This glossary contains the word of every job concerning Social Science.
Anthropology
noun
The study of human societies and cultures and their development.
Example: Hornblower 2001 xvi Finley 1977 xxiii F. advocated that a close reading of both the Iliad and the Odyssey could produce a society, complete with a coherent system of institutions and values, which 'is neither an improbable nor an unfamiliar one in the experience of modern anthropology '.
fr: Anthropologie
Civics
noun
The study of the rights and duties of citizenship.
Example: Students will explore issues of civic importance such as healthy schools, community planning, environmental responsibility, and the influence of social media, while developing their understanding of the role of civic engagement and of political processes in the local, national, and/or global community.
fr: Instruction civique
Commerce
noun
Commerce is the conduct of trade among economic agents. Generally, commerce refers to the exchange of goods, services, or something of value, between businesses or entities.
Example: Hong Kong was quickly becoming a centre for business and commerce generating employment and trade opportunities.
fr: Commerce
Criminology
noun
The scientific study of crime and criminals.
Example: Bibliography Bell, W (1998) Australian Institute of criminology web site.
fr: Criminologie
Demography
noun
The study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.
Example: The business world has become more competitive and more volatile as a result of the faster changes in international market, science and technology, regulations, demography of work force, and so on.
fr: Démographie
Economics
noun
Economics is a social science concerned with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. It studies how individuals, businesses, governments, and nations make choices about how to allocate resources.
Example: This is evidenced by their success in fields as diverse as engineering, art, biology, economics, genetics, operations research, robotics, social sciences, physics, chemistry, and others.
fr: Économie
Entomology
noun
The branch of zoology concerned with the study of insects.
Example: Therefore the understandings of past environments as well as human activities would be enhanced by the further research and methodological improvement as well as the combination with other evidences, such as sedimentology, faunal assemblages, and entomology.
fr: Entomologie
Ethnology
noun
The study of the characteristics of various peoples and the differences and relationships between them.
Example: Ethnography and ethnology are related disciplines within the field of cultural anthropology.
fr: Ethnologie
Futurology
noun
Systematic forecasting of the future, especially from present trends in society.
Example: Futurology is sometimes described by scientists as pseudoscience.
fr: Futurologie
Geography
noun
Geography is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments.
Example: Religion can for instance supersede the influence of common language (as Ireland's Catholic-Protestant divide illustrates) or the obstacles of disparate geography (Islam, notably, forges national identity in both North Africa and the Middle East).
fr: Géographie
Geology
noun
Geology (from the Ancient Greek γῆ, gē ("earth") and -λoγία, -logia, ("study of", "discourse")) is an Earth science concerned with the solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time.
Example: Absolute dating methods have revolutionised geology and archaeology.
fr: Géologie
Law
noun
Systems of law as a subject of study or as the basis of the legal profession.
Example: In her fieldwork on the Lele of the Kasai (formally the Belgian Congo not the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo) she notes how pollution is a way of keeping law and order.
fr: Droit
Penology
noun
the study of the punishment of crime and of prison management.
Example: A penologist works in the prison system, has direct contact with inmates and is involved in inmates' rehabilitation and return to society.
fr: Pénologie
Phycology
noun
the branch of botany concerned with seaweeds and other algae.
Example: Emphasis is placed on those algae that are commonly covered in phycology courses, and encountered by students in marine and freshwater habitats.
fr: Phycologie
Psychoeducation
noun
Psychoeducation (PE) is defined as an intervention with systematic, structured, and didactic knowledge transfer for an illness and its treatment, integrating emotional and motivational aspects to enable patients to cope with the illness and to improve its treatment adherence and efficacy.
Example: Results from more than 30 studies indicate psychoeducation improves family well-being, lowers rates of relapse and improves recovery.
fr: Psychoéducation
Psychology
noun
The scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context.
Example: According to Kolind (the leader of Oticon Holding A S)'s opinion, Oticon needed breakthroughs and breakthroughs require combining technology with audiology, psychology and imagination.
fr: Psychologie
Science
noun
Science is the pursuit and application of knowledge and understanding of the natural and social world following a systematic methodology based on evidence. Scientific methodology includes the following: ... Evidence. Experiment and/or observation as benchmarks for testing hypotheses.
Example: There were also advancements in music, literature, science and government practices during this period.
fr: Science
Social
adjective
Relating to society or its organization.
Example: The media is designed for the communication of social and economic issues as opposed to those scientific; this is demonstrated by the Guardian which was founded in response to a need in Manchester in 1821 for a liberal paper after the Peterloo massacre.
fr: Social
Sociology
noun
Sociology is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. Sociologists investigate the structure of groups, organizations, and societies and how people interact within these contexts.
Example: An example of sociology is what someone is studying when they attend a religious service of a religion that isn't their own.
fr: Sociologie
Thanatology
noun
The scientific study of death and the practices associated with it, including the study of the needs of the terminally ill and their families.
Example: The teaching of thanatology to medical students.
