SOCIOL 2Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Antipositivism, Knowledge Translation, Grounded Theory
18 Dec 2017
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An explanation of observed regularities or patterns, a set of explanations a way to examine phenomena, a guiding force. To assess the adequacy of a particular social theory. To understand pressing social problems, research can expose ideologies and give us information about social problems, about things that are happening in society and gather information and allows for us to reinvigorate theoretical perspectives. Use research to assess theories that already exist. Making a theoretical perspective more tangible, easier to test, premises are easier to enact in some form of testing or operationalizing. Limited in scope and can be tested directly. Also enable further theorizing, gives us a springboard allowing for us to dig a little deeper. Examples: durkheim"s theory of suicide, theory of relative deprivation. General and abstract and cannot be tested directly. Examples: theory of social action, structural functionalism, wouldn"t be able to test all of the different premises that fall under structural functionalism.
