SOCIOL 2Z03 Study Guide - Sociological Inquiry, Numerical Analysis, Structural Functionalism
18 Jun 2013
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Theory, research and causation part 1: sociological analysis. Macro theory involved large large scale explanation of human behaviour: they focus on the entire or large portions of the society, they deal with social structure. Micro theory: small scale explanations of human behaviour, focus is on individuals and small groups, focus is on social interaction, sociological inquiry (def in prev lecture) Essentially three diff ways of understanding the world, through science or other two. He coined the term positivism" which reflects his optimism on using science as a way to explain the world. He also coined the term sociology refers to science of society. He argues that sociology should be modeled on the natural sciences they focus on cause and effect relationships. Wrote a book on socio method rules of sociological method. First book to outline this new science of society. He argued that socio should identify patterns or regularities in society. Durkhiem used stats to do studies (i. e. suicide)
