NURSING ANM AND GNM

NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS

SOCIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When you try to understand your friend’s feelings by placing yourself in her situation, you are using ____
A
Verstehen
B
Positivism
C
Rationalization
D
Conformity
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Verstehen refers to understanding the meaning of action from the actor’s point of view. It is entering into the shoes of the other, and adopting this research stance requires treating the actor as a subject, rather than an object of your observations.

Detailed explanation-2: -Verstehen is a German word meaning to ‘understand in a deep way’ that also refers to an approach within sociology. In this approach, when a researcher aims to understand another person’s experience, he can try to put himself in the other person’s shoes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Verstehen: A systematic interpretive process of understanding the meaning of action from the actor’s point of view; in the context of German philosophy and social sciences in general, the special sense of “interpretive or participatory examination” of social phenomena.

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