Political science stresses the study of_______________?

A. Government
B. State
C. Power
D. All of the above

The study of human group behavior is the definition of________________?

A. Psychology
B. Geology
C. Sociology
D. None of the above

A theory is a______________?

A. Scientific law
B. Set of concepts and generalization
C. Speculation about truth and beauty
D. Hunch regarding reality

Scientific research relates to________________?

A. Controlled inquiry
B. Relationships among variables
C. Consideration of independent and dependent variables
D. All of the above

An intensive study of an individual or a small group is made by using the following research method ?

A. Case study
B. Cross sectional sample
C. Longitudinal sample
D. Experiment

Experiments are_______________?

A. The most common method of social investigation
B. Based on controlling a variable and observing the results
C. Not used in the study of humans
D. Valid only if performed on white mice

Skepticism refers to________________?

A. Impartiality
B. Doubting
C. Repetition
D. Precision

The scientific method contains all but one of the following techniques ?

A. Scientific observation
B. Systematic collection of data
C. Making data public
D. Selecting data to prove a point

The study and comparative analysis of preliterate societies is one of the chief concerns of______________?

A. Sociology
B. Psychology
C. Anthropology
D. History

Scientific observation in the social sciences differs from that in the natural sciences because___________?

A. The social sciences deal with the behavior of people
B. The social sciences deal with the extraterrestrial
C. The social sciences have developed concrete laws of behavior while the natural sciences have only theories
D. People behavior is predictable while the behavior of inanimate objects is not