SOCL 2001 : Exam 1 Notes
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The systematic study of social interaction at a variety of levels. Systematic meaning that social behavior is regular and patterned. Takes place between individuals, small groups, large groups, large organizations, and entire societies. The ability to see the relationship between individual experiences and larger social influences. He said our individual behavior is influenced by social factors such as religion, ethnicity, and politics. Value free : value-free: one who separates his or her personal values, opinions, ideology, and beliefs for scientific research. The process requires curiosity and imagination, but also knowing the research rules and procedures that describe and explain why people behave the way they do. Researcher should be objective in collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data. Creates new knowledge that helps us understand social life. Secondary analysis of existing data: data collection that examine info collecting from someone else, advantages, accessible, learn from past. Experiments: controlled setting of test specific variables, advantages, manipulate data, replicability, disadvantages, artificial setting.
