Sociology 2270A/B- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 29 pages long!)
30 Nov 2017
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Lecture 1-introduction to sociology theory: why do we construct theories in the first place? (the necessity of theories) It helps us to make sense of certain situations and the social world. To help us understand the way things are. Descriptive/is claims ex: apple is red. devoice judgements. Prescriptive/ought claims ex: stealing is wrong. make judgement about things. Everyday theorizing is engaging daily bases to interpret the social events. Scientific theorizing assumptions are explicit, because they show how to interpret the data. It is open to examination, critiques and reformulation. The community talks about how things are being. All theories are generalized statements, propositions and specified phenomena. Scientific theories provide a clear identified conceptual and operational definition. that is explicitly defined variable that should be considered and denote deductive systems whereby clearly identified hypothesis that can be derived and tested. Operational definitions: how you are gonna measure it.
