DISS: Humanities and Social Sciences

Humanities

• soceity is being studied in different lens

• make us understand people

• seek to understand hows & whys of human behavior

• encourage self-expression

• generally refers to art, literature, music, architecture and dance and theater – areas in which human subjectivity is emphasized and individual expressiveness is dramatized

• he importance of the human being and his feelings is the main concern

• records man’s experiences, his values, his sentiments, his ideas, and his goals

Social Science

- study the historical, cultural, sociological, psychological and the political forces that shape the actions of the individual and theirimpact on the society

- the disciplines under it are the lenses used to examine the differentfactors that shape and influence how a particular society works

- deals with human behavior in its social and cultural aspects

Applied Social Science

the study of society we live in and the
relationships people have in the society

Sociology

• study of society, social institutions, and social
  Relationships

• Aka collective behavior

 Anthropology

study of the cultural, social, and physical development of humans

Physical Anthropology/Biological Anthropology

Biological variations among the contemporary human population

Cultural Anthropology

seeks to comprehend and examine the
ideas, customs, and behavior (cultural) of society

Archaeology

scientific study of the material remains of past human life and activities

Anthropological Linguistics

study of the relationship between language and culture

Ethnology

a comparative and analytical study of culture

Demography

statistical study of human populations, especially concerning size and density, distribution, and other important statistical information such as births, marriages, deaths

Psychology

scientific discipline that studies mental states and processes and behavior in humans and other animals

Clinical Psychology

research methodologies and findings in the
diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders

Developmental Psychology

concerned with the changes in
cognitive, motivational, psychophysiological, and social functioning that occur throughout the human lifespan

Political Science

systematic study of governance by the application of empirical and generally scientific methods of analysis

Linguistics

study of particular languages, and the search for
general properties common to all languages

Phonetics

the study of the production, acoustics, and hearing of
speech sounds

Phonology

the patterning of sounds

Morphology

 the structure of words

Syntax

the structure of sentences

Semantics

meaning

Pragmatics

language in context

Economics

study of how people allocate scarce resources for production, distribution, and consumption, both individually and collectively

Geography

focused on the study of space, natural resources, and the interaction of man to his environment

History

scientific study of past happenings in all their aspects, in the life of a social group, in the light of present happenings

Social Issue

challenges in the society

Philosophy

 an attempt towards general theories in which it is the study of the basic ideas about knowledge, truth, right and wrong, religion, and the nature and meaning of life

Labor

human effort exerted during the production process includes skill process and intellectual faculties

Terrorism

the use of violence against people or property to try to force changes in societies or governments