SPMA 2P07 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Theory, Social Forces
19 Sep 2016
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Social theory: system of interconnected abstractions or ideas that condenses and organizes knowledge about the social world, theories explain how things work. Parts of a theory: concepts: ideas that are carefully de ned. Packers fans in williamsburg, daughters weren"t wearing: assumptions: necessary starting points that have not been tested. Hyatt doesn"t have a cell phone: relationships: how the concepts are related to one another. Begin with abstract relations among concepts and move toward concrete empirical evidence. Ex) gathering data to test theory that sport fan alumni donate more 22638 to their college than non-fan alums: inductive approach. Begin with collecting data/detailed observations and then move toward a generalization of the world. Reverse socialization**: kid gets the parent into a sport. Explanation: a theory"s primary purpose is to explain. !1: the most common type of explanation is the casual explanation, used when the. Monday, september 19, 2016 relationship is one of cause and effect: to establish causality you need 3 things:
