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Which academic discipline was originally referred to as the 'science of society'?

  • Sociology (correct)
  • Anthropology
  • Political science
  • Economics

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

  • Religious scriptures
  • Purely philosophical methods
  • Methods resembling those of the natural sciences (correct)
  • Historical anecdotes

Which social science discipline may use social critique or symbolic interpretation?

  • Linguists
  • Interpretivist social scientists (correct)
  • Anthropologists
  • Economists

In modern academic practice, social science researchers are often:

<p>Eclectic, using multiple methodologies (B)</p> 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?

<p>Social science (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Anthropology (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Methods resembling those of the natural sciences (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In addition to sociology, social science now encompasses a wide array of academic disciplines, except:

<p>Biology (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do interpretivist social scientists use, as opposed to constructing empirically falsifiable theories?

<p>Social critique (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In modern academic practice, researchers are often eclectic, using multiple methodologies by combining both:

<p>Positivist and interpretivist approaches (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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