Introducing the
Disciplines
within the
Social Sciences
Anthropology Economics
History
Geography History
Linguistics Political Science
Psychology Sociology
Histor
is the study about the past and its records
about events
from a Greek word Historia (inquire knowledge
y through investigation
“The study of past events. It is a
social science in a sense that it is a
systematic attempt to learn about
and verify past events and to
relate them to the present” Every
event has a historical context
within which we commonly say
that the event must be studied.
The subject matter of history is
everything that ,has already
happened” - Lynn Hunt
Histor
is the study about the past and its records
about events
from a Greek word Historia (inquire knowledge
y through investigation
Herodotus is considered as the “father of
History”
Histor
is the study about the past and its records
about events
from a Greek word Historia (inquire knowledge
y through investigation
Herodotus is considered as the “father of
History” periods
Has different areas of study:
geographical
locations
military history
history of religion
social history
cultural history
diplomatic history
economic history
world history
etc.
Anthropology Economics
Linguistic
Geography History
s
Linguistics Political Science
Psychology Sociology
Linguistic
s the study of language
Language is the “principal means used by human
beings to communicate within one another, is
defined as a system of voluntarily produced symbols
by which members of a community interact and
communicate in terms of their common experience
and expectations”.
Linguistic
s the study of language
Language is the “principal means used by human
beings to communicate within one another, is
defined as a system of voluntarily produced symbols
by which members of a community interact and
communicate in terms of their common experience
and expectations”.
Phonetics
Phonology
Morphology
Syntax
Linguistic
s the study of language
Language is the “principal means used by human
beings to communicate within one another, is
defined as a system of voluntarily produced symbols
by which members of a community interact and
communicate in terms of their common experience
What is the 5 specific
and expectations”.
Phonetics
functions of language?
Phonology
Morphology
Syntax
Anthropology Economics
Geography History
Political
Linguistics Political Science
Science
Psychology Sociology
Political
Politics is defined as the
Science
study of power (the source
of influence).
Politics is the study of social
agreements to maintain
peace and order within a
society.
Divided into subfields:
Comparative Politics
International Relation
Political Theory
Public Administration
Constitutional Law
Public Policy
Political
Politics is defined as the
ARISTOTLE
(founder)
..It is the
Science
study of power (the source
of influence).
“master
science”
Politics is the study of social
agreements to maintain
peace and order within a
society.
Divided into subfields:
Comparative Politics
International Relation
Political Theory
Public Administration
Constitutional Law
Public Policy
Anthropology Economics
Geography History
Psycholog
Linguistics Political Science
y
Psychology Sociology
Psycholog
y
Schools of Psychology
Structuralism
Functionalism
Psychodynamic
Behaviourism
Cognitive
Soio-cultural
Psycholog
y Major Areas of Psychology
Biopsychology
Experimental Psychology
Developmental and Personality Psychology
Health, Clinical & Counselling Psychology
Socio-Industrial-organizational consumer
and cross cultural psychology
Psycholog
y Rationalism Functionalism
knowledge comes man can be “fooled”
only thorough by their senses
reasoning
Psycholog father of Psychology
First movement to make
y psychology a science
Memory, emotion
and motivation
St. Wilhelm
Anthropology Economics
Geography History
Linguistics Political Science
Sociology
Psychology Sociology
Sociolog
y
The study of relationships among people
Sociolog
y
The study of relationships among people
socious – being with other
people
logos – the study
Sociolog
y
The study of relationships among people
“ The sociological
imagination enables
us to grasp the
connection between
history and
biography”
Sociological
History
Biography
Imagination
Sociological
With social imagination,
one can explain individual
and social phenomena.
Imagination
Sociological
He gave a prospective that
would explain human
behaviour without rigorous
Imagination
research and tests.
Sociolog
y
Three Approaches
in Sociology
structural functionalist theory
conflict theory
symbolic interactionism
Anthropology Economics
Geography History
Linguistics Political Science
Demographic
Psychology Sociology
Geography
“the study of
“description
S O C I A L S C I E N C E S
spatial
of the earth”
Absolute
Location
Relative
Location
Absolute
Direction
N
W E
S
Relative
Absolute
Distance
Relative
Distance
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