Positivism, the Philosophical Basis for Structural Functionalism Is Based On

question 30

Multiple Choice

Positivism, the philosophical basis for structural functionalism is based on:

• A) The school of thought that sees social life as only comprehensible through understanding the meaning that people attach to it.
• B) The school of thought that perceives that social reality is constructed by individuals and that their experiences are shaped by social structure.
• C) The school of thought that believes that it is impossible to grasp the existence of social reality independently of the subjective influence of the observant and/or researcher.
• D) The school of thought that the study of society that relies specifically on scientific evidence, such as experiments and statistics, to reveal a true nature of how society operates.

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Definitions:

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