SOCI 313 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nomothetic, Grounded Theory, Structural Functionalism
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Knowledge is gained from primary through systematic observation. Methodology: system of rules for doing science to avoid making mistakes. Operationalize: put into use word used a lot in this class. To assess the adequacy of a particular social theory. To gather info to create social theory. To understand pressing social problems/ formulate governmental policy. Component of a theory: definition of concepts, descriptions of the phenomena of interest, relational statements. Deterministic statements: state a theory in a way that is already proved and has a social truth abstract enough to draw others things. Analogy for theory: piece of puzzles are concept and the puzzle that is solved is the theory. Types of theories: theories of the middle range. Limited in scope and can be tested directly. E(cid:454)ample: durkheim"s theor(cid:455) of suicide, theor(cid:455) of relative deprivation: grand theories: general and abstract and cannot be tested directly. Example: theory of social action, structural functionalism,