SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes -Homicide, Coronary Artery Disease, Friends House
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Sociology can be looked as a science because of there are hypothesis, testing idea, and. Refutations (people improve on it and disagree with it) Just like the research cycle, once you formulate a question, review existing literature to see if it"s been done or failed before. Third step is selecting a theoretical approach or method. A hypothesis specifies a testable relationship between two or more variables. Observed aggressive behavior on television leads to increased violence in children. Social learning theory is learning from imitating others. Content analysis (media effect) analysis to determine the meaning, purpose, or effects of any type of communication such as literature and newspaper by studying and evaluating the details. The front page suicides on a newspaper have an effect on others. After the publicized suicides there are usually more. Philips has a study called the 3 day-after peak, that shows after a publicized suicide 3 days after leads to the highest peak of publicized suicides.
