SOAN 2120 Midterm: SOAN 2120 Midterm Review
2 Feb 2012
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Basis of knowledge is agreement (learn things through tradtion and through experts) Direct knowledge-through personal experience and observation (our own sense) Don t necessarily project objective reality ie. awareness test (can t see everything that is going on b/c we are not focusing on everything) An agreed upon consensus, process of learning what others believe. Ie. we know something is poison b/c the label tells us it is. By having information given to us we don t have to start from scratch. Can sometime look silly for trying to understand something that has already been explained through tradition. Acceptance of new knowledge depends on status of person giving information. Inaccurate observation-take certain measures to ensure that there are no inaccuracies (re-watch, re-do, take a photo) Overgeneralization-when looking for pattern, we assume similar events follow that pattern (avoid this by having large representative sample and replication and repeated)
