Exploring the Branches of Social Science
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Which branch of science is devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies?

  • Chemistry
  • Social Science (correct)
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Which academic discipline is NOT encompassed by social science?

  • Psychology (correct)
  • Anthropology
  • Political Science
  • Economics
  • Which social scientists use methods resembling those of the natural sciences for understanding society?

  • Interpretivist social scientists
  • Positivist social scientists (correct)
  • Anthropologists
  • Linguists
  • Which academic discipline was initially referred to as the 'science of society'?

    <p>Sociology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term is used to describe social scientists who may use social critique or symbolic interpretation rather than constructing empirically falsifiable theories?

    <p>Interpretivist social scientists</p> Signup and view all the answers

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