CRIM 135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Purebasic, Empirical Evidence, Gambling

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 135
• Professor: Moira Aikenhead

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Scientific inquiry & foundations of social science research. Empirical knowledge produced based on experience or observation. Scientists have certain criteria to be met an assertion must have both logical and empirical support *** Hunches & hypotheses as explanations: x causes y. Hypotheses not always correct (cid:862)cou(cid:272)h potato childre(cid:374) at higher at higher risk(cid:863) (cid:894)t(cid:455)pi(cid:272)al (cid:374)e(cid:449)s report(cid:895) Conclusion: watching more than 2 hours of tv a day as a child causes adult health problems. (hypothetical conclusion drawn from information) Two realities (read section on crime rate) * important for midterm: experiential reality, agreement reality. Majority of knowledge is based on agreement reality. 2 important sources: tradition, born into culture of accepted knowledge, test some; accept great majority, authority, consider source of the information, but (cid:862)e(cid:454)perts(cid:863) (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e (cid:449)ro(cid:374)g. Tradition & authority are double-edged swords, up to you whether or not what you want to research and believe (critical thinking)