Sociology Common Sense

Trevor D.
2 February 2014

Writing Project: Sociology and Common Sense Science has helped mankind “correct our seriously flawed cognition and give us an unfiltered view of reality” (Hill). The particular science that studies “society and human behavior” is sociology (Henslin, 6). Sociology should be used to better understand why people react to a particular subject. Using just common sense to back up something scientifically is completely absurd. To conduct research on a particular subject, one should use the research method which is a seven step procedure that “sociologists use to collect data” (Henslin, 21). This shows how in depth science gets compared to common sense. "Unlike common sense, science systematically and empirically tests theories and hypothesis," This shows that "common sense has no structure to it, is explicitly subjective, and is subject to all manner of cognitive biases” (Hill).
The project would have to undergo the seven steps to the research method which is selecting a topic, defining the problem, reviewing the literature, formulating a hypothesis, test and collect the data, analyze the results, and share the results (Henslin, 20-21). When first discovered, using common sense on a scientific subject such as Earth’s orbiting the sun is not a simple subject. A person that is using common sense would think that the sun goes around the earth because it looks as if it does. On the other hand with the scientific method, you can challenge that theory and with the data it will be clear that the earth orbits the sun. Just using common sense will not have any control over what the belief that the sun orbits earth. Without the control that the scientific method gives, the people who believe that the sun orbits the earth will "never see statistics that speak the contrary"