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A. Positivism

C. Pluralism

B. Negativism

D. Whocares-ism

What is the Research Paradigm that was founded by Auguste

Comte?

A. Positivism

C. Pluralism

What is the Research Paradigm that was founded by Auguste

Comte?

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A. Positivism

A. philosophical method

C. scientific method

B. Vienna method

D. rhythm method

Comte supported which method in an attempt to observe, describe, predict and

control human behavior?

C. scientific method D. rhythm method

Comte supported which method in an attempt to observe, describe, predict and

control human behavior?

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C. Scientific Method

A. Austrian Square

C. Realists

B. Vienna Circle

D. Up with People

What was the name of the group of Positivists that rejected the idea of religion on the grounds if it

being irrelevant?

C. Realists

B. Vienna Circle

What was the name of the group of Positivists that rejected the idea of religion on the grounds if it

being irrelevant?

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B. Vienna Circle

A. independent of

C. oblivious to

B. aware of

D. bored with

Positivists believe that the observer remains _______ the observed phenomena.

A. correct

D. bored with

Positivists believe that the observer remains _______ the observed phenomena.

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A. Independent of

A. Reality can be recorded

C. People are brainless

B. Reality does not exist outside of the human mind

D. Reality exists outside of what is perceived

What is meant by a mind-independent view of reality?

A. . Reality can be recorded

D. Reality exists outside of

what is perceived

What is meant by a mind-independent view of reality?

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D. Reality exists outside of what is

perceived

A. 1920’s

C. late 1960’s

B. 1850’s

D. Bronze Age

Positivism was the preferred method of Sociological research until the ____

A. 1920’s

C. late 1960’s

Positivism was the preferred method of Sociological research until the ____

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C. late 1960’s

A. Socrates

C. Jung

B. Aristotle

D. Elmo

The notion that truth is discovered by realizing and observing specific facts (a tenet of Positivism) can be

traced all the way back to _______.

A. Socrates B. Aristotle

The notion that truth is discovered by realizing and observing specific facts (a tenet of Positivism) can be

traced all the way back to _______.

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B. Aristotle

A. not being science based

C. marginalizing minorities

B. being too subjective

D. bad fashion sense

Critics of Positivism have accused its research methodology of _____

A. not being science based

C. marginalizing minorities

Critics of Positivism have accused its research methodology of _____

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C. marginalizing minorities

A. objective

D. subjective

As opposed to Positivism, A non-objective Realist believe that the world and society

are _______.

C. prepositional

B. actually just part of a giant intergalactic board game

D. subjective

As opposed to Positivism, A non-objective Realist believe that the world and society

are _______.

C. prepositional

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D. subjective

One universal notion of the Subjective Realism paradigm is that the researcher is

____ what is observed.

A. separate from

C. unaware of D. in a thumb-war with

B. necessarily a part of

One universal notion of the Subjective Realism paradigm is that the researcher is

____ what is observed.

C. unaware of

B. necessarily a part of

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B. necessarily a part of

A. meaning

Subjective Realist are interested in finding the _______ behind social

phenomena.

C. invisible man

B. hard facts

D. ethical dilemmas

A. meaning

Subjective Realist are interested in finding the _______ behind social

phenomena.

B. hard facts

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A. meaning

B. the goal of research is to help define the human experience

One shared tenet of Positivism and Realism is

__________.

A. they were both created by Comte

C. they both are interested only in facts

D. I don’t understand either one

B. the goal of research is to help define the human experience

One shared tenet of Positivism and Realism is

__________.

D. I don’t understand either one

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B. the goal of research is to help define the human experience

C. Positivist

Who would state the following: “I do not place any stock in the emotional concepts of

religion.”

A. Theologist B. Negativist

D. Neutralist

C. Positivist

Who would state the following: “I do not place any stock in the emotional concepts of

religion.”

A. Theologist

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C. Positivist

D. Logical Positivism

The members of the Vienna Circle created an offshoot of Positivism

called _______.

A. Metaphysics

C. Linear Algebra

B. Structuralism

D. Logical Positivism

The members of the Vienna Circle created an offshoot of Positivism

called _______.

B. Structuralism

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D. Logical Positivism

A. inductive

The Subjective Realist paradigm states that meaning is found through _______ reasoning

based on data collected.

B. moral

D. deductive C. circular

A. inductive

The Subjective Realist paradigm states that meaning is found through _______ reasoning

based on data collected.

D. deductive

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A. inductive

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