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Debates Flashcards

1
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What is value freedom?

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Research should be free from opinion

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What is value driven?

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Research cannot and should not be free from opinion

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What are the 4 concepts for sociology can be a science?

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Positivists
Objectivity
Paradigms shift
Some sociology can be falsified

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What do positivists say about sociology should be a science?

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Research should follow the same structure as natural sciences that gain true and objective knowledge so solve social problems, make comparisons and the finding will be representative

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Who is the theorist for positivists thinking sociology should be a science?

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Durkheim and his study on suicide

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What does the theory of objectivity say about sociology being science?

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Keeping opinions out of it and they should be value free or validity will be compromised so they don’t emphasise or sympathise with the person being researched?

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What does the theory of the paradigm shift say about sociology being science?

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Society sometimes moves away from a shared set of assumptions so the competing paradigm becomes the new one and we have moved away from modern society

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What does the theory say for some sociology being falsified?

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Some theories can be proven wrong just like in science

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What are the 4 theories for sociology not being a science?

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Interpretivists
Committed sociology
Paradigms
Falsification

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Who is the theorist for interpretivists?

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Douglas

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What does the theory for interpretivists say about sociology not being a science?

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Society cannot fit into a lab and that in research they need to gain verstehen

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What does the theory for committed sociology say about sociology not being a science?

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Sociologists should be openly taking sides to different theories and should be interested in the same values of particular groups and they are not expected to impose their own values on research

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Who is the theorist for committed sociology?

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Gouldner

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What does the theory for paradigms say about sociology not being a science?

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Most people hold the same discipline but sociology doesn’t have a paradigm as the theories are all competing

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What does the theory for falsification say about sociology not being a science?

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Theories cannot be put to the test or falsified as they are only predictions

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Who is the theorist for falsification?

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Popper

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What are the 4 theories for sociology should be value free?

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Early positivists
Modern positivists
Positivists
Methods

18
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What do early positivists say about sociology being value free?

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Science should discover factual knowledge and the truth can help fix problems with certainty and objectivity

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Who is the early positivist theory for sociology being value free?

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Comte

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What do modern positivists say about sociology being value free?

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Their own values are irrelevant and they should remain morally neutral and not judge peoples behaviour and gives the subject purpose

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Who is the modern positivist theory for sociology being value free?

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Douglas

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Who is the positivist theory for sociology being value free?

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Durkheim

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What do positivists say about sociology being value free?

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Research should be left objective to not taint the research and values could make it low in validity and biased

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What does methods say about sociology being value free?

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They should hold the same principles of natural sciences which are objective so they remain detached

25
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What are the 4 theories for sociology being value driven?

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Committed sociologist
Criticisms of funding bodies
Interpretivists
Limitations of experiments

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What do committed sociologists say about sociology being value free?

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They should openly take sides and should impose their own values and by empathising with participants, it means they can gain verstehen

27
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Who is the theorist for committed sociology?

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Gouldner
Feminists

28
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What does criticisms of funding bodies say about sociology being value free?

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Sociologists embody the values and interests unlike government bodies and hey may block publicity of their findings if they are unacceptable

29
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What do interpretivists say about sociology being value free?

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Value leaded research should be used to gain understanding and the meaning the behind the research as some is socially constructed and cannot be objective

30
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What does limitations of experiments say about sociology being value free?

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Laboratory experiments have many limitations such as it being impossible to control and they aren’t in a natural environment and verstehen cannot be gained

31
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What are the 4 theories of sociology should influence social policy?

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Functionalism and positivism
Social democrats
Liberal feminists
New right

32
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What does functionalism and positivism say about sociology influencing social policy?

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If sociology was a science it could discover the reason for social problems an that it serves the interest of society if sociology influences social policy

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What do social democrats say about sociology influencing social policy?

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The income of the wealthy is distributed to the poor and sociologists should be involved in researching social problems and making recommendations

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What do liberal feminists say about sociology influencing social policy?

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Society is based off the conflicts of genders and that they should influence social policies to help legislation come in place for equality

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What does the new right perspective say about sociology influencing social policy?

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The state intervening undermines self reliance and can cause social problems so they want to introduce policies that stop the dependency culture

36
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What are the 4 theories for for sociologists not influencing social policy

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Piecemeal approach does not work
Marxists
Difference feminism
Radical feminists

37
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What does the ‘piecemeal approach not working’ say about sociology not influencing social policy?

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Tackling issues one at a time doesn’t solve sociology as a whole

38
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What do marxists say about sociology not influencing social policy?

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Social problems cause class inequality and they cannot be solved by the government and that they are unlikely to bring in policies that benefit the WC

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What do difference feminists say about sociology not influencing social policy?

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Feminists experience patriarchy differently and that they should work to highlight diversity which reflects the interests of different women and their needs

40
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What do radical feminists say about sociology not influencing social policy?

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These policies are not enough to tackle the patriarchy and solutions such as separatism is needed and reducing benefits limits women and these policies disadvantage them even more

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