Science & Values & Interactionism Flashcards
Paradigms + what for? And who
Kuhn - paradigms are the dominant accepted ideology within science / rest rejected
e.g. flat earth
CANT - science characterised by consensus
Anderson
Science SHOULDNT
Sociology as prestigious/ science as harmful / shouldn’t want to be associated
e.g nuclear weapons
Popper
Falsification - CAN’T
Marxism revolution can’t be falsified
Hypothetic deductive model
Use to support Popper + falsification
Cannot test & falsify
Shouldn’t - feminism
Malestream (probably a stronger AO3)
Social action - can’t
Social world different to natural / physical world
- social construction / cannot understand world of human action without understanding the ways people attach meanings to actions
Should - science
Give 2
- Science receives more funding
2. Sociology needs prestige/ science respected
VAIT
Value rational
Affectual
Instrumentally rational
Traditional
What is VAIT for?
Social action
Value rational
Do something because of faith or beliefs, no way to tell if has desired effect
e.g. praying to pass exams
Affectual
Action determined by emotional state - without considering consequences
e.g. anger
Instrumentally rational
Doing something so you get your goal / know there’s a direct correlation
e.g. revising to pass
Traditional
Doing something because always done it
Why is versten important and to whom?
Weber - empathetic understanding crucial to understanding human action and change
Social action
Level of cause
Structural factors that shape people’s behaviour
