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- sociology
- social science that studies human society and social behavior
- social sciences
- are the disciplines that study human social behavior or institutions and functions of human society in a scientific manner
- social phenomena
- observable facts or events about human society
- sociological perspective
- can look beyond commonly held beliefs to the hidden meanings behind human actions
- sociological imagination
- capacity to range from the most impersonal and remote topics to the most intimate features of the human self and to see the relations between the two
- anthropology
- the comparative study of past and present cultures
- psychology
- the social science that deals with the behavior and thinking of organisms
- social psychology
- study of how the social environment affects an individual's behavior and personality
- economics
- study of the choices people make in an effort to satisfy their needs and wants
- political science
- examination of the organization and operation of governments
- history
- study of past events