Sociology / Unit 1 Soc 0002 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"Sociology Is Just Common Sense"
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The idea
The claim that sociology only confirms what everyone already knows fails because common sense is inconsistent and untested, and research routinely overturns it.
In practice
Common sense says opposites attract and birds of a feather flock together — both, at once. Evidence favors the second.
Where people slip
A finding sounds obvious once stated; that feeling arrives after the result, not before.
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