SOCIOL 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Readwrite, Culture Shock, Chopsticks
11 Sep 2017
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Functionalism - looking at the whole and how people are working together. Conflict theory - dynamics where countries use their own power to abuse political power. Marx said that those who had money are in power. Symbolic interaction - boils down to individual interaction. Easier to look at society at the smaller scale, instead of the general big picture. Usually will have 30-50 people in a sample. Ask questions and look for similarities/themes that come up. Focus group: smaller group (5 people) where they are asked questions and. Say one thing in interview, but do something else in practice. When you put a researcher in the field, people might change their behavior. Use things that are produced by people that we don"t need to obstruct their. Based on other people"s surveys like the census that collects data on people. Use a scale (like 1-5) to assess how people are feeling. You can use a wide arrange of numbers and generalize.
