This glossary will be beneficial for you because it will help you learn more about Social Sciences. I'm Mathilde and I'm landed at my second term in the program. Social Sciences is a two-year pre-university program, so a total of four terms. It is mainly focused on understanding the human behavior, the society we live in and the relationship between humans through different courses like psychology, sociologie, economics and history.
anthropology
noun
He study of human societies and cultures and their development.
Example: This functionalist approach can be seen in Durkheim's work; indeed he represents the transition from nineteenth century to twentieth century ANTHROPOLOGY.
fr: anthropologie
behavior
noun
The way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially toward others.
Example: Customer BEHAVIOR - there is a need to understand and relate to customers, know what they want.
fr: comportement
correlation
noun
A mutual relationship or connection between two or more things.
Example: Despite of positive CORRELATION, the function still experiences constant returns to scale.
fr: corrélation
economics
noun
The branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth.
Example: In short, when considering a society's power stratification i.e. its ECONOMICS etc, gender as an analytical category is extremely limited in its capacity to offer information.
fr: économie
geography
noun
The study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of populations and resources, land use, and industries.
Example: However, technological changes in production and in transportation have tempered the importance of GEOGRAPHY, e.g. the location of natural resources as an explanation of why firms turn multinational.
fr: géographie
history
noun
The study of past events, particularly in human affairs.
Example: Kayano, as an 'insider', 'offers a living testimonial to the HISTORY, ethos, customs, beliefs, hopes, and aspirations' (Hane: 1980, 1994: xi) of his people 'unlike many accounts by outsiders' (Hane: 1980, 1994: xi), and therefore we are more inclined, to believe the information he presents.
fr: histoire
humanities
noun
The humanities are academic disciplines that study human culture, history, literature, philosophy, and arts to understand the human experience.
Example: Also, Evans Pritchard promoted anthropology as a HUMANITIES subject instead of a science, which suggests a wider synchronic approach and a discontinuity with evolutionist opinion.
fr: sciences humaines
methodology
noun
A system of methods used in a particular area of study or activity.
Example: Christen fails to elucidate on her survey sites, and gives no explanation of her METHODOLOGY.
fr: méthodologie
philosophy
noun
The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.
Example: Bottom-up PHILOSOPHY, especially with IT literate staff as we embrace the digital era can have profound effects on operational activity.
fr: philosophie
political science
noun
The branch of knowledge that deals with systems of government; the analysis of political activity and behavior.
Example: Historical institutionalism grew out of critiques of conventional group theories of politics, while rational choice institutionalism reflects the successful import of the axioms of microeconomics into POLITICAL SCIENCE.
fr: science politique
psychology
noun
The scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context.
Example: Aware of this, the positivists take the view of the behaviourism school of thought, which is restrained to the observable behaviour, captured by the senses, thus discarding emotions, beliefs, values etc In response to this view, that rejects abstract and invisible factors affecting human behaviour, the phenomenologists separated PSYCHOLOGY into cognitive PSYCHOLOGY and social PSYCHOLOGY.
fr: psychologie
relationship
noun
The way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people are connected, or the state of being connected.
Example: First of all, it is unthinkable for a Japanese to stop the habit of exchanging presents once it has been established, as this would send a clearly negative signal about the RELATIONSHIP.
fr: relation
social justice
noun
Justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society.
fr: justice sociale
social movement
noun
Organized, sustained, and collective efforts by groups of people to bring about, resist, or undo social, political, economic, or cultural change.
Example: The MST was the Brazilian SOCIAL MOVEMENT that better harnessed the climate of economic slowdown and political freedom to defend its cause.
fr: mouvement social
social Sciences
noun
The scientific study of human society and social relationships.
Example: Therefore, the final word on the idea that realism can conceptually re-tool the SOCIAL SCIENCES, is that it would allow us 'to get our house in order', and consequently provide us with a solid platform from which to develop the contribution to society (and not simply the academe) that it is incumbent upon us to make.
fr: sciences sociales
socialization
noun
The activity of mixing socially with others.
Example: As the SOCIALIZATION theory proposes, it could be that parents are unconsciously basing communicating with their children on the social norms of their community.
fr: socialisation
society
noun
The aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community.
Example: One of the strengths coming out of a decentralised system is the participation of the civil SOCIETY in the decision making process.
fr: société
sociology
noun
The study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society.
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