Module 1 Flashcards
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It is a branch of science which deals with the physical world
Natural Sciences
It is an academic discipline that studies aspects of human society and culture.
Humanities
It is the branch of science devoted to the study of human societies and the relationships among individuals with those societies.
Social Sciences
It is a discipline of social sciences that studies brain activities and human behavior.
Psychology
It is a discipline of social sciences that studies the earth’s places and the relationship between people and their environment.
Geography
Science can be classified into two, what are those?
Natural Science and Social Science
What is natural science?
• Studies natural events
• Is a branch of science that studies the natural world, including everything in nature like plants, animals, the Earth, and the universe.
What is Social Sciences
Are the fields of study that focus on people, society, and how they interact. They explore human behavior, culture, economics, politics, and relationships.
What are the relationships of social science and humanities? When it comes to culture?
It is evident both focus on human lives and culture
What are the following are the social science disciplines
- Anthropology
- Economics
- Geography
- History
- Linguistics
- Political science
- Psychology
- Demography
- Sociology
It is the study of human
Anthropology
It is the study of how individuals in societies make decisions about ways to use scarce resources to fulfill once and needs. It seeks to understand people’s activities concerning production, distribution and consumption of goods and services.
Economics
It focuses on the distribution of the features of the physical environment and of the people who use those features.
Geography
Which means the “story of humans”, is a social science in the sense that it is a systematic attempt to learn about and verify past events and relate them to one another and to the present.
History (the study of past humanity)
It is the scientific study of language and it deals with the study of every aspect of language.
Linguistics
It can be defined as the systematic study of state and government.
Political science
Political science focuses on, what?
Focuses on the theory and practice of government and politics. It is the study of politics
The psychology is derived from the Greek word, of what?
“Psyche” (soul/mind)
“Logos” (study)
Psychology aims to?
It aims to describe, explain, predict, and influence behavior.
Sociology comes from the Latin word, of what?
“Societus” (society)
The society comes from the Greek word
“Logos” (study)
The word sociology was coined by?
August Comte
Who is known as the father of Sociology?
August comte
It is influenced by people’s social, political, occupational, and intellectual groupings.
Behavior
