Question

One of the difficult problems faced by many colleges and universities is the increase in binge drinking on campus. Pretend you are part of a group seeking to develop approaches to understanding and reducing this problem. Putting on your sociology hat, you suggest to the group that it would useful to understand the meaning placed on the binge-drinking parties, and thereby develop solutions based on an understanding of the experience itself. Your approach uses the methodology embodied in:

Answer 1

Interpretive sociology

Step-by-step explanation:

Interpretative sociology refers to the branch of sociology that focuses on the meaning people attach to behavior. In this case you are focusing on the meaning placed on the binge-drinking parties, and thereby developing solutions based on an understanding of the experience itself.