Social Science Branches Quiz

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

<p>Eclectic approach</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The term formerly used to refer to the field of sociology is the original 'science of society', established in the 18th century.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The history of the social sciences began in the Age of Enlightenment after 1650, which saw a revolution within natural philosophy, changing the basic framework by which individuals understood what was scientific.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In addition to sociology, social science now encompasses a wide array of academic disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, economics, human geography, linguistics, management science, communication science, and political science.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Positivist social scientists use methods resembling those used in the natural sciences as tools for understanding societies, and so define science in its stricter modern sense.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In modern academic practice, researchers are often eclectic, using multiple methodologies (for instance, by combining both quantitative and qualitative research).</p> Signup and view all the answers