SOCIAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH Flashcards
study the behavior of humans as members of societies
Social Science
study the nature and dynamic of interactions and relationships between individuals, group, and institutions that comprise society
Social Science
Study human societies, their contextual bound, and the interactions and processes that preserve and change them
Sociology
Scientific discipline that studies mental states, biological processes and behavior
Psychology
Systemic study of governance which examines the state, its organs and institutions
Political Science
Studies human beings in aspects ranging from biology and evolutionary history of our species, to the features of society and culture that decisively distinguish humans from other animal species
Anthropology
Seeks to analyze and describe the production, distribution, and consumptions of wealth and resources
Economics
The rational, abstract and methodical consideration of reality as a whole or of fundamental dimensions of human existence and experience
Philosophy
Studies the chronological record of events, as affecting a nation or people, based on a critical examination of source material and usually presenting an explanation of their causes
History
The study of diverse environments, places, and spaces of Earth’s surface and their interactions
Geography
A standardized set of techniques for building scientific knowledge
Scientific Method
Make valid observations, interpret results, generalizing the results
Scientific Method
Four key characteristics of Sci Method
Logical
Confirmable
Repeatable
Scrutiniziable
Scientific interferences must be based on logical principles of reasoning
Logical
Interferences derived must match either observed evidence
Confirmable
Other scientist should be able to independently replicated or repeat a scientific study and obtain similar, if not identical, results
Repeatable
The procedures used, and the interference derived, must withstand critical scrutiny (peer review) by other researchers
Scrutiniziable