Which of these sociological perspectives is/are generally value-committed?

Interactionism, Feminism, Marxism

Value-Committed Research refers to:

Research carried out with the intention of improving society

Douglas' interpretivist investigation studied what?

Suicide notes for reasons behind suicides

Relativism argues that objective research is absolutely impossible. Why?

Doing research of any kind means values have influenced us.

A framework of assumptions under which all theories must fit

Positivists think sociology should be value-free. Why?

Objective research produces objective laws., Objective research comes with high status and funding.

Durkheim's positivist research studied what?

The quantitative relationship between suicide & social facts

Inductive reasoning is a feature of science, and therefore positivist sociology. What is it?

The process of finding objective, definitive laws of society

Popper says science is falsifiable; sociology is not. What does this mean?

Sociological research cannot always be proven/disproven.

The realist view of sociology is that:

It could be a science, but our definition is too narrow

Interpretivism says sociology and science have different subject content. Why?

Science studies rocks, minerals & chemicals., Sociology studies humans with consciousness

Value Laden Research is:

Research which is not carried out objectively

Value Freedom refers to:

When sociological research is not influenced by our values

Alvin Gouldner argues... what?

Sociologists over time have become passive positivists.

Interpretivists try to use verstehen in their research. What is it?

Putting yourself in the situation of your participant.

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Which of these sociological perspectives is/are generally value-committed?
Interactionism
Feminism
Functionalism
Marxism
2
Value-Committed Research refers to:
Research carried out with the intention of improving society
Research which is objective
Research which is carried out according to a funding body
Research which is free from the influence of our values
3
S&S: Positivist sociologists might use which of these methods?
Unstructured Interviews
Questionnaires
Case studies
Participant Observation
4
Douglas' interpretivist investigation studied what?
Suicide statistics
Suicide notes for reasons behind suicides
Coroner's Reports
Suicide victims' families
5
Relativism argues that objective research is absolutely impossible. Why?
Doing research which is value-free isn't desirable
Doing sociological research which is objective is hard.
Doing research of any kind means values have influenced us.
Value-committed research is designed to help society.
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A paradigm is a...
A framework of assumptions under which theories don't fit
A set of ideals sociology must operate under
A framework of assumptions under which all theories must fit
A set of ideals under which science must operate
7
Atkinson's Interactionist (interpretivist) investigation studied what?
Suicide victims' families
Suicide statistics
Suicide notes to find motives
Coroners' Reports
8
Positivists think sociology should be value-free. Why?
Objective research is designed to improve society.
Objective research produces objective laws.
Objective research comes with high status and funding.
Value-free research is always positive.
9
Value-Committed Sociologists believe that objectivity in research is:
Undesirable
None
Both
Impossible
10
Durkheim's positivist research studied what?
How suicides became labelled as such
The qualitative relationship between religion and suicide
The quantitative relationship between suicide & social facts
The reasons why people commit suicide
11
Inductive reasoning is a feature of science, and therefore positivist sociology. What is it?
The process of researching, then forming a theory
The process of forming a theory, then researching it
The process of finding objective, definitive laws of society
The process of researching meanings behind actions
12
Popper says science is falsifiable; sociology is not. What does this mean?
Sociological research cannot always be proven/disproven.
Sociological theories must be disproven by research
Scientific theories are always proven true by research
Sociological research cannot be objective.
13
The realist view of sociology is that:
Sociology is not at present scientific
It could be a science, but our definition is too narrow
Science itself is not objective/scientific
Sociology cannot ever under any circumstances be a science
14
Interpretivism says sociology and science have different subject content. Why?
Sociology studies rocks, minerals and chemicals
Science studies rocks, minerals & chemicals.
Sociology studies humans with consciousness
Science studies humans with consciousness
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Value Laden Research is:
A political view about using sociology to improve society
Research which is carried out objectively
A research perspective which agrees with positivism
Research which is not carried out objectively
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Value Freedom refers to:
When sociological research is not influenced by our values
When sociological research should be influenced by values
When sociological research is influenced by our values
When sociologists use their values to guide their research
17
Interpretivism is likely to use which of these methods?
Official Statistics
Comparative Experiment
Questionnaires
Participant Observation
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Alvin Gouldner argues... what?
Sociologists have worked too hard to be subjective.
Sociologists over time have become passive positivists.
Sociologists have not worked hard enough to be objective.
Value-laden research has little use to sociology.
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Science has paradigms; sociology still has many different theories. So sociology is...
Non-paradigmatic
Pre-paradigmatic
Unparadigmatic
Post-paradigmatic
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Interpretivists try to use verstehen in their research. What is it?
Putting yourself in the situation of your participant.
Not becoming over-friendly with your participants
Remaining objective throughout research
Becoming friendly with your participants

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