Social Science glossary

This glossary contains the words that people use and learn about in Social Science so made this glossary to introduce you to my program a little more.

Anthropology

Noun

The study of human societies and cultures and their development, the study of human biological and physiological characteristics and their evolution.

Example: A branch of anthropology that deals with the scientific description of specific human culture.

fr: Anthropologie

Archaeology

Noun

The study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.

Example: Due to the importance of archaeology in the quest to find the effects of prehistoric Man on present-day soils and the importance of soils, in any study of prehistoric settlement, a great deal of agriculture involves pedology or the study of soils in their natural setting (Wilshusen and Stone 1990).

fr: Archéologie

Critique

Noun

A detailed analysis and assessment of something, especially a literary, philosophical, or political theory.

Example: A critique of the net present value model used to evaluate each alternative is put forward whereby the most significant advantages are its use of cash flows, its account of the time value of money and its value additivity and ranking properties.

fr: Critique

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: Literacy in the classroom 2.1 The National Curriculum According to the National Curriculum the activities in primary schools are divided into two parts: in the first two years of education children concentrate on learning how to read, write and calculate, in order to gain sufficient confidence to master more complex texts and topics; in the last three years subject like grammar, science, geography, history and geometry are introduced.

fr: Géophraphie

Psychology

Noun

The scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context.

Example: Geoffrey Chaucer reflects this new psychology for a more temporal life in his Canterbury Tales, choosing to barely mention any pestilence and focus instead upon the pleasures of life and comic anecdotes.

fr: Psychologie

Theory

Noun

A supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.

Example: Structure 2 Equilibrium theory: Assume all struts are in tension Replace T2 with the vertical and horizontal component: Resolve vector vertically: NB.

fr: Théorie

Sociology

Noun

The study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society.

Example: Karl Popper Karl Popper born in 1902, was a philosopher educated in Vienna, and focused in the areas of science, sociology and politics.

fr: Sociologie

Quantitative

Ajdective

Relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity of something rather than its quality.

Example: Conclusion When Emap carried out their research for Grazia , they would have used both quantitative and qualitative data in order to discover if the niche was strong enough to exploit, achievable through surveys and questionnaires giving the relevant answers and opinions which could then have been analysed appropriately.

fr: Quantitatif(ve)

Qualitative

Adjective

Relating to, measuring, or measured by the quality of something rather than its quantity.

Example: These are the qualitative contents of experience, the 'hurtfulness' of pain etc

fr: Qualitatif(ve)

Society

Noun

A society, or a human society, is a group of people involved with each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations.

Example: ncest represents ultimate moral debasement of a society, but in this case it is not of the most abhorrent sort - that between parent and child - but between the more distant half brother and sister.

fr: Société

Practice

Adjective

Relating to the present or recent times as opposed to the remote past.

Example: These represented the first modern method of displaying moving images.

fr: Pratique

Modern

Adjective

Relating to the present or recent times as opposed to the remote past.

Example: These represented the first modern method of displaying moving images

fr: Moderne

Eclectic

Adjective

Deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.

Example: They have an eclectic taste, as they have been exposed to different cultures (Mintel, 2005)

fr: Éclectique

Discipline

Noun

A branch of knowledge, typically one studied in higher education.

Example: In Mutations Petrucci's experimentation is one of "implicit Intertextuality"; taking a "reader orientated" text and translating "not between languages, but from one discipline to another."

fr: Discipline

Degree

Noun

The amount, level, or extent to which something happens or is present.

Example: But this refutes the picture R tries to make, as we can show that "perceptual experiences can't be captured in terms of sense data."(Hanson 1972) The objection proves that there is a degree of relativity or subjectivity about the kind of perceptual experience we get from the SD, which is ignored by R.

fr: Diplôme, degré, échelon, certificat

Devoted

Adjective

Given over to the display, study, or discussion of.

Example: Together with the School of Agriculture of the University of Mauritius, much attention was devoted to improving productivity, reducing production costs, and developing expertise on growing food crops within interlines (Beintema, et al., 2003).

fr: Dévoué

Contrast

Noun

The state of being strikingly different from something else in juxtaposition or close association.

Example: This is in contrast to a rationalist stance, where reason is relied upon as the only reliable source of human knowledge ('a priori ').

fr: Contraste

Autonomy

Noun

The right or condition of self-government.

Example: They are concerned about the path through which the education-fertility relationship operates as it is not clear if this is a direct causality effect or if it stems from greater autonomy of women through education or if it is income related.

fr: Autonomie

Aims

Noun

Have the intention of achieving.

Example: Within the body politic, the general will aims to protect rather than to attack its participants, and 'it is not', therefore, 'to be assumed that any of the parties then expects to get hanged'.

fr: Objectif

Academic

Adjective

Relating to education and scholarship.

Example: Therefore both case law and academic writing highlight that there is support for the argument that the courts should not "blind themselves to a clear indication of what parliament intended.".

fr: Académique

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