3. image of George Ritzer's integrative ( micro - macro ) theory of social analysis
4. ทฤษฎีสังคมวิทยา Auguste Comte ( 1798 - 1857 ) http :// www . hewett . norfolk . sch . uk / CURRIC / soc / comte . htm
5. Auguste Comte ( 1798 - 1857 ) French philosopher regarded as the founder of sociology, a term he coined 1830 . He sought to establish sociology as an intellectual discipline, using a scientific approach ( 'positivism' ) as the basis of a new science of social order and social development .
6. Auguste Comte ( 1798 - 1857 ) In his six-volume "Cours de philosophie positive" 1830–42, Comte argued that human thought and social development evolve through three stages: the theological, the metaphysical, and the positive or scientific. Although he originally sought to proclaim society's evolution to a new golden age of science, industry, and rational morality, his radical ideas were increasingly tempered by the political and social upheavals of his time. His influence continued in Europe and the USA until the early 20th century.
7. Auguste Comte ( 1798 - 1857 ) Comte, born in Montpellier, was expelled from the Paris Ecole Polytechnique for leading a student revolt 1816. In 1818 he became secretary to the socialist Saint-Simon and was much influenced by him. He began lecturing on the 'Positive Philosophy' 1826, but almost immediately succumbed to a nervous disorder and once tried to commit suicide in the river Seine. On his recovery he resumed his lectures and mathematical teaching.
8. http :// www . socresonline . org . uk / home . html Sociological Research Online : focusing on theoretical, empirical and methodological discussions which engage with current political, cultural and intellectual topics and debates. Email : [email_address]
9. Phenomenology and Sociology Phenomenology is a 20th century philosophical way of thinking about the nature of reality which has influenced Sociology . The German Philosopher Edmund Husserl is closely linked with phenomenology . Phenomenology argues that the only 'PHENOMENA' that we can be sure of is that we are 'conscious' thinking beings . Therefore we should study any phenomena around us in terms of the way we conscoiusly experience them . This examination should be free of preconceptions and causal ideas .
10. These ideas influenced sociologists such as Alfred Schutz ( 1899-1959 ) who thought that Sociology should look at the way individual 'construct' the social world . He tried to combine the work of Weber with that of Husserl in his book " The Phenomenology of the Social World " ( 1932 ). Phenomenology
13. Erving Goffman Symbolic Interactionist Brief Biography 1922-88, American sociologist; b. Manville, Alta. He developed a performance-oriented theory of behavior in The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (1959). Asylums (1961), which dealt with personality changes among inmates of a mental asylum, led to his study of other institutions. He taught at the universities of California and Pennsylvania. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
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Bunker, B. B., H. B. Pearlson, and J. W. Schulz. 1975. A Student’s Guide to Conducting Social Science Research. New York: Human Sciences Press.
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Scientific Inquiry —How will is help me in real life? One of the primary outcomes of a four year liberal arts education is to be able to think conceptually and broadly—then translate it into a real world application. Of course some of the academic exercises you go through are slightly artificial—but they stretch your intellectual capacities. It would be similar for an athlete to say that certain types of required training techniques are valueless because the specific routines are not identical to a real world game or event. The purpose of training is to stretch and develop (in an artificial sense) the athlete so that he/she will be prepared for a real world game. Raw intelligence is nice, but not required for the real world if you develop your reasoning and problem solving abilities. This is true for the specific details (such as ASA/APS style and presentation formats) that may not be required in the real world—but it will probably improved your performance in the real world.
Denisoff, R. Serge, Orel Callahan, and Mark H. Levine, eds. 1974. Theories and Paradigms in Contemporary Sociology . Itasca, IL: F. E. Peacock Publishers.
Kuhn, Thomas Samuel. 1970. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions . 2d ed. Chicago: The University of Chicago.
