Determine the order of reaction with respect to its reactants, find the rate constant, and calculate the rate at given concentrations. Based on experimental data.
Critical Sociology Positivist and interpretivist sociology focus on answering questions so that we can understand the way that society works. These views see the purpose of sociology as describing or understanding society. But, what if we want to move beyond just description? What if we want to solve problems? Critical sociology is a branch of sociology that focuses on studying society in order to change it for the better. Remember our question about voting: we've discovered that poor and young people are not voting.
Academic sociology has come to regard the sociology of medicine as a fruitful area of specialization. It is in their role of social critic that medical sociologists encounter the greatest resistance from mainstream medicine and health care. Critical medical sociology emerged from both Marxist and social constructionist traditions within the discipline (Waitzkin 1989; Brown 1995).