APA 1302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Symbolic Interactionism, Social Fact, Feminist Theory
20 Jan 2017
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Theories are based on questions about why the world is the way it is, and on ideas about how it might be different. Theories have practical implication because they help us make choices. Serious theory is different than everyday ideas. Serious theory must prove themselves through a process of veri cation with the facts of the social world (text p. 21) Theory enables us to see beyond common sense . Common sense typically means in good judgment, but let"s consider the following example. Black men were 2. 8% of full- time, degree-seeking undergraduate students, but. 64. 3% of basketball teams: across four cohorts, 50. 2% of black male student- athletes graduated within six years, compared to 66. 9% of student- athletes overall, On no campus were rates exactly comparable for these two comparison groups: at one university, black male student-athletes graduated at a comparable rate to black undergraduate men overall.
