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
A. case study
B. cross sectional sample
C. longitudinal sample
D. experiment
A. controlled inquiry
B. relationships among variables
C. consideration of independent and dependent variables
D. all of the above
A. scientific law
B. set of concepts and generalization
C. speculation about truth and beauty
D. hunch regarding reality
A. psychology
B. geology
C. sociology
D. none of the above
A. government
B. state
C. power
D. all of the above
A. genetics
B. geography
C. chemistry
D. physiology
A. primitive people only
B. prehistoric people only
C. modern peoples only
D. none of the above
A. scholars emphasized the supernatural
B. scholars denied the possibility of a scientific study of humans
C. a number of scholars believed human social life could be studied scientifically
D. none of the above
A. more control over data than physics
B. complete objectivity
C. problems with studying people in laboratories
D. been accepted as equally valid as the physical sciences