Sociology 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter Chapter 20: External Validity, Participant Observation, Social Theory
11 Jan 2018
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Perspective: wrongful convictions are rare and are avoided through evidence, social practice of science is influence by subjectivity. Science as a social practice: science needs subjectivity. Important to certain phases but useless to others - must distinguish when it is beneficial and when its not: subjectivity varies from individual as our personal values are a core part of subjectivity. People filter their world into; real and objective and personal and subjective: our values and expectations filter our own reality but do not determine what we see. Each individual has a different perception: methods of science are designed to face complexity, observing bias - making unconscious mistakes in classifying or selecting observations. Minimizing bias in social science: sociologists apply scientific practices to the study of human society. Reduce bias: scientific ideas become allowed only after it was examined by the community. Scientific way of knowing good and bad science thinking: david hume - the problem of induction.
