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Flashcards in Interpretivist Deck (7)
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interpretivist - main focus

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peoples consciousness influences the way they act as they have choices

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interpretivist - how to understand society

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understand reasons of peoples behaviour and how its influences by others

3
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interpretivist - what is socially constructed?

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social institutions/structures

4
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interpretivist - voluntarism

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free will

people can form their own identities rather than by external factors

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interpretivist - approach

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micro approach

focus on small groups of individuals

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interpretivist - research methods

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qualitative

7
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interpretivist - understand peoples behaviour

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through empathy, seeing the world through their eyes

by the meanings they give to their definition of a situation