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Social Science Quiz

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What methods do positivist social scientists use for understanding societies?

  • Speculative methods
  • Qualitative methods
  • Historical methods
  • Methods resembling those used in the natural sciences (correct)

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

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

    • Which historical period saw a revolution within natural philosophy, leading to the beginning of the social sciences?

  • Middle Ages
  • Industrial Revolution
  • Renaissance period
  • Age of Enlightenment after 1650 (correct)

    • Which academic discipline is NOT part of the branches of social science mentioned in the text?

    <p>Psychology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characterizes the modern academic practice in social research according to the text?

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

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