- "Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies."
Study of human culture, language, and social organization.
Genetics and Human Variation: This topic explores the genetic basis of human variation, including the role of genes in shaping human behavior.
Evolution and Culture: This topic examines the interaction between evolutionary processes and culture, including the role of culture in shaping human behavior.
Anthropological Theories of Human Behavior: This topic introduces students to the main theoretical frameworks used to understand human behavior from an anthropological perspective.
Human Ecology: This topic explores the relationship between humans and their environment, including the impact of environmental factors on human behavior.
Physiology and Nature of Brain Activity: This topic covers the basic physiology of the brain and how it affects behavior, including the nature of brain activity.
Sociocultural Factors in Human Behavior: This topic explores the role of social and cultural factors in shaping human behavior, including the role of culture, ethnicity, gender, and class.
Socialization and Developmental Psychology: This topic covers the process of socialization and how it affects the development of behavior, including the role of parenting, education, and other social institutions.
Language and Communication: This topic explores the nature of language and how it affects human behavior, including the role of communication in social interaction.
Emotion and Affective Neuroscience: This topic covers the nature of emotions and how they relate to human behavior, including the role of emotional processes in decision-making and social behavior.
Mental and Neurological Disorders: This topic introduces students to the various disorders and diseases that can affect human behavior, including the causes and treatment of these conditions.
Health, Illness, and Medical Anthropology: This topic explores the relationship between health and behavior, including the role of culture and social factors in health and illness.
Psychological Anthropology: This topic examines the psychological processes that underlie human behavior, including the role of perception, cognition, and motivation.
Anthropology of Religion: This topic explores the role of religion in shaping human behavior, including the impact of belief systems on attitudes, values, and social norms.
Cross-Cultural Research Methods: This topic covers the various research methods used to study human behavior from an anthropological perspective, including the strengths and limitations of each approach.
Human Evolution: This topic examines evolutionary processes that have shaped human behavior over time, including the role of natural selection, genetic drift, and gene flow.
Aggression: A behavior that aims to harm or intimidate others. It can be physical or verbal.
Altruism: A behavior that benefits others at a cost to oneself. It can be motivated by empathy or social pressure.
Cooperation: A behavior where individuals work together to achieve a common goal.
Empathy: The ability to understand and feel other people's emotions and respond appropriately.
Fairness: The concept of treating other people equally and without favoritism.
Fear: An emotion that arises in response to a perceived threat and leads to behaviors such as fleeing or freezing.
Gender roles: Social norms that dictate how men and women should behave.
Kinship: Social ties between individuals based on family relationships.
Language: A system of communication using symbols and rules.
Morality: A set of principles that govern what is right and wrong.
Nonverbal communication: Communicating through facial expressions, body language, and gestures.
Parenting: The process of raising and caring for offspring.
Prosocial behavior: Behavior that benefits others.
Self-awareness: The ability to recognize oneself as an individual separate from others.
Sexual behavior: Actions related to reproduction and sexual pleasure.
Social hierarchy: A ranking system in a group or society where some individuals have greater status or power than others.
Social networks: The relationships and connections between individuals in a group or society.
Territoriality: Behavior where individuals defend or occupy a physical space.
Tool use: The ability to create and use tools to achieve a specific goal.
Trust: The belief in the reliability or honesty of others.
- "In addition to sociology, it now encompasses a wide array of academic disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, economics, human geography, linguistics, management science, communication science, and political science."
- "The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original 'science of society', established in the 19th century."
- "Positivist social scientists use methods resembling those of the natural sciences as tools for understanding society."
- "Interpretivist social scientists [...] may use social critique or symbolic interpretation rather than constructing empirically falsifiable theories."
- "In modern academic practice, researchers are often eclectic, using multiple methodologies."
- "The term social research has also acquired a degree of autonomy as practitioners from various disciplines share the same goals and methods."
- "The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original 'science of society'."
- "Established in the 19th century."
- "Devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies."
- "Positivist social scientists [...] define science in its stricter modern sense."
- "Interpretivist social scientists [...] treat science in its broader sense."
- "Including anthropology, archaeology, economics, human geography, linguistics, management science, communication science, and political science."
- "Combining both quantitative and qualitative research."
- "Practitioners from various disciplines share the same goals and methods."
- "Interpretivist social scientists [...] may use social critique or symbolic interpretation."
- "Positivist social scientists use methods resembling those of the natural sciences."
- "Treat science in its broader sense."
- "Anthropology, archaeology, economics, human geography, linguistics, management science, communication science, and political science."
- "Practitioners from various disciplines share the same goals and methods."