any longer. It is when a person overgeneralizes from what he or she accepts as being highly positive or prestige (cid:281)rub off(cid:282) onto other areas.