O’Reilly, Brian. 1997. “Why Doctors Aren’t Curing Ulcers.” Fortune , June 9, pp. 100-112. An example of a change in paradigm is the treatment of stomach ulcers. In 1984, an Australian doctor named Dr. Barry Marshall had discovered that ulcers were caused by a bacteria in the stomach acid. The scientific community would not seriously listen to the scientist—because everyone knew that organisms cannot live in stomach acid. After much persistence, he proved his theory. Still, today much of the medication related to ulcers is unnecessary because it is not designed to kill the virus. Old ideas are hard to change (O’Reilly 1997:100-112). Does one’s paradigm make any difference in the real world? You bet it does! Instead of helping raise the standard of living for millions of people and saving billions of dollars a year in drugs and other related treatments—the medical community has been slow to adopt the new method for curing (not just treating) ulcers. Dr. Marshall used radical techniques for finding the cure (O’Reilly 1997): Animal experiments with the bacteria had failed to generate ulcers, so by 1984 Marshall was desperate to see whether he was right. He raised the beaker and gulped down the bacteria. “It tasted like swamp water,” he later said. The move turned out to be one of the best—and worst—he ever made. Barry Marshall wound up revolutionizing the understanding of ulcers. His work showed that they are not caused by stress or diet or acid. Ulcers are almost always the product of a clever corkscrew-shaped organism called Helicobacter pylori , which can be eradicated with as little as two weeks of antibotic therapy. (His research also led to the discovery that H. pylori triggers most stomach cancers too.) Marshall’s work is momentous. It has been compared with the development of polio vaccine and the eradication of smallpox. He is a serious contender for the Nobel Prize. And yet it is only now—13 years after Marshall drank the bacteria and a decade since his work first drew broad attention—that his controversial ideas and methods are finding their way, haltingly, into common medical practice. Even so, ulcers remain widespread, treatment of them with antibiotics is rare, and acid-blocking ulcer drugs are still the biggest-selling medicines on earth. (P. 102)
Perdue, William D. 1986. Sociological Theory: Explanation, Paradigm, and Ideology . Palo Alto, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company.
Denisoff, R. Serge, Orel Callahan, and Mark H. Levine, eds. 1974. Theories and Paradigms in Contemporary Sociology . Itasca, IL: F. E. Peacock Publishers.
Ward, Thomas J. 1974. “Definitions of Theory in Sociology.” Pp. 28-40 in Theories and Paradigms in Contemporary Sociology , edited by R. Serge Denisoff, Orel Callahan, and Mark H. Levine. Itasca, IL: F. E. Peacock Publishers.
Definitions . ---- Denisoff, Callahan, and Levine (1974) stated: Definitions are included in most delineations of theory. As Robert Bierstedt (Reading 7) indicates, there are two types of definitions: the nominal and the real. A nominal definition is a substitute for some concrete object. The words “sports car” are not in actual fact a car with a lowslung body, wire wheels, and great acceleration. A nominal definition, according to Bierstedt, has “no truth claims and it is therefore senseless to ask whether it is true or false.” A real definition is anchored in concrete or observable phenomena and has empirical or testable implications. The President of the United States, according to Weber’s notion, should enjoy high status. Sociologists can test this be conducting a survey and polling citizens as to the prestige of the office, and, objectively, they can examine the political and economic power of the office by observing operations at the White House. In this way status takes on a real definition which is tied to the real world. (Pp. 23-24)
Selltiz, Wrightsman, and Cook (1976) stated: Measurement theory concerns the linkage between concepts and indicators in a study. Operational definitions are always based on measurement theories that assign empirical meaning to concepts.(P. 40) The operational definition stipulates which specific indicators (or observations ) are to be assigned which specific meanings. (P. 40) One never ask whether operational definitions are “true” or “false.” But several evaluative criteria must be brought to bear on definitions. Definitions ought to: (1) assign empirical and logical meaning to concepts in an explicit and precise way; and (2) assign meaning to concepts so that indicators of the concepts relate to indicators of other concepts in ways that are predicted by theory. In other words, definitions ought to be unambiguous and clear in what they refer to, and definitions ought to be constructed so that the concepts fit into theories. If concepts are defined so that they fit into theories, then we can be assured that our definitions are useful. Beyond this, criteria for definitions become less clear, although some definitions may be more useful in theories than other definitions, just as some definitions may lead to measures that are accurate and precise more easily then other measures. (P. 40)
