Social Science Quiz

Positivist social scientists use methods resembling those used in the natural sciences to understand societies. They define science in its stricter modern sense and focus on constructing empirically falsifiable theories.

The Age of Enlightenment, after 1650, marked the beginning of the history of the social sciences and saw a revolution within natural philosophy, changing the basic framework by which individuals understood what was scientific.

The term 'social science' originally referred to the field of sociology but now includes academic disciplines such as anthropology, archaeology, economics, human geography, linguistics, management science, communication science, and political science.

<p>Interpretivist or speculative social scientists may use social critique or symbolic interpretation rather than constructing empirically falsifiable theories. They treat science in its broader sense.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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