Grounded and Emergent Theory Flashcards
What are symbolic interactions?
People act towards things based on meanings of those things to them. Meaning is derived from social interactions.
What is positivism?
Based on precise data and scientific method to seek the truth.
What is interpretivism?
Meaning is socially constructed.
What is constructivism?
People learn based on personal experience.
What is ethnography?
Qualtitative methods applied with purpose of providing a detailed, in-depth described of everyday life and practice. Description of people’s customs and culture.
What is a directive qualitative method?
Assign research PPTs to perform tasks on a product through various steps.
What is logos?
Logic strategies that emphasize induction and deduction.
Logic, reasoning, and proof.
What is pathos?
Strategies that rely on emotions and emotional reactions.
Emotions and values.
What is ethos?
Strategies that rely on attributions or charisma.
What is induction?
Small to big (related to grounded theory).
What is deduction?
Big to small.
What is abduction?
Inference is the best explanation.
What are steps of grounded theory?
6 steps:
1) Data collection
2) Note taking
3) Coding
4) Memoing
5) Sorting
5) Writing
What is confirmatory theory?
Study of logic by which scientific hypotheses may be confirmed or disconfirmed by evidence.
