SAMENVATTING - BEGRIPPENLIJST
SAMANTHA WESSELS
INLEIDING
SOCIOLOGIE
,INLEIDING SOCIOLOGIE
DEEL 1
QUESTIONS
1
Chapter
Individual perspective behavior of individuals
Social perspective social context, social causes
Individual phenomena genes, personality
Social phenomena country, neighberhood
Proximate causes individual causes
Ultimate causes social causes Ultimate cause Proximate cause
(Bullying at school) (Negative self-image)
Levels
- Micro pupils, individuals
- Meso school, neighborhood
- Macro country
Scienti ic questions:
- Descriptive beschrijvend: hoeveel, wat?
- Theoretical theoretisch: waarom?
- Application toepassend: welk e ect?
- Normative waardeoordeel, ja/nee vraag
- Ill de ined question vaag, niet goed gesteld
1
,INLEIDING SOCIOLOGIE
- Precise questions clear/ duidelijk
- human behavior
- social context
- the period
- the population
Comparative questions vergelijking, verschil tussen ….
Single-case questions zonder vergelijking
Private sociologists eigen kennis, zoeken naar bevestiging eigen theorieën, intuïtie
Academic sociology bredere kennis, testen, verbreden
Common sense gezond verstand, everyday thinking, obvious, “everyone knows”
Cumulative science the practice that theories and observations of earlier studies are
incorporated in the work of successive studies.
Background knowledge
Wetenschappelijke relevantie / Scienti ic relevance
Maatschappelijke relevantie
2
, INLEIDING SOCIOLOGIE
THEORIES
2
Chapter
Theory Tools
Theories in a systematic way: 1 Theory schemes, 2 conceptual models, 3 formal
models
Theorie schema
P: Propositions universal statement / theorie
C: Conditions assumption / conditie
O: Observation observatie
P: Propositions
C: Conditions
H: Hypothese testable prediction
Empirical success
Durkheims suicide theory suicide rate is genuinely higher in Protestant regions than
in Catholic regions. Religion and suicide and cohesive.
Useful sociological theories 1 higher empirical success, 2 a higher information
content. ! True and informative !
Concept / theoretical variable abstractions, hypothetical
Concepts and de initions concepts are building blocks of theories. 1 be clear of what
theoretical concept means 2 common standards
Typology classifying reality, combining concepts
3
SAMANTHA WESSELS
INLEIDING
SOCIOLOGIE
,INLEIDING SOCIOLOGIE
DEEL 1
QUESTIONS
1
Chapter
Individual perspective behavior of individuals
Social perspective social context, social causes
Individual phenomena genes, personality
Social phenomena country, neighberhood
Proximate causes individual causes
Ultimate causes social causes Ultimate cause Proximate cause
(Bullying at school) (Negative self-image)
Levels
- Micro pupils, individuals
- Meso school, neighborhood
- Macro country
Scienti ic questions:
- Descriptive beschrijvend: hoeveel, wat?
- Theoretical theoretisch: waarom?
- Application toepassend: welk e ect?
- Normative waardeoordeel, ja/nee vraag
- Ill de ined question vaag, niet goed gesteld
1
,INLEIDING SOCIOLOGIE
- Precise questions clear/ duidelijk
- human behavior
- social context
- the period
- the population
Comparative questions vergelijking, verschil tussen ….
Single-case questions zonder vergelijking
Private sociologists eigen kennis, zoeken naar bevestiging eigen theorieën, intuïtie
Academic sociology bredere kennis, testen, verbreden
Common sense gezond verstand, everyday thinking, obvious, “everyone knows”
Cumulative science the practice that theories and observations of earlier studies are
incorporated in the work of successive studies.
Background knowledge
Wetenschappelijke relevantie / Scienti ic relevance
Maatschappelijke relevantie
2
, INLEIDING SOCIOLOGIE
THEORIES
2
Chapter
Theory Tools
Theories in a systematic way: 1 Theory schemes, 2 conceptual models, 3 formal
models
Theorie schema
P: Propositions universal statement / theorie
C: Conditions assumption / conditie
O: Observation observatie
P: Propositions
C: Conditions
H: Hypothese testable prediction
Empirical success
Durkheims suicide theory suicide rate is genuinely higher in Protestant regions than
in Catholic regions. Religion and suicide and cohesive.
Useful sociological theories 1 higher empirical success, 2 a higher information
content. ! True and informative !
Concept / theoretical variable abstractions, hypothetical
Concepts and de initions concepts are building blocks of theories. 1 be clear of what
theoretical concept means 2 common standards
Typology classifying reality, combining concepts
3
