SOCIOLOGY
1. Asking/answering questions
2. Goal: to be able to accurately describe, explain and predict
human
behavior.
3. Areas: accepted and not accepted
4. Debunking
5. Answers: Ways of explaining the world
A. Theological – supernatural forces, god, evil
spirits
B. Metaphysical – rational calculation and
free
decision
C. Scientific – positivist approach – reliance
on
data acquired by the scientific method
6. Methods of inquiry: Scientific Method
Observation
Measurement
Theory
Testing
Controlled conditions (laboratory)
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