Interpretivism

Question 1

Type of interpretivism - Interactionists

Answer 1

• Believe we have casual explanations but no need for a hypothesis before research.
• By stating an hypothesis at the start of the study, Glaser and Strauss argue that researches ruin the risk of imposing their own views, in on the data, rather than those of the actors being researched - instead should be grounded theory, meaning ideas emerge, as data is collected, which later can be used to produce a testable hypothesis.
  EVAL - Ignore positivist view that we should have a definite hypothesis before we start our research.

Question 2

Phenomenology & Ethnomethodology - Garfinkel

Answer 2

• Rejects idea that there can be cause explanations for human behavior, and society is not determining our actions - society is shared set of meanings and knowledge and are interested in finding out what the shed meanings are and where they originate from.