Paper Topic:

Sociology

Scientific approach in studying and understanding Social Reality

Social reality can be defined as the accepted social tenets of a community . The study of social phenomenon or norms can be approach from different methods , one of which is the scientific method . A scientific method is essentially an extremely cautious means of building a supportable , evidenced understanding of our natural world

The advantages of using the scientific approach are outlined below

When samples are taken and experiments are carried out on them , the results gotten from the collated data are well-organized and

br systematically represented

The samples examined also serve good representative of others (i .e usually human being ) not examined

More so , proven facts through scientific approach are regular and universal i .e . accepted in other parts of the world , and can be used as a starting point to imagine possible explanations for a phenomenon under study at any other time

Through scientific approach , social scientists have been able to contribute to the understanding of our society

Some of the disadvantages of applying the scientific approach are as follows ? In contrast to natural science phenomena , human behavior is subject to change , making prediction , especially at the individual level , difficult or even impossible ? The observer may be influenced by his own culture especially when the phenomena they study is also related to their social life H

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a natural science , thereby placing a constraint on the part of the scientist

With the use of scientific approach new social phenomena cannot be deduced but can

only be proven from existing ones , derived maybe from common sense

References

Weber , M (1946 . Essays in Sociology . New York : Oxford University Press , pp . 129-156

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