Which of the Following Statements Related to the Development of Sociology

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements related to the development of sociology is most accurate?

• A) At the start of the Industrial Revolution in Europe,sociology as a scientific discipline had been firmly established.
• B) Major historical events in the late 1700s and early 1800s forced thinkers to develop new understandings of both the social and natural worlds.
• C) Questions about human nature and why societies change had largely been solved by the late 1700s.
• D) The scientific study of human behavior dates back to the Middle Ages.

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Definitions:

Applied Cultural Anthropology

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