SOCI 1000U Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Erving Goffman, Symbolic Interactionism, Conflict Theories
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The study of human behaviours and beliefs that and the study of human beings as social creatures. Theory (inductive investigation): looking at empirical research and seeing a pattern and then making a theory. Deduction is when you start with a theory and then you test it. Empirical research: gathering data to check the theory and see if there"s a pattern between your variables. Policy: a plan of action implemented by an individual, group, business or government for the purpose of influencing outcomes or changing the way things are . 6 complications with theories and research, major sociological schools. They research what is society and how does it work, deciding how it works. It describes society but not want to fix it, they"re afraid that the system will fail. Society is like a living organism, if a system dies or stops working then the entire system fails.
