Branches of Social Science

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Questions and Answers

What does the term 'social science' encompass in addition to sociology?

  • Anthropology (correct)
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry

How do positivist social scientists define science?

  • In a speculative sense
  • In its stricter modern sense (correct)
  • In a symbolic sense
  • In its broader sense

What methods do interpretivist social scientists use?

  • Natural science methods
  • Empirically falsifiable theories
  • Quantitative and qualitative research
  • Social critique or symbolic interpretation (correct)

When did the history of the social sciences begin?

<p>After 1650 in the Age of Enlightenment (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the approach of modern academic researchers?

<p>Eclectic, using multiple methodologies (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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