Sociology 2206A/B Study Guide - Laud Humphreys, Thomas Kuhn, Participant Observation
12 Dec 2014
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January 9 th , 2014: an objective, accurate, systematic analysis of empirical data, in order to discover recurring relationships, and to advance human knowledge, unbiased, correct, follow the orderly steps, things that you can experience with your senses. Sociology is defined as: the study of human behaviour, which seeks to develop a body of interrelated generalisations that explain social behaviour, and that predict, or aid in understanding behaviour: theories. Thomas kuhn, huge dick who doesn"t think social sciences are sciences: pre-paradigmatic; don"t yet have models of reality supposedly. Hawthorne effect: participants give you answers they think you want to hear; may behave differently if know they are under surveillance (respond to the environment not to the cause) Goals of science: to observe, explain, predict. Justin bieber; hypothesis: age -> behaviour; status/fame -> behaviour. Conceptual/nominal/theoretical definition: dictionary definition: ex. anxiety: nervousness, apprehension, fear, define words in terms of things you"re already familiar with, not much use in research.
