Sociology 2270A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Georg Simmel, Conflict Theories, Psychoanalysis
15 Jan 2018
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Phenomenology - the study of those things that can be directly apprehended by our senses: everyday reality is a socially constructed system of ideas, we are the ones who construct this system. Ethnomethodology - examines the methods people use in contracting social reality (harold. Interpretation of documents such as suicide notes: critic: do not favor quantitative studies and just describe phenomena and nothing else, they have negative views of grand theories, empirical research. 2270 e xam - f riday 15 @ 9am r oom 135 be there no later tha n 8:55 bring id card and pencil multiple choice (120 ques tions ) None of the theories can predict something 100% of the time. All the theories have limitations (everything theory is a partial theory) No single theory can explain a behavior or a social problem. Is why sociologists use integrated theoretical perspective / model to make the theory more predictive.
