Introduction to Social Sciences: Evolution and Relevance

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When did 'social studies' become a part of the school curriculum?

  • Nineteenth century
  • Eighteenth century
  • Seventeenth century
  • Twentieth century (correct)

What is the main focus of Social Science?

  • Studying natural sciences
  • Studying physical sciences
  • Studying human society and relationships (correct)
  • Studying plant and animal behavior

What are the factors behind the development of social sciences?

  • Automation and artificial intelligence
  • Mass production and French Revolution (correct)
  • Colonization and imperialism
  • Globalization and urbanization

What does 'modernization' refer to in sociology?

<p>Societies with mass production and urban living (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes a 'modern society' in sociology?

<p>Mass production, consumer goods, and urban living (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main component of education/curriculum system in modern society?

<p>Social sciences (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process of rapid economic growth arising from the increasingly sophisticated application of inanimate sources of power?

<p>Industrialization (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which form of economic organization involves the means of generating economic wealth being largely in private hands and organized predominantly for profit?

<p>Capitalism (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process where the proportion of people living in urban areas increases, along with the development of new social institutions and organizations?

<p>Urbanisation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What emerged in the eighteenth century in an effort to understand the character and future of modern society?

<p>Social sciences (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was a major impact on the process of industrialization?

<p>Invention of the steam engine (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What were some of the negative effects of the radical turn since the eighteenth century?

<p>Materialism (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What social problems are arising and affecting the whole social system due to fast changes associated with modernization?

<p>Diseases, social alienation, workers exploitation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What resulted from the misuse of science, urbanization, and industrialization in the twentieth century?

<p>World War-I and World War-II (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a process where new social problems are arising and affecting the whole social system due to fast changes associated with modernization?

<p>Emergence of social problems (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was one of the positive effects of the radical turn since the eighteenth century?

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