Sociology 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: General Idea, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Operational Definition
9 Dec 2017
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Concrete experience: concrete experience obtained by seeing, touching, tasting, smelling, or hearing, the parts of concrete experience are: Patterns collections of related percepts: we share concrete level of experience with all other living creatures. The concrete level of experience is meaningless by itself requires abstract experience. Abstract experience: abstract experience the imaginary world of the mind, the abstract level is composed of concepts abstract terms used to organize a concrete/sensory experience, propositions ideas that"s result fro(cid:373) fi(cid:374)di(cid:374)g the relatio(cid:374)ship (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)epts. 10 types of unscientific thinking: knowledge based on tradition: Although some traditional knowledge is valid, some is not. Science is required to separate valid from invalid knowledge: knowledge based on authority: We often think something is true because it"s fro(cid:373) a(cid:374) authoritati(cid:448)e sour(cid:272)e or a(cid:374) expert, however they can be wrong. Scientists question authority to arrive at more valid knowledge: knowledge based on casual observation:
