Is sociology a science? 0.0 / 5 ? SociologySociological theoryA2/A-levelAQA Created by: izzy89Created on: 22-02-16 10:51 ________ is the approach to sociology that looks for empirical and systematic data. positivism 1 of 26 _____________ is the approach to sociology that argues research can never be value free. interpretivism 2 of 26 Who was the founder of Positivism? comte 3 of 26 He believed that it is possible to discover the ____ that shape society. laws 4 of 26 The laws of ___________ look at the relationship between parts of society. coexistence 5 of 26 Whereas the laws of __________ look at what are the laws that govern social change. succession 6 of 26 Who is a prominent Positivist that comes from a Functionalist background? durkheim 7 of 26 He believed that sociology should study social _____. facts 8 of 26 He also believed that Comte failed to establish sociology as a _______. science 9 of 26 Who was a prominent figure who thought that sociology can and cannot be a science? kuhn 10 of 26 However, to be a science sociology must be ________ and consistent. accurate 11 of 26 He also believed that a science must go through a series of ________ shifts. paradigm 12 of 26 The first of these is ___-science which is a period of discovery with no central framework. pre 13 of 26 The next shift is ______ science which is when scientists use established frameworks to support their theories. normal 14 of 26 The last phase is _____________ science which is when the central framework is being challenged. revolutionary 15 of 26 He believes that sociology is still in the first stage as there is not ________ perspective and lots of competing theories. dominant 16 of 26 He also believed that science is not as _________ as we believe. objective 17 of 26 Who is a theorist who had a similar opinion? popper 18 of 26 He believed that for sociology to be a science it must go through a process of _____________. falsification 19 of 26 To test itself sociology must come up with a ________ hypothesis. testable 20 of 26 He also believed that Marxism is a pseudo science due to its ________ theories. abstract 21 of 26 Who is a prominent interpretivist? weber 22 of 26 _________ is the understanding of people when investigating them. verthen 23 of 26 He believed that sociology should study society from the ___________ of other people to understand how and why things happen. perspective 24 of 26 Who is another interpretivist that comes from a Labeling theorist background? becker 25 of 26 He believed that it is impossible to study anything without ______ judgement. biased 26 of 26
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