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Which academic discipline was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology?

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

  • Constructing empirically falsifiable theories
  • Methods resembling those used in the natural sciences (correct)
  • Social critique
  • Symbolic interpretation
  • In what era did the history of the social sciences begin?

  • Victorian Era
  • Industrial Revolution
  • Renaissance
  • Age of Enlightenment (correct)
  • What do interpretivist or speculative social scientists use for understanding societies?

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

    What characterizes modern academic practice in social research?

    <p>Researchers are often eclectic, using multiple methodologies</p> Signup and view all the answers

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