Social Science Disciplines
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What method do positivist social scientists use for understanding societies?

  • Social critique
  • Empirically falsifiable theories (correct)
  • Speculative theories
  • Symbolic interpretation
  • Which academic discipline was formerly used to refer to as the field of sociology?

  • Linguistics
  • Anthropology
  • Economics
  • Political science (correct)
  • What historical period saw a revolution within natural philosophy, changing the basic framework by which individuals understood what was scientific?

  • The Age of Enlightenment after 1650 (correct)
  • The Industrial Revolution
  • The Middle Ages
  • The Renaissance
  • What do interpretivist or speculative social scientists use instead of constructing empirically falsifiable theories?

    <p>Symbolic interpretation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the modern academic practice where researchers often use multiple methodologies such as combining both quantitative and qualitative research?

    <p>'Social Research'</p> Signup and view all the answers

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