Overview of Social Science Disciplines
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ScribdTranslationsTHE 8 DISCIPLINES OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Social sciences encompass a very diverse set of disciplines. The main ones are
the following:
1. Anthropology. It is the science of the human being. It attempts to understand humanity.
from a holistic perspective: it addresses both biological aspects
humans as well as the cultural aspects of being human.
[Link] science. It is dedicated to the study of praxis and theory.
politics, and the description and analysis of political systems.
[Link]. It is dedicated to the study of production, management and
distribution of goods and services within a society, that is, how the
people seek to satisfy their needs and demands.
[Link]. It studies the natural environment and the environment built by humans,
and the relationships between both. Thus, it examines therelievetheclimatethesoiland the
vegetation of the various regions of the planet, and also the way in which the
a human creates and manages the space they occupy.
5. History. It is the documented study of human past and its narration.
Traditionally, it is believed that the history of humanity begins with the
invention of writing.
[Link]. It is dedicated to the study of origin, evolution, and nature
of human language in its cognitive and social aspects.
[Link]. Dedicated to the study of the human mind and behavior, it
interested in theconductthelearningand, in general, the processes that have
place in the mind. It subdivides into several branches, each dedicated to a
aspect of the psyche and its relationships with other areas.
[Link]. It is dedicated to the systematic study of society, including the
patterns of social relationships, social interaction and aspects of the
culture associated with everyday life.
All these disciplines are usually divided into subdisciplines and the boundaries between them are
lax and ambiguous.
The field of social studies is a broad and multidisciplinary field that includes
the social sciences and humanities. Although it lacks a universally accepted definition
accepted, is usually defined in terms of the adaptation of thesocial sciences for
purposespedagogicalfrequently with a special academic focus on the
trainingethicscivicocitizenThe predominant sciences are history, geography.
and civic; among the auxiliary Sciences we find: law, anthropology, politics among
others.
This makes us insist that a Social Science program in mandatory levels
teaching should include the following subjects: Geography, History, History of Art,
Economics, Demography, Sociology, Political Science, Anthropology, and Psychology.
This scheme is the result of a long unfinished process that remains open to others
possible new additions in the future. According to P. Benejam, "The attempt to reduce the
merging various Social Sciences into a single school discipline is difficult because, although they are
sciences that pose common problems do not currently form an organized set
and structured concepts, that's why 'the integration of all these sciences into a
the global structure is just a trend, an aspiration.