Natural Science Notes 2024 PDF

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These notes cover various topics in social science, including research methodologies, different types of research, and social concepts. It touches upon areas like open and closed-ended questions, qualitative and quantitative research. It details different research types and their characteristics.

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1. Natural Science - predict all natural phenomena 2. Humanities - seeks to human reactions to events 3. Cross-referencing (RRL) - to strengthen the research 4. Open Ended Questions (COLLECT THE DATA) - Qs gathered in interviews, essays, eval sheets 5. Closed Ended Questions (COLLECT THE DATA - Qs g...

1. Natural Science - predict all natural phenomena 2. Humanities - seeks to human reactions to events 3. Cross-referencing (RRL) - to strengthen the research 4. Open Ended Questions (COLLECT THE DATA) - Qs gathered in interviews, essays, eval sheets 5. Closed Ended Questions (COLLECT THE DATA - Qs gathered in checklist, likert scale 6. Coding (ANALYZE THE DATA) - Open Ended Questions 7. Tabulation (ANALYZE THE DATA) - Closed Ended Questions Types of Research 8. Descriptive Research - Provides answers to basic questions 9. Historical Research - Evidence from the past 10. Experimental Research - Dependend, Independent, Controlled variables 11. Exploratory Research - Have little or no previous studies done 12. Longitudinal Research - study same sample across time 13. Sequential Research - carried out in a series over a time interval 14. Case study - study a very particular research prob 15. Meta Analysis - summarizes the results of other's studies 16. Qualitative Research - sense-making 17. Quantitative Research - quantifable; numeric data; statistical analyses 18. Mixed Method - both quali and quanti - both open and closed ended 19. Action Research - participatory and iterative approach 20. Social Science - study of cultural awareness 21. Sociality - categories that we possess 22. Role in education - students are primarily seen as learners 23. Social Interactions - students labeled based on interactions with peers - influenced by social dynamics, etc. 24. Future Contributors - views students as future workers 25. Cultural and Societal Norms - diff cultures have specific expectations for students 26. Institutional Labers - label students based on academic performance 27. Socioeconomic Status - labeled based on their socioeconomic background 28. Special Education - labeled based on their need 29. Istambay - laziness; lack of ambition 30. Lagay - form of bribery or facilitation payment 31. Food Taboos - about consuming specific food (cultural, religious, or health- related reasons) 32. Same Sex Partnerships - heterosexual relationships - Belgium, Canada, New Zealand, Mexico, Colombia, Thailand 33. Padrino System - patronage in Filipino culture and politics - one gains favor (nepotism, cronyism) 34. Social Dynamics - study of the behavior or groups and the interaction 35. Selfieing - image taken by one else 36. Political Dynasty - political families; around the province in which they are dominant 37. Federalism - combines general gov in a single political system 38. Video Gaming - people are so fond nowadays; entertainment 39. Youth Volunteerism - link organization 40. Transnational Families - one or more members live in another country or region 41. Sociology - everywhereness -investigates the structure of groups, orgs 42. Social Forces - human created way of doing things - factors that let us behave in such a way 43. Social Map - person's specific political location - visually represent; illustrate 44. C. Wright Mills - American Social Critic 45. Sociological Imagination - ppl imagine the intersection of their life 46. Sociology - born in europe - industrial revolution - late 18th century 47. Aguste Comte - father of sociology 48. Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber - philosophers who raised critical questions about deluge of changes 49. Practical Utility of Science - Exploration must be guided 50. Spirit of Traditions - embraced the more literary approach 51. Emile Durkheim - Frach philosopher - new science of the study of society - Niche Problematique 52. Egoistic Suicide - absence of social integration - outcasts, alone, outsider 53. Altruistic Suicide - social group involvement is too high - willing to sacrifice their life in order to fulfill some obligation for the group 54. Anomic Suicide - caused by lack of social regulation - stress; frustrations 55. Fatalistic Suicide - indivs are kept under tigh regulations 56. Political Science - study of government and politics 57. Political Philosophy - study of human and social organization - nature of man/woman in the society 58. Ethics - right or wrong 59. International Relations - ties we build to other state 60. Foreign Policy - laws that applies in some same countries 61. Public Administration - methods and techniques used - legislative, executive, and judiciary 62. Dynamic Relations - interactions, relationship, and power struggles among individuals 63. Political Sociologists - engaged un revealing the relationships underlying political events and conditions 64. Power Relations - forms of interaction - use and employment of authority 65. Special Contact - existence of the state in order to create a community of citizens -requires ppl to surrender 66. Social Change - change that take place in human interaction - alteration of mechanism within the social structure 67. Social Activism - efforts to promote, inhibit.. - desire to make improvements in society... 68. Anthropology - Anthropos - man - logos - study - uncover the principles of behavior - origins of humans 69. Social Diversity - Possessing different ethnicity, religion, race, etc. 70. "Equal but different" - concept can be used to justify unequal treatment 71. Methodology - documenting one's engagement - considered as anthropological jargon 72. Fascination - with the ways of life in diff societies - to understand familiar and exotic culturers

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