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      • social science, any branch of academic study or science that deals with human behaviour in its social and cultural aspects. Usually included within the social sciences are cultural (or social) anthropology, sociology, psychology, political science, and economics.
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  2. A social science is any branch of academic study or science that deals with human behaviour in its social and cultural aspects. Usually included within the social sciences are cultural (or social) anthropology, sociology, psychology, political science, and economics.

  3. understand, apply, and evaluate core social science values, concepts, and theories, which can help inform and guide our understanding of how the world works, how power is defined and exercised, and how we can critically understand and engage with these concepts when examining the world around us.

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  4. The Social Sciences are as varied as the interests of humankind, but they share a fascination with human behavior and organizations. From the beginning of recorded history, humans have organized their societies using myriad systems—political, religious, economic, and social.

  5. Nov 21, 2019 · The social sciences have in fact the vocation of rendering the world itself better and more rational, that is of changing it operatively according to the wishes and intentions of the people, which are, in their turn, based on certain values.

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  6. What is Social Science? What are the social sciences and why do they matter? Social science is the study of people: as individuals, communities and societies; their behaviours and interactions with each other and with their built, technological and natural environments.

  7. Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of society", established in the 18th century.

  8. Oct 29, 2012 · Abstract. A recent poll showed that most people think of science as technology and engineering—life-saving drugs, computers, space exploration, and so on. This was, in fact, the promise of the founders of modern science in the 17th century.

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