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The positivist
approach in sociology argues that sociology can and should be scientific.
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This means that it should have
similar aims as the natural sciences: i.e. it should try to develop general explanations of human behaviour, and use similar methods
to natural science.
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Sociologists should ask why
people behave as they do, and try to come up with answers which enable them to predict
how people will behave.
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