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    Emergence of the Social Sciences

    Social Science - A social science is any branch of academic study or science


    that deals with human behavior in its social and cultural aspects.
    Evolution and Advancement of the Society

    Problems
    Opportunity

    • Overpopulation
    • Work and Business • Pollution
    • Education • Corruption
    • New Government System • Abuse in the Labor Sector
    • Technology

    Emergence of New Discipline and Studies

    1. Anthropology - systematic study of humanity, with the goal of


    understanding our evolutionary origins, our distinctiveness as a species,
    and the great diversity in our forms of social existence across the world
    and through time.
    a. Physical Anthropology - branch of anthropology concerned with the
    origin, evolution, and diversity of people
    b. Cultural Anthropology - branch of anthropology concerned with the
    content of particular cultures, explain variation among cultures, and
    study processes of cultural change and social transformation.
    c. Linguistics - an interdisciplinary field dedicated to the study of
    language as a cultural resource and speaking as a cultural practice.
    d. Archeology - study the material remains of present and past cultural
    systems to understand the technical, social and political
    organization of those systems and the larger culture cultural
    evolutionary process that stand behind them.

    2. Geography - The study of places and the relationships between people


    and their environments. Human Geography - one the major branches in
    geography and it mainly covers studies of the human race.

    Here are some examples of disciplines in human geography:

    • cultural geography
    • economic geography
    • health geography
    • historical geography
    • political geography
    • population geography
    • rural geography
    • social geography
    • transport geography

    3. Economics - a social science that focuses on the production, distribution,


    and consumption of goods and services, and analyzes the choices that
    individuals, businesses, governments, and nations make to allocate
    resources.

    • Economics is the study of how people allocate scarce resources for


    production, distribution, and consumption, both individually and
    collectively.
    • The two branches of economics are microeconomics and
    macroeconomics.
    • Economics focuses on efficiency in production and exchange.

    • Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the Consumer Price Index (CPI) are
    widely used economic indicators.

    4. Sociology - The study of the development, structure, and functioning of


    human society.

    • the study of social problems.


    • The four main theoretical perspectives in the field of sociology are: a)
    symbolic interactionism theory, b) social conflict theory, c) structural-
    functional theory, and d) feminist theory.
    5. Political Science - The branch of knowledge that deals with systems of
    government; the analysis of political activity and behavior. It Focuses on
    the theory and practice of government and politics at the local, state,
    national, and international levels.

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