Sociology 2240E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: American Sociological Review, Sociological Theory, Differentiator

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2240E
• Professor: Scott Schaffer

Document Summary

Questions on course outline, last week, etc: post in discussion forums. Why do i have to be here: helps us ask the right questions, american sociological review. In the questions about information, that you get the development of sociology/criminology. Focus our attention on particular aspects of societal processes: change in lens = change in how we interpret evidence. Sparks testable questions: does a change in x produce a change in y, are there other factors that make this thing happen, testable questions lead to hypotheses. Sociology asks questions about what it has identified from the social world. Interested in changes that happen around them: questions of the causes, manifestations, consequences and meaning of social phenomenon, need to develop this before making a lens to focus on it, theory as normative framework. Societies change as a result of human action: differentiator of sociology as a science and natural science. I can tell you what your problem is.