SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Antipositivism, Formal System, Human Behavior

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

Document Summary

Basics of sociological investigation: apply the sociological perspective, be curious and ask questions. What"s true now may not be true in the future . It"s a logical system that bases knowledge on direct observation (stands apart from faith, belief, etc. ) Relies on evidence from an experiment or observation. 3 ways to do sociology: scientific sociology: concept-a mental construct that represents some part of the world. Operationalize the variable: specify what you intend to measue when you assign a value to a variable. Validity: actually measuring what you intend to measure. Types of variables: independent and dependent: *** fill in page 9. Conditions for cause and effect to be considered. Ideal of objectivity: keep your values when conducting research, don"t throw values out the window. Replication can be helpful by being self correcting. Human behavior is too complex to predict anyone"s actions-presence of researcher can make the person being studied acting differently: interpretive sociology.