lecture 1

Question 1

what 3 types of science are there?

Answer 1

natural science, social science, and humanities

Question 2

what 2 approaches are there to describe the world?

Answer 2

nomothetic approach and idiographic approach

Question 3

when did the natural science started to develope?

Answer 3

after the scientifical revolution (1550-1700)

Question 4

what is a characteristic of natural science?

Answer 4

natural science is interested in regularities, it is more based on the mathematics and it has the laws of nature

Question 5

what is laws of nature?

Answer 5

short mathematical equations

Question 6

what is a difference between humanities and natural science?

Answer 6

natural science is based on laws and humanities has little to no use of laws

Question 7

what is the most important output of humanities?

Answer 7

interpretation

Question 8

what is the nomothetic approach?

Answer 8

identify and describe regularities in the world, it formulate generalisations and laws

Question 9

what is the idiographic approach?

Answer 9

understanding the meaning of contextual, unique and often subjective results

Question 10

to what is social science drawn to?

Answer 10

both natural science and humanities

Question 11

what has the nomothetic approach in social science?

Answer 11

economy and demography