SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Spurious Relationship, Antipositivism, Critical Theory

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

In order to answer our questions, there are many forms of truth : Logical system that bases knowledge on direct systematic observation. Stands apart from faith, belief, or conventional wisdom. Rests on empirical evidence: information we can verify with our senses. Poor people are far more likely than rich people to break the law . Canada is a middle-class society in which people are more or less equal . Differences in the behavior of females and males are just human nature" . People change as they grow old, losing many interests as they focus on their health . Most people marry because they are in love . Based on systematic observation of social behaviour on the basis of empirical evidence. Concept: a mental construct that represents some part of the world in a simplified form. Variable: a concept whose values change from case to case. Measurement: a procedure for determining the value of a variable in a specific case.