4.1 Field of Study
What are the steps of the scientific method of the social sciences?
1. Exploration
2. Planning
3. Execution
4. Evaluation
5. Communication
What is the Historical Method?
Checking the characteristics of social reality and the historical processes that occurred in order to change society.
Observation research methods are a form of....
qualitative research
What is Free Will?
The power to choose between different alternatives and making decisions voluntarily.
What is Albert Einstein's most impactful discovery?
The Theory of Relativity
What is a research instrument?
A tool to collect information on the object or situation to be studied.
Explain the Mixed Method:
The integration of qualitative and quantitative methods to get a more complete result.
Its observational research where the researcher records his/her observations in the place where the researched phenomenon.
Give an example of a reliable source
Scientific Articles, Enciclopedias, Scientific Books, etc.
Explain Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection in 40 seconds...
The theory of evolution by natural selection is the process by which living things adapt over time to the environment through changes in physical and/or behavioral traits.
Name the 3 Research Techniques
Documentary, Field, Questionnair
Can the quantitative and qualitative approaches be used in both experimental sciences and social sciences?
Yes
What type is Opinion-Based Research?
Mixed
What does indexing mean?
The recording of names, subjects, dates in a list.
What was Marie Curie's cause of death?
Aplastic Anemia (x2 points)
Exposure to radiation (300 points)
What is one difference between experimental sciences and social sciences?
Difference between Quantitative Method and Qualitative Method?
Quantitative uses deduction in order to collect measurable data.
Object of Study in Experimental Sciences and Social Sciences
Experimental Sciences: The world and natural phenomena.
Social Studies: The human being, the social world and its interactions.
Which are examples of tertiary sources?
Journals, periodical publications, newsletters, symposiums, etc.
What's the hottest planet in our Solar System
Venus
What's the difference between structured interview and unstructured interview?
Unstructured is more flexible, structured is rigid.
Same questions are asked in the same order in structured interviews.
In unstructured interview the questions are prepared in advance to obtain info on a chosen topic.
What are the different methods to research in Social Studies?
Historical, Comparative, Critical-Rational
Techniques and Instruments in Experimental and Social Sciences
Experimental Sciences: Observation, interview, survey.
Social Sciences: Documentary and field technique
The philosophic theory of knowledge that studies the origin, scope and way in which the human being knows and generates knowledge.
What is Democritus famous for?
Developed his famous atomic theory featuring tiny particles who are always in motion through collisions