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Exploring Social Science Paradigms

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Which paradigm focuses on the attempt of one person or group to dominate others and to avoid being dominated?

Conflict paradigm (correct)

Microtheory paradigm

Macrotheory paradigm

Symbolic interactionist paradigm

What is the main focus of the positivistic paradigm in social science?

Analyzing large-scale features of society

Discovering scientific rules governing social life (correct)

Exploring smaller units or features of society

Understanding shared meanings and social patterns

Which paradigm examines how shared meanings and social patterns are developed in the course of social interactions?

Macrotheory paradigm

Microtheory paradigm

Conflict paradigm

Symbolic interactionist paradigm (correct)

What does ethnomethodology focus on in social science?

Ways people make sense out of life in the process of living it Signup and view all the answers

Which paradigm seeks to understand the ways people make sense out of life in the process of living it?

Ethnomethodology Signup and view all the answers

What is the main distinction between macrotheory and microtheory in social science?

Macrotheory focuses on large-scale features of society, while microtheory focuses on smaller units or features of society Signup and view all the answers

Which paradigm assumes that we can scientifically discover the rules governing social life?

Positivistic paradigm Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of the conflict paradigm in social science?

The attempt of one person or group to dominate others and to avoid being dominated Signup and view all the answers

What does the symbolic interactionist paradigm examine in social science?

How shared meanings and social patterns are developed in the course of social interactions Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of ethnomethodology in social science?

The ways people make sense out of life in the process of living it Signup and view all the answers