abnormal, behavioral, biopsychology, comparative, developmental

Werner Jacob Cahnman has written:

'Sociology and history' -- subject(s): Addresses, essays, lectures, History, Social history, Sociology

'Weber & Toennies' -- subject(s): Comparative method, Historical sociology, Sociology

Historical comparative research is the study of past events and questions using methods in sociology and other social scientific research to inform the possible outcomes and answers to current events and questions. [1] Beginning in the late 1950's, the discipline of history became more linked with sociology. Eventually historical sociology was accepted as a more concrete perspective during the 1970's. [2] Historical investigations are based on the remnants of the past called historical material, which include official documents, diaries and much more as is discussed below. Comparative sociology on the other hand, specifically looks at sociology across regions or nations. Historical comparative sociology differs from historical sociology by focusing only on three main issues. These issues are causal relationships, processes over time, and comparisons. It does not allow interpretive approaches, which historical sociology may favor in certain occasions

D. P. Chattopadhyaya has written:

'Sri Aurobindo and Karl Marx'

'Loka yata'

'Anthropology and historiography of science' -- subject(s): Comparative Philosophy, Historiography, Philosophy and science, Philosophy, Comparative, Science

'Ways of understanding the human past' -- subject(s): Historiography

'Societies and cultures'

'Sociology, ideology, and utopia' -- subject(s): History, Knowledge, Sociology of., Philosophy, Sociology, Sociology of Knowledge, Utopias

'Cultural renaissance of India and the Bengalis' -- subject(s): Civilization, Social change

The comparative method is carried out in the mind of the researcher. They identify two groups that are similar except for one variable. This method can be used to study past events, it avoids being artificial and poses no ethical issues.