The neck-and-neck race was key to Republicans' plans to win back the Senate from Democrats. With 99% of precincts reporting their vote totals, Tillis had 49 % to Hagan's 47%. Tillis is known for his conservative stances on issues like same-sex marriage and women's abortion rights.
If you have a guess as to why this happens, you could say that you have a theory regarding how social groups function. This lesson focuses on the importance of theory in the social sciences and the four main theoretical perspectives within sociology. Let's start with a definition. A theory is a statement of how and why processes work or the world operates. Within sociology, theories attempt to explain why groups of people choose to perform certain actions and how societies function or change in a certain way.
Sociology is an academic discipline that is part of the social sciences. This includes such disciplines as: psychology, anthropology, economics and political science. Each discipline has a unique focus on certain aspects of human behavior. What makes sociology unique is its focus on patterns of behavior in society.