SOC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: American Sociological Association, Nuremberg Trials, Nazi Human Experimentation
20 Jun 2016
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Ethnocentrism-the belief that your culture is superior to all others: if we cannot get beyond the ethnocentrism, we cannot relate or accept any other cultures. Xenophobia-the dislike of what is considered unfamiliar to us, like other societies. Cultural relativism-being open and taking into account other cultures beside your own; being non judgmental. 4 types of questions to ask: 1. Empirical- things that can be measured; can be answered by sociologists (ex. Do gun control laws reduce violent crime?: 2. Aesthetic- how pleasing something is, cannot be measured, answer could vary person to person: 3. Questions of interpretation-sociologists can answer these questions. (ex. ; what does it mean to be a feminist) Ethical issues with social research: american sociological association set basic ethical tenets for performing research, they have three general rules for doing research: do no harm, Informed consent, and voluntary participation: this was created after the nazi medical experiments, during the.
