SS150 - Glossary of Terms

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Anthropology: Anthropology is the study of the relationship between man's biological traits and socially acquired characteristics.

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Culture

Culture is a shared system of behavior: artifacts [buildings/art/daily tools], and shared thought [oral and written traditions]; shared history; shared symbols, language and thought, legal codes, religion and philosophical values.

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Economics: Economics is the study of ways in which people make a living; it considers the social organization by means of which people satisfy their wants for scarce goods and services.

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Geography: Geography is the study of man's natural environment and how it influences his social and cultural development.

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History
: History is the study of past events. It is a systematic attempt to learn about and verify past events and to relate those events to one another and to the present.

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Organization: Organization implies a relationship over time and space.

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Political Science: Political Science is the study of social arrangements to maintain peace and order within a given society; it examines the theory of systems of government and studies actual practices of government.

Psychology: Psychology is the field of study that deals with the mind and personality of the individual.

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Scientific: Scientific knowledge is knowledge that has been systematically gathered, classified, related and interpreted

Scientific Paradigm

A scientific paradigm is a: scientific theory and the core of beliefs that surround it. Theory developed by Thomas Kuhn.

Social Institution

A social institution is an established, complex pattern of behavior in which a number of persons participate in order to further important group interests. Examples of social institutions are government, churches, schools. Social institutions usually have centralized authority and regulations.
Social Science: Social Science is the Scientific Study of Organized Human Groups.

Society

A society is a group which must be bound together by established relationships.
Sociology: Sociology is the systematic study of relationships among people, the assumption being that behavior is influenced by social, political, occupational and intellectual groupings and by the particular settings in which individuals find themselves.

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