SOCI 275 Chapter 2: Chapter 2 The Interactionist Toolkit Methods Strategies and Relevant Perspectives
25 Sep 2015
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Chapter 2: the interactionist toolkit: methods, strategies, and relevant. Gaining answers from research and analyzing data in a systematic way. The challenge is designing a study to give answers to our questions. How researchers better understand and study human behaviour. Using research techniques that differ from traditional scientific approaches. Social psychological theories emphasize the scientific method. Draw on existing theories to formulate a hypothesis. Test the feasibility of hypotheses comparing them to quantitative research methods. Interactions however, propose to understand humans you need to put yourself in the position of those engaging in the behaviour. To understand the meanings associated with the actions. Naturalistic inquiry: methodology focuses on people"s behaviour in a natural social setting and use of informal and unobtrusive techniques to gain understanding of the behaviour. Researcher familiarizes themselves with a topic of concern and becomes immersed in the specific social world. The researcher then focuses on how the individuals would experience and negotiate relationships in it.
