L: 2 Social Science

Social Science

view community as composed of people interacting with one another

Social Science

is an umbrella term for the various fields of study which examine social relations and human society.

Social Science

a community is described as a “group of people in a particular area interacting together”.

1. Archaeology

2. Biological Anthropology

3. Cultural Anthropology

4. Linguistic Anthropology

What is the four subfields

Archaeology

study human culture by analyzing the objects people have made. They carefully remove from the ground such things as pottery and tools, and they map the locations of houses, trash pits, and burials in order to learn about the daily lives of a people.

Archaeology

They analyze human bones and teeth to gain information on a people’s diet and the diseases they suffered.

Biological Anthropology

They seek to understand how humans adapt to different environmentsand what causes disease and early death. To do this, they study humans (living and dead)

Cultural Anthropology

Sociocultural anthropologists explore how people in different places live and understand the world around them. They want to know what people think is important and the rules they make about how they should interact with one another

Linguistic anthropology

study the many ways people communicate across the globe. They are interested in how language is linked to how we see the world and how we relate to each other.

Hunza/Hunza Valley

A land where people do not have our common diseases

Hunza/Hunza Valley

_____ is in the western Himalayas. China lies to the north-east, Afghanistan to the north-west and Pakistan to the south. It is approximately 8,000 feet (2,440m) above sea level.

 

• Fruits

• Vegetables

• Grains

3 main produce in Hunza Valley

Dr. Hoffman

He believed that another contributing factor to the health and longevity of the Hunza people was their relaxation and lack of stress.

Economics

The branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth.

Economics

It often involves topics like wealth and finance, but it’s not all about money. It is a broad discipline that helps us understand historical trends, interpret today’s headlines, and make predictions about the coming years.

Economics

Learning about ______ concepts can help you to understand the news, make financial decisions, shape public policy, and see the world in a new way.

Political Science

theory and practice of government and politics at the local, state, national, and international levels.

Political Science

dedicated to developing understandings of institutions, practices, and relations that constitute public life and modes of inquiry that promote citizenship.

Political Science

a social science concerned chiefly with the description and analysis of political and especially governmental institutions and processes

Psychology

The science of mind and behaviour

Psychology

The mental or behavioral characteristics of an individual or group

Sociology

is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior.

Sociologists

______ investigate the structure of groups, organizations, and societies, and how people interact within these contexts.

Sociology

Social movements, Racial inequality, Social media and culture, Population aging, Gender in the workplace, Immigration and migration, Social and economic inequality, Sexuality and family formation