10 Questions
Which academic discipline was originally referred to as the 'science of society'?
Sociology
What do positivist social scientists use as tools for understanding society?
Methods resembling those of the natural sciences
Which social science discipline may use social critique or symbolic interpretation?
Interpretivist social scientists
In modern academic practice, social science researchers are often:
Eclectic, using multiple methodologies
Which branch of science is devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies?
Social science
Which academic discipline was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology?
Anthropology
What do positivist social scientists use as tools for understanding society?
Methods resembling those of the natural sciences
In addition to sociology, social science now encompasses a wide array of academic disciplines, except:
Biology
What do interpretivist social scientists use, as opposed to constructing empirically falsifiable theories?
Social critique
In modern academic practice, researchers are often eclectic, using multiple methodologies by combining both:
Positivist and interpretivist approaches
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