History of Social Sciences
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What characterized the development of social science subfields?

  • Philosophical methodology
  • Historical methodology
  • Quantitative methodology (correct)
  • Qualitative methodology

    • What made many natural sciences interested in aspects of social science methodology?

  • Interdisciplinary nature of scientific inquiry (correct)
  • Cross-disciplinary nature of scientific inquiry
  • Quantitative nature of social science
  • Historical background of social science

    • Which disciplines exemplify boundary blurring between natural sciences and social sciences?

  • Geology and astronomy
  • Physics and chemistry
  • Biology and zoology
  • Social studies of medicine and neuropsychology (correct)

    • What trend is observed in the study of human action and its implications?

    <p>Integration of quantitative and qualitative methods</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the first half of the 20th century, what did statistics become?

    <p>A free-standing discipline of applied mathematics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What continues to lack consensus regarding methodology connecting theories?

    <p>&quot;Grand theory&quot; with midrange theories</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When did the term 'social science' begin to refer more broadly to disciplines analyzing society and culture?

    <p>Since the mid-20th century</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a precursor to the social sciences?

    <p>Classical theories</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What event or movement is credited with influencing the beginnings of the social sciences?

    <p>The Age of Revolutions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor that challenged Enlightenment philosophy around the start of the 20th century?

    <p>The rise of new philosophical movements</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When did the idea of studying society in a standardized and objective manner emerge?

    <p>It is a comparatively recent idea</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is mentioned as an example of early social science writing?

    <p>Both B and C</p> Signup and view all the answers

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