SOC 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Spurious Relationship, Formal System, Critical Theory

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

Second type of truth rests on pronouncement of some recognized expert (question about raising children-often consult child psychologists or their pediatricians about what practices are right ) 3rd type based on simple agreement among ordinary ppl (everyone knows that sex among 10 yr. old children is wrong) Science: a logical system that bases knowledge on direct systematic observation. Scientific results depend on empirical evidence: information we can verify w/ our senses. )poor ppl are far more likely than rich ppl to break the law (wrong) )most ppl marry b/c they are in love (not always) We need to evaluate what we see, hear and read & sociology can help us do that. Doing soc means: learning more about the social world (more then 1 way to do this) There are 3 ways to do research: scientific, interpretative and critical sociology. )is the study of society based on systematic observation of social behavior.