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

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

  • Symbolic interpretation methods
  • Methods resembling those used in the natural sciences (correct)
  • Methods based on social critique
  • Speculative methods
  • What historical period saw a revolution within natural philosophy, changing the basic framework of scientific understanding?

  • Renaissance in the 14th century
  • Industrial Revolution in the 18th century
  • Age of Enlightenment after 1650 (correct)
  • Middle Ages in Europe
  • What do interpretivist or speculative social scientists use instead of constructing empirically falsifiable theories?

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

    'Social research' has acquired a degree of autonomy as practitioners from various disciplines share similar goals and methods. What does this autonomy imply?

    <p>'Social research' has become independent due to shared goals and methods across disciplines</p> Signup and view all the answers

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