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

Linguistics

Archaeology

Anthropology (correct)

Economics

What do positivist social scientists use as tools for understanding society?

Empirically falsifiable theories

Eclectic methodologies

Methods resembling those of the natural sciences (correct)

Social critique and symbolic interpretation

What do interpretivist social scientists use for understanding society?

Social critique or symbolic interpretation (correct)

Empirically falsifiable theories

Eclectic methodologies

Methods resembling those of the natural sciences

In modern academic practice, what approach do researchers often take?

Eclectic, using multiple methodologies Signup and view all the answers

Which branch of science is devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies?

Social science Signup and view all the answers

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

Anthropology Signup and view all the answers

What do positivist social scientists use as tools for understanding society?

Methods resembling those of the natural sciences Signup and view all the answers

What is the original 'science of society', established in the 18th century?

Sociology Signup and view all the answers

Which academic discipline is not encompassed by social science?

Biology Signup and view all the answers

What do interpretivist social scientists use for understanding society?

Symbolic interpretation Signup and view all the answers

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

What do positivist social scientists use as tools for understanding society?

What do interpretivist social scientists use for understanding society?

In modern academic practice, what approach do researchers often take?

Which branch of science is devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies?

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

What do positivist social scientists use as tools for understanding society?

What is the original 'science of society', established in the 18th century?

Which academic discipline is not encompassed by social science?

What do interpretivist social scientists use for understanding society?

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