Sociology 1026F/G Study Guide - Midterm Guide: False Consciousness, Heterosexism, Naturalistic Fallacy

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Knowledge is scientifically generated, and belief is something you feel. Physics, chemistry, and engineering are all examples of exact sciences, but sociology requires a kind of thinking that is so complex that these easy sciences can"t compare, they require qualitative answers. Scientific evidence comes from the 5 senses and always wants to now if info is valid. Observation is used in sociology however you must remain undetected or people may change their behavior. There is a fair amount of pattern in human behavior, but its hard to predict how people will behave with 100% accuracy, we often act in contradictory ways. We want knowledge so that we can be able to predict and control, we are concerned with society and maintenance of social order. Order can be an ideological term, it can hide certain things (order for someone, may be considered disorder to another) If you have a status quo, you want to keep things as they are (conservative)

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