Introduction to the Social Sciences Worksheet

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Name
Definition
Sub fields
Famous in the field
Famous work
It is the study of the people of the
Cultural anthropology
Franz Boas
The famous work in this
whole world, how they live their
Linguistic anthropology
Margaret mead
field is the work of Clifford
lives, how they behave, adapt
Archeology
Ruth benedict
Geertz who got fame for his
Anthropology
different characteristics and socialize Biological anthropology
work on interpretive or
with each other.
commonly known as
symbolic anthropology.

Communication

Criminology

Economics

History

It deals with the process of human

communication as sharing of
symbols to create some sort of
meanings.

Interpersonal
Non-verbal
Written
Oral

Wazlawick

Wazlawicks laws are one

of the most famous works
in the field of
communication.

It is a scientific both on individual

and social levels to study the causes,
consequences, prevention, extent,
management and nature of criminal
behavior and criminal mindset.

Penology
Bio-criminology
Feminist criminology
Criminalistics

Cesare Beccaria
Enrico ferri
Hans Eysenck
Robert hare

The disturbing world of

psychopaths among us
Crime and personality
Principles of criminology

It is a branch of science that deals

with production, distribution and
consumption of goods

Traditional economic
system
Command economic
system
Market economic system
Mixed economic system

Adam smith
Karl marx

The wealth of nations

The communist manifesto

It is actually a study of past and the

events in past particularly related to
humans

Political history
Diplomatic history
Social history
Cultural history

Fernand braudel
EP thompsan
Eric hobsbawn

The origin of species

The Quran
The republic

Name

Human
geography

International
relations

Definition
It is a branch of social sciences that
deals with the world, people living in
it, their communities, economies,
cultures and studying their relation
with space and place

Sub fields
Development
Health
Historical
Political

Famous in the field

Ibn batuda
Walter christaller
William morris davis

Famous work
The grapes of wrath
The greenlanders

It is a discipline that focuses on the

study of interaction of some people
in international politics. In order
words, study of relations between
different countries.

Normative theory
Epistemology
Realism
Liberalism
Regime theory

Joseph nye
Thucydides
Machiavelli

Man, the state, and war

Arms and influence
The best and brightest

Study of languages and its structures

along with the study of grammar,
phonetics and syntax.

Phonetics
Phonology
Morphology
Syntax
Semantics
pragmatics

Noam Chomsky
Panini
Roman jakobsan

An introduction to language
Metaphors we live by
Linguistic terms and
concepts

It is a study of human mind and its

functions, especially those which
affect our behavior.

Clinical psychology
Community psychology
Counseling psychology
Forensic psychology
Health psychology
Organizational psychology

B.F. skinner
Albert bandura
Carl rogers

Thinking fast and slow

Redirect
drive

Goffman erving
Spencer Herbert
Emile
Comte auguste

Prozan nation
One flew over the cuckoos
nest
The construction of
homosexuality

Linguistics

Psychology

It deals with society, its development, Social morphology

structure and its functioning.
Social physiology
General sociology
Sociology