SOC 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Research, Antipositivism, Formal System
16 Oct 2016
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Know how to apply the sociological perspective. Be curious and ready to ask questions about the world around you. What people accept as (cid:498)truth(cid:499) differs around the world. observation- is one form of truth. Science- a logical system that bases knowledge on direct, systematic. Scientific evidence gained from sociological research often challenges common sense. Science: a logical system that bases knowledge on direct, systematic observation. Empirical evidence: information we can verify with our senses. Scientific sociology studies society by systematically observing social behaviour. Requires carefully operationalizing variables and ensuring that measurement. Observes how variables are related and tries to establish cause and effect. is both reliable and valid. Demands that researchers be objective and suspend their personal values. Is well suited to research in a laboratory and biases as they conduct research. Interpretive sociology focuses on the meanings that people attach to behaviour. Sees reality as constructed by people in the course of their everyday lives.
