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    The social sciences can be defined as the study of society and human behavior using scientific methodology. Some key social sciences include anthropology, sociology, economics, psychology, political science, and history. The purpose of social sciences is to systematically study all aspects of human behavior and the human condition using methods adapted from the natural sciences. Social sciences differ from natural sciences in that social sciences focus on studying human societies and behavior, while natural sciences examine the physical world. Social sciences also differ from humanities, which encompass disciplines like literature, history, art, and philosophy that study human culture.

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    The social sciences can be defined as the study of society and human behavior using scientific methodology. Some key social sciences include anthropology, sociology, economics, psychology, political science, and history. The purpose of social sciences is to systematically study all aspects of human behavior and the human condition using methods adapted from the natural sciences. Social sciences differ from natural sciences in that social sciences focus on studying human societies and behavior, while natural sciences examine the physical world. Social sciences also differ from humanities, which encompass disciplines like literature, history, art, and philosophy that study human culture.

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    The social sciences can be defined as the study of society and human behavior using scientific methodology. Some key social sciences include anthropology, sociology, economics, psychology, political science, and history. The purpose of social sciences is to systematically study all aspects of human behavior and the human condition using methods adapted from the natural sciences. Social sciences differ from natural sciences in that social sciences focus on studying human societies and behavior, while natural sciences examine the physical world. Social sciences also differ from humanities, which encompass disciplines like literature, history, art, and philosophy that study human culture.

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    Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences

    1
    Defining Social Sciences

    Defining Social Sciences

    The following are the objectives for this module:


    1. Define Social Sciences as the study of society
    2. Distinguish Social and Natural Sciences and Humanities

    The Social Sciences


    Each newly born human being enters a social world that has been shaped by
    those born previously and is continually reshaped by each new generation.
    (Perry & Perry, 2003). It is part of his/her human experience. The emergence
    of a person within a society is a phenomenon that is as natural as physical
    reality itself. Every person is born into a living, breathing, communal world.
    This social world was not always understood. But in the last 200 years,
    disciplines have originated with the goal of examining it with the same
    scientific methodology that the exact sciences use. These disciplines are
    collectively called the social sciences. (Perry & Perry, 2003)

    The Definition of Social Science


    Social Science is the study of society and human behavior. Actually, there
    are several social sciences, which this course will enumerate and discuss in
    social science the detail, each specializing in a particular aspect of human behavior and
    the study of each using different concepts, methods, and data in its studies. Anthropology,
    society and sociology, economics, psychology, political science, and history have
    human behavior developed into separate “disciplines” but all share an interest in human
    behavior. (Harrison & Dye, 2008)

    The Purpose of a Social Science


    The purpose of the social sciences is to study systematically all aspects of
    human behavior and of the human condition, using a methodology borrowed
    from the physical sciences wherever possible. (Perry & Perry, 2003)

    Comparing Natural, Social Sciences and the Humanities


    Science may be briefly defined as a method using a system of rational
    inquiry dependent on the empirical testing of facts. This is what makes social
    science a science: its determination to use the scientific method to study
    specific aspects of human behavior in the social world. (Perry & Perry, 2003)
    Therefore, it is important to know what sets social sciences apart from the
    other sciences.
    The Natural Sciences is a branch of science that deals with the physical
    world (e.g. physics, chemistry, geology, biology, etc.). It is divided into two
    groups: the life sciences (or biological science) and physical science. On the
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    other hand, the Humanities is learning or literature concerned with human
    culture, especially literature, history, art, music, and philosophy. The factor
    unique to the social sciences compared with the disciplines given above is its
    focus on society accompanied by the use of a scientific method that, in a way,
    becomes a unity of both the natural sciences and the humanities.

    Glossary
     Humanities – is learning or literature concerned with human culture,
    especially literature, history, art, music, and philosophy.

     Natural Sciences – is a branch of science that deals with the physical


    world. It is divided into two groups: the life sciences (or biological
    science) and physical science.

     Science – may be defined as a method using a system of rational


    inquiry dependent on the empirical testing of facts.

     Scientific Method – a method of procedure that has characterized


    natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic
    observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation,
    testing, and modification of hypotheses.

     Social Science – is the study of society and human behavior.

    References
    Harrison, B.C. & Dye, T.R. (2008) Power & Society: An Introduction to the
    Social Sciences, 11th Ed. Boston: Thomson Higher Education
    Perry, E. & Perry, J. (2003). Contemporary Society: An Introduction to Social
    Science, 10th Ed. New York: Pearson Education
    Wilkins, E. (1979). Elements of Social Science, 2nd Ed. Plymouth: Macdonald
    & Evans Ltd.

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