Introduction to Social Sciences: Evolution and Relevance

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

Twentieth century

What is the main focus of Social Science?

Studying human society and relationships

What are the factors behind the development of social sciences?

Mass production and French Revolution

What does 'modernization' refer to in sociology?

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

What distinguishes a 'modern society' in sociology?

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

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

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

What was a major impact on the process of industrialization?

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

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

<p>Materialism</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</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</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</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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