Social Science: Branches and Disciplines
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Which academic discipline was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology?

  • Archaeology
  • Linguistics
  • Economics
  • Anthropology (correct)
  • What methods do positivist social scientists use for understanding societies?

  • Qualitative research methods
  • Social critique methods
  • Symbolic interpretation methods
  • Methods resembling those used in the natural sciences (correct)
  • In which historical period did the history of the social sciences begin?

  • Renaissance after 1450
  • Age of Enlightenment after 1650 (correct)
  • Industrial Revolution after 1750
  • Ancient Greece after 500 BCE
  • What do interpretivist or speculative social scientists use for constructing theories?

    <p>Social critique or symbolic interpretation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do modern academic researchers often conduct their research?

    <p>Eclectic, using multiple methodologies</p> Signup and view all the answers

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