Social Science Overview Quiz
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Which academic discipline is considered as the original 'science of society'?

  • Linguistics
  • Sociology (correct)
  • Anthropology
  • Economics

    • What method do positivist social scientists use for understanding societies?

  • Combining both quantitative and qualitative research
  • Methods resembling those used in the natural sciences (correct)
  • Social critique and symbolic interpretation
  • Constructing empirically falsifiable theories

    • During which period did the history of the social sciences begin?

  • Age of Enlightenment after 1650 (correct)
  • Industrial Revolution in the 18th century
  • Renaissance in the 14th century
  • Victorian Era in the 19th century

    • What characterizes interpretivist or speculative social scientists' approach to science?

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

    What defines modern academic practice in social research?

    <p>Researchers being eclectic and using multiple methodologies</p> Signup and view all the answers

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