PCOL 838 TEST BANK QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS FULL REVIEW
●● Epistemology
Answer: Theory of knowledge - what we can
know of the world and how we can know
it
●● Scientific Approach To Social Science
Answer: Empiricist Tradition
- Goal is to determine "causal" relationships through observation,
explain phenomena and make predictions (Positivist & Realist)
●● Positivist
Answer: privilege direct observation in creating explanatory, predictive
models of "causal" relationships
●● Realist
Answer: Do not assume direct observation is always possible, nor
necessary. argues one can observe results or consequences
●● Hermeneutic Approach
, Answer: The hermeneutic approach holds that the most basic fact of
social life is the meaning of an action
(Social Construction & Double Hermeneutics)
●● Social construction
Answer: •Interpretation of the meaning of behavior in order to
understand rather than explain
•Not able to establish causal relationships
that are stable across time and space.
●● Double Hermeneutics
Answer: Objectivity not possible
•Social phenomena, observation, and interpretation all intertwined
●● Behaviouralism
Answer: Focuses on on what people do and why they behave that
way**observable behavior should be focus of analysis** Concentrates
on processes of politics associated with mainstream politics and
government
(Value free, neutral and detached)
●● Rational Choice Theory
Answer: Emerged from behavioralist empirical
VERIFIED ANSWERS FULL REVIEW
●● Epistemology
Answer: Theory of knowledge - what we can
know of the world and how we can know
it
●● Scientific Approach To Social Science
Answer: Empiricist Tradition
- Goal is to determine "causal" relationships through observation,
explain phenomena and make predictions (Positivist & Realist)
●● Positivist
Answer: privilege direct observation in creating explanatory, predictive
models of "causal" relationships
●● Realist
Answer: Do not assume direct observation is always possible, nor
necessary. argues one can observe results or consequences
●● Hermeneutic Approach
, Answer: The hermeneutic approach holds that the most basic fact of
social life is the meaning of an action
(Social Construction & Double Hermeneutics)
●● Social construction
Answer: •Interpretation of the meaning of behavior in order to
understand rather than explain
•Not able to establish causal relationships
that are stable across time and space.
●● Double Hermeneutics
Answer: Objectivity not possible
•Social phenomena, observation, and interpretation all intertwined
●● Behaviouralism
Answer: Focuses on on what people do and why they behave that
way**observable behavior should be focus of analysis** Concentrates
on processes of politics associated with mainstream politics and
government
(Value free, neutral and detached)
●● Rational Choice Theory
Answer: Emerged from behavioralist empirical
