SOC 101W Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Reductionism, Cohort Study, Longitudinal Study
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Those things we know as part and parcel of the culture we share with. The science of finding out; procedures for scientific investigation. We generally recognize that future circumstances are somehow caused. We also learn that such patterns of cause and effect are probabilistic in nature. The effects occur more often when the causes occur than when the caus. By accepting what everybody knows, we avoid the overwhelming task of starti regularities and understanding. It can be detrimental: if we seek a fresh understanding of something that ever has always understood, we may be marked as fools for our efforts. We trust the judgment of the person who has special training, expertise, and cr. Inquiry can also be hindered by the legitimate authority who errs within his or. Also when we depend on the authority of experts speaking outside their. The advertising industry plays heavily on this misuse of authority.
