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| Trusting Facts From A Person In An "Authoritarian" Position. Trust These Facts Because Source "Knows" Facts. |
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| It is impossible to know EVERYTHING. Trusting an authoritarian source makes life simpler. |
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| Sometimes Authority Source CAN BE WRONG (uh-oh!). If you recieve info from an authoritarian source you should double check it to make sure it is correct! |
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| Knowledge based on habit/custom. We kind of know something about the social world so that's the way it has to be (duhhhh). |
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If it isn't broken, don't fix it!
Worked in the past, it will work again. |
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Sometimes it is wrong.
Tradition might not be correct in the first place. Always good to look into the info whether tradition has or hasn't worked in the past! |
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| Relying on the media (TV/Magazines/Newspapers) for information. People think that they know things based on how things are depicted in the media. |
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| The media does not properly portray things the right way. Can give improper information and sometimes just isn't factual. |
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| People "KNOW" something based on something that has heppened to them in the past. |
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| Pros of Person Experience? |
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| Its happened to YOU so YOU know it works. You already have all the verification you need based on past experiences. |
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Some things just make sense.
Example: Poor People = More Crime then Rich People |
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It just makes sense. There is no need to question it because its common knowledge.
There is no need to double check something that is common! |
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| Sometimes common sense isn't so common... |
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| Research Audience: Pure/Basic |
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| Knowledge for Knowledges sake |
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| Reasearch Audience: Applied |
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| Trying to figure out why something exists. |
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Describes situations/events
What Kinds of x likes x. |
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Does this affect that?
Does x situation affect x. |
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Make observations at a single point and time
Not as $ |
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Panel Data = Collect data from same group (person(s)) over time
VERY EXPENSIVE + Difficult to keep up with |
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| Longitudinal (Trend Data) |
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Time Series - Track changes in a population over time.
See how population changes but can't keep up with individual changes -- Understand how attitudes change (for example) |
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| Longitudinal (Cohort Data) |
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| Follow specific populations of people - All do the same things at the same time. |
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| Quantitative: Experiments |
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| Get #'s and figures and info for research. |
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| Quantitative: Content Analysis |
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| Quantitative: Secondary Analysis |
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| Looking at other people's material and double checking work. |
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| Qualitative: Participant Observed |
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| Observing someone in order to research. |
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| Qualitative: Interviews/Focus Groups |
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| Hard set of rules that govern the way people do their stuff. |
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| There are no rules, people create rules. |
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| Direction of Theorizing: Induction |
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Bottom Up
Starts with observations builds w/ theory. |
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| Direction of Theorizing: Deduction |
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Top Down
Traditional View of Science
Starts with theory and then build observations from there. |
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| Parts of Social Theory: Assumptions |
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Have a starting point:
- Delinquent behavior exists (we can identify it)
- Families typcially have 2 parents
- Parents' job is to supervise their kids |
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| Parts of Social Theory: Concepts |
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- Symbols and definitions
- Differ re: abstraction, complexity, scope
- Sub-concepts, cluter concepts |
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| Parts of Social Theory: Relationships |
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| Any interaction between two subjects. |
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| Parts of Social Theory: Unit of Analysis |
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What are you theorizing about?
- Individual
- Groups: Teams, families, companies, neighborhoods, countries, etc. |
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| Responsibilities To Science: Scientific Misconduct |
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Falsification/Tampering with data
Plagarism |
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| Responsibility To Society: |
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| Promote beneficial application, No such things as truly value-free science: research suggests that our emotions or moods effect our perceptions. Responsibility to research participants as well. |
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| Responsibility to Participants: |
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| Avoid potential harm, minimize deception, avoid violations of privacy, inform and voluntarily participation. |
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| Not so common in social research. Physically testing subjects. |
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| Types of Harm: Psychological/Emotional |
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| Humiliation, Loss of Self-Esteem, Loss of Public Standing, Loss of Trust in Others |
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| You cannot deceive those you are observing. Ruins validity of research. |
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| Must have subjects agree to terms of research |
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| Must keep private things PRIVATE. If not, researcher is not staying true to research/research subjects. |
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| Someone associated with something we deem good, hence they must be "good" and puts them in an authoritarian position. |
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