Some Social Science Disciplines

Social sciences are scientific studies of human society and social relationships. Social science disciplines refer to academic subjects within the field of social science.

The following are some of the social science disciplines:

Political science is a social science discipline that studies systems of government, and the analysis of political activity and behavior. It is the systematic study of politics.

By the application of empirical and generally scientific methods of analysis, political science systematically studies governance.

It is the systematic study of and reflection upon politics.

By ‘politics,’ we mean that which typically defines the processes by which people and institutions exercise and resist power. Political processes are employed to form policies, influence individuals and institutions, and organize societies.

Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

It is “the scientific study of behavior and the mind.” There are three elements in this definition:

First, it emphasizes that psychology “is a scientific enterprise that obtains knowledge through systematic and objective methods of observation and experimentation.”

Second, it studies ‘behavior,’ which denotes “any action or reaction that can be measured or observed—such as the blink of an eye, an increase in heart rate, or the unruly violence that often erupts in a mob.”

Third, psychologists study the ‘mind,’ which stands for “both conscious and unconscious mental states. These states cannot actually be seen, only inferred from observable behavior.”

The science of the mind and behavior, it involves the study of all aspects of conscious and unconscious experience as well as thought. The term psychology comes from two Greek words: ‘psyche,’ which means “breath, spirit, or soul,” and ‘logos,’ ‘the study of.’

Sociology is the scientific study of human social relations or group life. It primarily deals with social interaction or the responses of persons to each other.

Social interaction is arguably the basic sociological concept as it is the rudimentary component of all relationships and groups that compose human society.

Subjects of inquiry in sociology include the ways in which social structures and institutions (such as class, family, community, and power) and social problems (such as crime and abuse) affect society.

Demography is the interdisciplinary study of the size, growth, and distribution of human populations.

It examines statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations. Main areas of inquiry include human population dynamics and human population change.

It also involves the study of the structure of populations and how populations change over time due to births, deaths, migration, and aging … continue reading

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