SOCY 210 Study Guide - Final Guide: Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Nomothetic

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 210
• Professor: Fiona Kay

Document Summary

Conduct social research because: interested in human behavior. (how people cooperate to problem solve/compete for resources, group dynamics). Social research steps: use evidence in systematic approach, develop plan of how to recruit, research has to be ethical, typically published to the public. Authority: problems w/ basing off of authority: sometimes wrong (cnn/cbc), experts have different opinions, people sometimes talk about things they don"t know about. ), cultural/family based, have limitations & patterns are changing. Common sense: problem=sometimes things are seem logical are incorrect, imbedded with prejudice. Media: myths, perpetuates certain views, only watch one news channel w/ a level of distortion, tends to look at negativity, excitement and hype. Personal experience: overgeneralization: labelling people/things based on previous experiences. Halo effect: overgeneralize b/c someone is important to you (if a princeton professor says it, it must be right) (thus, going off prestige) Rudiments of scientific method: gathered in systematic, structured way. Can be qualitative or quantitative (other researchers can replicate).