Sociology 2206A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Negative Relationship, Nomothetic, Antipositivism
25 Apr 2018
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Theories and methods are the backbone of social science. Social theory: a system of interconnected abstractions or ideas that condenses and organizes knowledge about the social world: a compact way to think. Classical social theories = durkheim, weber, marx. Social theories create explanations about the workings of society and the interaction between members. Macrosocial theory: focuses on society at the level of social structures and populations: society as a whole on a large scale, societies, cities, nations, and populations. Microsocial theory: focused on individuals and individual action. Mesosocial theory: directs its attention to the rule of social organizations and social institutions in society. Empirical generalizations: derived from theories, it summarizes findings or regularities in empirical evidence (offers a simple statement about a pattern or generalization) Middle-range theory: focuses on specific aspects of social life and sociological topics that can be tested with empirical hypotheses.
