NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
SOCIOLOGY
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Question
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What is the belief that knowledge should be derived from scientific observation?
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rationalization
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positivism
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organic solidarity
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social dynamics
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Positivism is the belief that human knowledge is produced by the scientific interpretation of observational data. The approach has been an ongoing “theme in the history of western thought from the Ancient Greeks to the present day".
Detailed explanation-2: -Positivism is the name for the scientific study of the social world. Its goal is to formulate abstract and universal laws on the operative dynamics of the social universe. A law is a statement about relationships among forces in the universe. In positivism, laws are to be tested against collected data systematically.
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