SCLY4 - Positivism

SCLY4 - Positivism

1. Structural theory

   • Enlightenment = truth
     • Objective
   • Deterministic factors
     • Socialisation
     • Conditioning
   • Institutes = linked
   • Social facts
     • Social forces
   • Sociologists
     • Durkheim
     • Marx
     • Weber

2. Science

   • Quantitative data
   • Correlations
   • Objectivity
     • NO VALUES
   • Observable data
   • Laws of behaviour
   • Sociologists
     • Popper
     • Comte

3. Primary Data

   • Experiments
     • Lab and field
   • Questionnaires
     • g
   • Structured Interviews
     • Quantitative data
     • Closed questions
   • Observations

4. Secondary Data

   • Official statistics
     • Crime
       • e.g. Divorce can cause crime to increase, as lack of male role model turns boys to delinquent subcultures
     • Divorce
       • e.g. divorce can lead to poorer performance in education
     • Religion
       • e.g. change in power of education from religious institutions to the state
     • Education