Hypothesis . ---- Denisoff, Callahan, and Levine (1974) stated: Hypotheses are statements outlining the relationship between two or more factors of events, such as X causes Y . A hypothesis is reasoned or deducted from a theory and seeks to make a general statement specific. Marxist theory holds that “being determines consciousness.” The Marxian hypothesis is that economic positions should determine political opinion. To verify or falsify parts of the theory, this hypothesis is put to the test through the use of induction. Thus, reasoning is from the specific to the general. If economic position does in fact determine political attitudes, it can be said that Marx cannot be falsified in that area of his theory. A classic example of the testing of a hypothesis deduced from a sociological theory is found in Emile Durkheim’s Suicide (1951). Durkheim argued that society was an organism with interrelated parts. The key to society was its social cohesion, which cemented the parts together. In Suicide , as Pitirim Sorokin (Reading 6) observes, Durkheim reasoned that lack of social cohesion leaves an individual in a “normless” state because the rules of conduct are not clear. This anomic condition may lead to suicide. Catholics, hypothesized the French theorist, are more socially cohesive than Protestants, because Catholic doctrine is more specific and directive on the issue than the viewpoint of the more interpretive and individualized Protestants. His hypothesis was that Protestants will exhibit a higher rate of suicide than Catholics. His study, which tested his theory of social integration through the use of suicide rates, confirmed that this was the case. However, he was not specifically concerned with the rate of suicide; rather, his interest was in comparing people he believed were highly and poorly integrated. (P. 24) Selltiz, Wrightsman, and Cook (1976) stated: Hypotheses , or the consequences of our theoretical assumptions are the statements that we usually submit to actual testing. Hypotheses are empirically tested because we are uncertain of the extent to which they are correct. (P. 17)
A classic example of the testing of a hypothesis deduced from a sociological theory is found in Emile Durkheim’s Suicide (1951). Durkheim argued that society was an organism with interrelated parts. The key to society was its social cohesion, which cemented the parts together. In Suicide , as Pitirim Sorokin (Reading 6) observes, Durkheim reasoned that lack of social cohesion leaves an individual in a “normless” state because the rules of conduct are not clear. This anomic condition may lead to suicide. Catholics, hypothesized the French theorist, are more socially cohesive than Protestants, because Catholic doctrine is more specific and directive on the issue than the viewpoint of the more interpretive and individualized Protestants. His hypothesis was that Protestants will exhibit a higher rate of suicide than Catholics. His study, which tested his theory of social integration through the use of suicide rates, confirmed that this was the case. However, he was not specifically concerned with the rate of suicide; rather, his interest was in comparing people he believed were highly and poorly integrated. (P. 24)
Logic: Deductive reasoning and inductive reasoning . Ligas (1993:7) and McMillian and Schumacher (1997:93-107) stated the following regarding deductive and inductive reasoning processes:
DEDUCTIVE REASONING Use of Logic and Authority From the General To the Particular Major Premise: Minor Premise: Conclusion: A valid conclusion can be deducted from valid premises Criticisms Major premises are often preconceived notions which inevitable bias the conclusions. If the premises are true and the argument valid, then the conclusion is certain to be true. However, the conclusion does not add anything new that is not already contained in the premises.
INDUCTIVE REASONING Use of Empirical Observation From the Particular To the General Study of individual cases Lead to a hypothesis and to a generalization Criticisms Random collection of individual observations without a unifying concept or focus often obscured investigations and rarely led to generalization or theory. Same set of observations can lead to different conclusions and support different, even opposing theories.