humans can be treated like objects/ and that they have no control over their behaviour/ human actions are predicable
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What did Weber believe
People are creators of their own destinies/ have free will- can make choices about their actions
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What does it mean if people have choice
Don't have pre-determined paths, the way society is organised determines their paths
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What do Interpretivists call society
Social world- which is a product of 2 social processes
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Choice- people choose to interact in social groups/ live in families/ work along each other
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Social interactions- group of people interpret and give the same meaning to event they are in- share same sense of what is going on
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What did Weber conclude-
In order to understand social interactions- we need to understand others feel and think/ how they interpret social world around them
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Cant just assume people helpless puppets-
People actually architects of society, their interpretations of the social world influence their behaviour- not social laws or facts
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MEAD- what is an important part of socialising children
Interpret interactions in every situation they find themselves in- ability to put one self in the shoes of someone else- how they are interpreting world around them
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What is a central feature of social life
The actions of people caused by how they interpret the situation they are in- people also interpret actions of others - react appropriately according to that interpretation
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What happens if interpretations not shared
Social breakdown or anomie can happen
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What did Meade conclude
Social actions due to persons definition of the situation they are in and how they interpret event
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VERSTEHEN AND EMPATHY
In order to understand social actions- we need learn to understand and put ourself in the position of the person
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Researcher imposition
Research focuses on what sociologist thinks is important- might neglect subjects thoughts and feelings or limit the data from them
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What would interpretivists say
VALIDTY more important than objectivity and reliability- positivists emphasis on reliability can cause researcher imposition
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What did Weber believe
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People are creators of their own destinies/ have free will- can make choices about their actions
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