EST 200 1st Edition Lecture 10 Outline of Last Lecture I Boas Franz II Functionalism III Structural Functionalism IV Alfred Reginald Radcliffe Brown V Claude Levi Strauss VI Behavioral Ecology VII Cultural Ecology VIII Political economy Outline of Current Lecture I Political economy continued from last class II Theoretical construct III Falsification IV Hypothesis V Operational Definition Current Lecture I II III Political economy a The study of how external forces particularly powerful state societies explain the way a society changes ad adapts the impact of external political and economic processes on local events and cultures this is sometimes referred to as the World System View b The study of how people struggle to gain access to maintain control of and utilize natural resources in the face of competing interests c Scientists and philosophers of science now generally agree that no theory can be proven or unquestionably true although some theories may have considerable evidence supporting them Theoretical construct a Something that cannot be observed or verified directly Because all theories contain such constructs theories cannot be proven entirely or with absolute certainty Falsification a The method which shows that a theory seems to be wrong is the main way that theories are judged These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute IV V Hypothesis a Predictions of what might be found Operational definition a Statements that might be verified