Heyyy all of you awesome bloggers! This week's blog will be covering the positivist and interactionist approaches and which one better suits sociology.
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The positivist approach has to do with more rational thinking. It uses quantitative data such as statistics and hard-core facts. Whereas the interactionist approach uses interviews and people's behaviors to figure out the way they act in society. This, in my opinion, provides better methods at gaining a deeper knowledge of sociological issues because sociology is not about the hard-core facts, being rational, and depending on certain equations and statistics. It is a social science that uses no other evidence than questionnaires, interviews, and discussions with people. This allows the sociologist to deeper understand the person within and why they act a certain way in society or what role they serve. Quantitative data alone is simply not enough to let a researcher or sociologist understand these things.
What do you think? Interactionist or Positivist? Leave a comment below! Thank you! :D
mmmhmm. I picked Interactionist.
ReplyDeleteI like interactionists more. Numbers are for losers.
ReplyDeleteAlso, your picture looks like two guys having lunch without food rather than an interview :D
Your so greaaattt. I like your blog. Very funny.
ReplyDeleteIf you were to just analyze rationality than positivism is ideal. But sociology has show that people tend to not act rational and consider factors that cannot be extracted using the positivism approach. I think a good balance of the two can get the best results.
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