SOCI 331- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 63 pages long!)
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Three central problems in sociological theory why are they central problems: reason why it is a central problem is because every theorist has to deal with it. Problem of agency, of method, of change important for comparing and contrasting (one problem will influence another) Different of language: problem is specifies the subject matter of sociology, has 3 answers: each tells the nature of the individual, society and the relationship between them. 2: specifies the methodology of sociology, there are two answers, if yes then it naturalism, if no then it verstehen. Naturalism: social phenomena can be studied in the same way as natural phenomena science of sociology= search of invariant laws (meaning cause and effect) of social activity. =general laws that govern human behavior, treating humans as objects in nature. The problem of change: three questions every theory of social change at historical scale must answer the answer for all is society.