Disciplines Of Social Science Flashcards
Studies human culture and evolution.
Anthropology
Is the study of humans; the social science that seeks to understand human origins and adaptation; and the diversity of cultures and worldviews.
Anthropology
The word ‘Anthropology’ comes from the Greek words:
- Anthropos (human)
- logos (study)
The father of cultural anthropology. He defined anthropology as the “science of culture,” which was the first time that culture had been declared as an object of study.
Edward Burnett Tylor
A lawyer by training and profession, who became fascinated with the land disputes between the United States government and the American-Indian people as the Iroquois.
Lewis Henry Morgan
Was one of the key figures who did not use science to justify racism.
Franz Boas
The attitude that one’s own group, ethnicity, or nationality is superior to others.
Ethnocentrism
Is the view that ethical and social standards reflect the cultural context from which they are derived.
Cultural relativism
Two types of Anthropology:
- Biological anthropology
- Cultural anthropology
The study of the human past using material remains.
Archaeology
About how wealth is used and managed.
Economics
‘Economics’ comes from the Greek words:
- Oikos (house)
- Nomos (custom or law)
Focuses on small-scale market interactions that transpire between individuals consisting of business firms and households.
Microeconomics
Focuses on analysing the determinants of national income. This approach allows for the aggregation of individual responses and behaviour within market systems.
Macroeconomics
Focuses on understanding the interconnections between the concepts of rationality, individualism, and equilibrium.
Mainstream Economics
It focuses on the interconnection of concepts like institutions, history, and social structure.
Heterodox Economics
An umbrella term that refers to the exploration and understanding of the processes and interactions related to the production and consumption of goods within a market system.
Economic Theory
Utilizes economic theories and formulas to real-world scenarios with the goal of predicting possible events that would affect the individuals within the economic system.
Applied Economics
Viewed as the descriptive form of economics wherein its chief aim is to describe and explain economic phenomena and behaviour.
Positive Economics
Is often assigned with welfare economics, as it is focused on providing explanations and arguments on how economic policies should be.
Normative Economics
Theory on wages and profit, the labor theory of value, the theory of comparative, and the theory of rents. Laissez-faire.
David Ricardo.
He helped develop the ideas of economics of scale, opportunity cost, and comparative advantage in trade.
John Stuart Mill
The father of Modern Economics
Adam Smith
Critic of Capitalism
Karl Marx
The study of the Earth’s surface; a specialized investigation of the physical structure of the Earth; including its terrain and its climates, and the nature and characteristics of its consisting inhabited portions.
Geography
The term ‘Geography’ comes from the Greek words:
- Geo (earth, land, or ground)
- Graphia (to write, an art, or a study)
A pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, biologist, and astronomer. He is also considered as one of the first, if not the first, geographer.
Anaximander
a Greek geographer who coined the term geographia, which was also the title of his 17-volume series on geographical studies.
Strabo
