FRHD 3070 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Verstehen, Nomothetic, Antipositivism
19 Dec 2017
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Aggregates: collection of many individuals, cases, or other units. Social theory: a system of interconnected abstraction or ideas that condenses and organizes knowledge about the social world. Macrosocial theory is one that focuses on society at the level of social structures and populations. Focus on society as a whole on a large scale. Explain social life at high levels of abstraction. Microsocial theory is focused on individuals and action. Mesosocial theory occupies a position between the micro and macro. It directs its attention to the rule of social organizations and social institutions in society. Empirical generalizations are not theories but are derived from theories and offer a simple statement about a pattern or generalization among 2 or more concrete concepts that are very close to empirical reality. Middle-range theory does not try to bridge the micro-macro divide but instead offers theories about limited aspects of social life. Specific aspects of social life they can test with empirical hypotheses.
