A sociologist is initially shocked by the practice of child marriage in kenya. instead of viewing the participants as objects to be examined, the sociologist tries to imagine himself in the position of the people being studied and tries to see child marriage from their perspective. seeking to understand the insider's perspective is what max weber called:

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A sociologist is initially shocked by the practice of child marriage in kenya. instead of viewing the participants as objects to be examined, the sociologist tries to imagine himself in the position of the people being studied and tries to see child marriage from their perspective. seeking to understand the insider's perspective is what max weber called:

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Everett Barron · Answer 1

I believe the answer is: Verstehen

According to max weber, Verstehen refers to a methodological way that initiated to obtain a certain understanding of human behavior.

In the process, researcher who's conducting this methodology would put themselves in the subjects' position in order to obtain additional subjective perspective on their behavior.