Question

Weber used the term verstehen to analyze social behavior. He believed that to understand behavior we must look at how other people view and explain their own behavior from a(n) ______ perspective.

a. subjective b. objective c. global d. scientific

Answer 1

Answer: A.sociology

Explanation: Max Weber's grand theory begins with his formulation of four types of rationality: practical, theoretical, substantive, and formal. It is often argued that Weber's focus was on formal rationality and the ways in which it contributed to a historical process-rationalization-that transformed the Western world.

1. Weber's intellectual interest in rationalization led him to study the historical forces that both enabled rationalization in the West and constrained it elsewhere. Foremost among these forces was religion. Weber argued that the Protestant ethic contributed profoundly to the rationalization of the Western world- to such an extent, in fact, that it spurred the development of modern capitalism.
2. Weber also studied other religions-such as Confucianism and Hinduism-and concluded that the ethics of these religions constrained rationalization and the development of capitalism. Weber was also interested in different types of authority, or forms of legitimate domination.
3. He developed a typology of authority structures, which consisted of traditional, charismatic, and rational-legal types of authority. These types of authority are ideal types, or models that scholars can use to compare various specific examples of a phenomenon either across cases or over time. Weber was most interested in the rational-legal type of authority and how empirical approximations to it contributed to rationalization.