Introduction To the social sciences

Question 1

Social sciences

Answer 1

Focus on scientific investigations of human thought and behaviour

Question 2

Psychology

Answer 2

Focusses on individuals and studying their mental processes and behaviours

Question 3

Clinical psychology

Answer 3

Diagnosis and treats, behavioural problems, and mental illnesses

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Experimental psychology

Answer 4

Conduct experiments designed to test responses or to discover how the brain works to cause behaviour

Question 5

Sociology

Answer 5

Focusses on the people in groups the relationship between people, the social structures developed by people and how these factors shape human behaviour

Question 6

Anthropology

Answer 6

Focusses on the human beings as a species and as members of different cultures

Question 7

Physical anthropology

Answer 7

Focusses on the evolution of humans

Question 8

Cultural anthropology

Answer 8

Focusses on the origin development and functioning of human cultures