1. Social Science
The definition of social science is the study
of people and their relationships and
interactions in society.
2. Branches of Social Science
•Anthropology - the study of the cultural, social, and physical development of
humans
•Economics - the study of the ways in which a society deals with money and the
availability of goods
•History - the study of man’s past and his decisions in order to find relationships
between the events and causes for them.
•Political science - the study of the processes and principles of government and
other political institutions
•Psychology - the study of the mind’s functions as they relate to one’s physical
and social environment
•Sociology - the study of of social behavior and societies
•Education - the study of how people gain knowledge
3. •Geography - the study of the Earth and the way humans are
dispersed on it
•Law - the study of the rules that society lives by and how they are
formed or influenced by popular beliefs
•Linguistics - the study of the structure of language, its syntax,
phonology, semantics, phonetics, morphology, and the nature of
language and its variations
•Criminology - the study of the criminal behavior of both
individuals and of society
•Archaeology - the study of past civilizations, with information
gleaned from material remains, such as, artifacts, buildings,
graves, etc
•Religion - the relationship between humans and God or gods
