SOCI 3251 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Sociological Theory, Falsifiability, Symbolic Interactionism
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Sociological theory is a system of generalized statements or propositions about phenomena. There are 2 additional features that distinguish scientific theories from other idea systems, such as those found in religion and philosophy: explains and predict the phenomena in question and, produce testable and thus falsifiable hypothesis. A period of remarkable intellectual development that originated in europe during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Continuum of the nature of social order individual " collective. Patterns of social life seen as emerging from ongoing interaction. Patterns of social life seen as the product of existing structural arrangements. Action motivated by ideals, values, morals, tradition, habits, or emotional states. Action motivated by a strategic or calculated attempt to maximize rewards or benefits while minimizing costs. Value fidelity: individual believes it is good and right to follow the law. Hegemonic moral order: society teaches it is wrong to disobey the law. Red means stop and green means go in hegemonic symbolic system.
