Sociology 2206A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Reality, Judith Butler, Symbolic Interactionism
17 Dec 2020
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Research is done to learn something new about the social world. Social research: is a process in which people combine a set of principles, outlooks, and ideas (i. e. , methodology) with a collection of specific practices, techniques, and strategies (i. e. , a method of inquiry) to produce knowledge. Social science: the study of people and their beliefs, behaviour, interaction, institutions, and so forth. Become familiar with the basic facts, setting, and concerns. Create a general mental picture of conditions. Formulate and focus questions for future research. Develop techniques for measuring and locating future data: description. Locate new data that contradict past data. Create a set of categories or classify types. Clarify a sequence of steps or stages. Report on the background or context of a situation: explanation. Extend a theory to new issues or topics. Support or refute an explanation or prediction. Link issues or topics with a general principle. Determine which of several explanations is best.
