Introducing Disciplines in Social Sciences
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What is the main focus of social science?

  • Studying individual behavior
  • Exploring the natural world
  • Analyzing physical phenomena
  • Understanding the interconnectedness of society (correct)
  • Why is there no expectation for a single unified theory of society within social sciences?

  • The disciplines are not well-developed yet
  • Society is too complex to study
  • There is no funding for unified theories
  • Each discipline has its own independent definitions and methods (correct)
  • What does the labor of yesterday being the fruits of today imply?

  • Societal progress is continuous (correct)
  • Societal changes are rapid
  • Hard work leads to success
  • Yesterday's labor impacts today's society
  • Why do political science, sociology, history, and other disciplines within social sciences provide largely independent definitions and research methods?

    <p>They have different research interests</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is there no grand plan for the disciplinary definitions within social sciences?

    <p>The social world is too complex for a unified plan</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the aim of modern social anthropology?

    <p>To understand the complex issues of modern human life</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What specialized fields within social anthropology deal with the problems faced by primitive people in modern days?

    <p>Developmental anthropology and Action anthropology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does geography aim to provide?

    <p>An accurate, orderly, and rational description of the variable character of the earth's surface</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is history concerned with?

    <p>Studying man's struggle through the ages</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is sociology considered as?

    <p>An independent science</p> Signup and view all the answers

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