INTRO TO SOCIAL SCIENCES Flashcards
The first step towards science was taken by _____ philosophy when it discovered the rational proof, which held the view that individual and social life can be interpreted and regulated in terms of a set of self-evident principles directly available to reason.
Greek
Social science was influenced by _________, focusing on knowledge based on actual positive sense experience and avoiding the negative; metaphysical speculation was avoided.
positivism
____ Sciences involves Lab experiments and _______ Sciences involves hypothesis and evaluation of the same.
Natural, Social
TRUE OR FALSE
natural sciences and social sciences are integrated in such a manner, which cannot be understood and
used independently.
TRUE
_________ is a body of an organized, verified knowledge, which has been secured through scientific investigation
SCIENCE
the field of human knowledge that deals with all aspects of the group life of human beings;
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Natural science sometimes called ”________” while Social Sciences’ methodology starts with an assumption and is gradually filled by a series of experiments and observation.
Hard Science
______ is an organized and integral process in which every forward step is connected with the previous. Every new
generation acquires the ability to advance only on the basis of the achievements of its predecessors.
SCIENCE
Scientific knowledge is based on two important factors: _________, which are completed under artificially created conditions and reflections.
observations or experiments
TRUE OR FALSE
Rationalism is not considered as a one of the major elements of science
FALSE
During the last quarter of the 20th century, the ____________ are commonly used for the disciplines cited
as social sciences. Those who support this term do so in part because these disciplines are thus brought closer to some of the sciences, such as physical anthropology, linguistics, and physiological psychology, which deal with human behaviour
behavioural sciences
it is defined as possession of knowledge as distinguished from ignorance or misunderstanding; Knowledge attained through study or practice
SCIENCE
The term “social science” was coined in French by in _, before becoming a distinct conceptual field in the nineteenth century.
Mirabeau, 1767
_________ covers subjects like Sociology, Anthropology,
Economics, Political Science, Geography, Management etc.
Social science
_________ includes the subject as Chemistry, Physics, Plant Science, Biology etc.
- Such knowledge concerned with the physical world and its observable fact; a system or method based or claiming to be based on scientific principles
-observable by the senses, isolable from one another, and measurable by the senses.
Natural Science
A branch of science that deals with the institutions and functioning of human society and with the interpersonal relationships of individuals as members of society
SOCIAL SCIENCE
TRUE OR FALSE
Philosophers of social science are concerned with the differences and similarities between the social and the natural sciences.
TRUE
Social sciences generally include:
economics
political science
sociology
anthropology
social psychology
human geography
As commonly understood, the social sciences include, centrally, ________, ____________, and _____________.
economics, sociology (and anthropology) and political science
any discipline or branch of science that deals with the social and cultural aspects
of human behaviour; it is sometime called behavioural science.
SOCIAL SCIENCE
