SOC241 Lecture Notes - Internal Validity, Psych, Immanuel Kant
12 Feb 2014
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Introduction to social psych: structures, studying and theory. Social psychology: how we coordinate with other people, study of people"s behaviours, how people influence each other. Have a sense of attractiveness, familiarity, imagination, A link between a formal and abstract structure. Abstract: cannot be fathomed, incomplete, unbounded edges, not concrete. A theory then, takes a part of something structure and adds abstract to. Without abstract = only be rigid parts, not a theory. Statistics help locate a relationship/correlation between variables. Either people behave randomly, so there"s no point in studying or people"s behaviours are structured. If we are structured, we should be similarly structured, not identically structured though. (polymolygus structured) No obvious form of structuring, seeking that similarity = studying social psych. Empathy is useful day to day, but does not assist us in our understanding/critical assessment. Formally required, rule- like features to it, feels like you have no choice. (ex. 2 + 2 = 4, no debate, no options)
