SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: American Sociological Association, Dependent And Independent Variables, Sample Size Determination
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Experience helps determine how we perceive reality, including what patterns we see and whether we can see patterns at all: levels of experience. Concrete experience (meaningless experience; occurs through the senses) = percepts ( bits of perception ) patterns (related percepts) Concrete experience: obtained by seeing, touching, tasting, smelling, or hearing. Percepts: the smallest bits of concrete experience. Ex: a single dot on a page = percept; while a collection of dots = pattern. This is the level of experience you share with other creatures. The concrete level of experience is meaningless by itself. Ex: newborn infant experiences life exclusively at the concrete level that is full of sensations but devoid of meaning. Abstract experience (meaningful experience; occurs in the mind) = concepts ( bits of ideas ) propositions (related concepts) Abstract experience: the imaginary (fantasy) world of the mind. Concepts: abstract terms used to organize concrete experience.
