Social Science Glossary

My name is Keren, I've been studying Social Science for 2 years now. I'm doing this glossary to help people to know more specifically, what social science is about and the different terms we used. In this glossary, you will have access to 10 terms, their part of speech, pronunciation, definition, translation, example, and for some of them an image. For the definition and the examples, I will be using the following website : Wikipedia and Merriam-Webster.com

Anthropology

noun

the science of human beings, especially : the study of human beings and their ancestors through time and space and in relation to physical character, environmental and social relations, and culture

Example: Known for anarchist views and as a leader in the Occupy Wall Street movement, Graeber was a professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics.

en: Anthropologie

Economics

noun

a social science concerned chiefly with description and analysis of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services

Example: As a localised pressure group fighting a commercial, profit making company one suspects Gower SOS would have little influence in the face of economics.

en: Économie

Human Geography

noun

Human geography or anthropogeography is the branch of geography that deals with humans and their communities, cultures, economies, and interactions with the environment by studying their relations with and across locations.

Example: His approach is one of 'human geography,' asserting that anthropological perspectives has focused too specifically upon the social and he expounds that, "The geographies (he employs) are those of the visible and invisible worlds, experienced by the people concerned, in order to gain alternative perspective on nature and culture"

en: Géographie humaine

Management Science

noun

Management science (MS) is the broad interdisciplinary study of problem solving and decision making in human organizations, with strong links to management, economics, business, engineering, management consulting, and other fields

en: Les science de gestion

Political Science

noun

The study of political institutions, or of the principles, organization, and methods of government.

Example: hen it was, or perhaps at a slightly later date, that he became interested in the relations subsisting between political science and war.

en: Science politique

Psychology

noun

the scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context.

Example: The psychology behind how stereotypes fade away is not fully understood.

en: psychologie

Social History

noun

Social history, sometimes described as the 'history of the people', or 'history from below', emerged as an alternative to conventional political history, both in terms of its objects of interest and its belief in deeprooted economic and social factors as agents of historical change.

Example: May 2005 Introduction When we talk about the 1930s in terms of social history, we often refer to the strong emergence of ideology into the public domain.

en: Histoire sociale

Social Science

noun

Social science is the branch of science devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies.

Example: The Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center also will increase monitoring of fire weather conditions and conduct social science research relating to fires.

en: Sciences sociales

Society

noun

A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations.

Example: We need to do more to help the poorest members of our society

en: Société

Sociology

noun

Sociology is the study of human social relationships and institutions. Sociology’s subject matter is diverse, ranging from crime to religion, from the family to the state, from the divisions of race and social class to the shared beliefs of a common culture, and from social stability to radical change in whole societies.

Example: Cathleen Brooks, a Collin College sociology professor, said that with the development of new technology, more teenagers are able to participate in protests virtually.

en: Sociologie

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