SOC 002 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Qualitative Sociology, Subjectivism, Operationalization

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Sociology (SOC)
• Course: SOC 002
• Professor: underwood

Document Summary

Empirical: positive knowledge by direct, systematic observation; in contrast, the normative approach uses religion, tradition or authority to answer question. Self correlation by creating hypothesis and then testing them (an hypothesis: tentative statements of the relationship between two or more variables) Objective: that biases and values do not affect their research. Science is said to entail several characteristics: Facts are part of the real world and can be observed. Scientists are some of the modern society"s experts to make observations and create facts, knowledge. Modern society scientific methods discover truths about the world. Objectivity- objective observations alone do not lead to scientific conclusions. Personal opinions, biases and sub- cultural understandings are part of most, if not all, sciences, mob fashion. It is impossible to create completely objective observations of the world. Relativism- the belief that there is no ultimate truth, truth varies by society, culture, subculture. Subjectivism- what is taken to be tru is what the subject thinks.