Hi, my name is Laurianne. I have been studying Social Science since September 2019. I study at Montmorency College. The glossary I have made could be of use to students who are in this program. Vocabulary related to this field of study can be used to replace other easy-to-use words. With this glossary, students will be able to find more appropriate words to express what they want to say. These words were chosen because for some they have a double meaning and you have to be able to use the common sense of the term.
capitalism
noun
An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
Example: An era of free-market capitalism.
fr: capitalisme
data analysis
noun
The organization of data to look for patterns and uniformities.
Example: The software also includes libraries for instrument control, data analysis and data presentation.
fr: analyse de données
democracy
noun
A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
Example: We use democracy as a method of selecting representatives.
fr: démocratie
discrimination
noun
The denial of equal access to social resources to people on the basis of their group member ship.
Example: He sued the company for age discrimination.
fr: discrimination
essay
noun
A short piece of writing on a particular subject.
Example: He is writing an essay on Abraham Lincoln.
fr: rédaction
experiment
noun
A scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.
Example: I have tested this by experiment.
fr: expérimentation
humanity
noun
The human race; human beings collectively.
Example: He praised them for their standards of humanity, care, and dignity.
fr: humanité
management
noun
Management is the coordination and administration of tasks to achieve a goal. Such administration activities include setting the organization's strategy and coordinating the efforts of staff to accomplish these objectives through the application of available resources.
Example: Jonathan had band practice with his friends and Alex was in his recliner, reading a letter from a wildlife management area in Colorado.
fr: gestion
modernization
noun
The process of adapting something to modern needs or habits.
Example: The industry is undergoing modernization.
fr: modernisation
norms
noun
A standard or pattern, especially of social behavior, that is typical or expected of a group.
Example: This system has been the norm in Germany for decades.
fr: normes
objectivity
noun
Striving as far as possible to reduce or eliminate bias in the conduct or interpretation of research and scholarship.
Example: It is, indeed, the very impartiality and objectivity of his attitude that makes the writings of Gentz such illuminating documents for the period of history which they cover.
fr: objectivité
prejudice
noun
An unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
Example: His honesty and sincerity prejudiced us in his favor.
fr: prejudice
psychosis
noun
A severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality.
Example: They were suffering from a psychosis.
fr: psychose
qualitative research
noun
In the Social Sciences, qualitative methods bring together a set of research methods used in qualitative studies. They find their usefulness in particular in the human and Social Sciences.
Example: To attribute causality to religion, recourse to qualitative research is necessary.
fr: recherche qualitative
rationality
noun
The quality of being based on or in accordance with reason or logic.
Example: Like any phobia, rationality plays only a small role.
fr: rationalité
social evolution
noun
Theories of cumulative sociocultural change which generally hold that human societies move from simple to complex forms of organization.
Example: In social evolution a society slowly changes over a period.
fr: évolution social
social work
noun
Work carried out by trained personnel with the aim of alleviating the conditions of those in need of help or welfare.
Example: My mother has had a number of interesting jobs, from running businesses to social work.
fr: assistance social
or
travail social
society
noun
The term society, in Social Sciences, refers to a set of people who share norms, behaviors and culture, and who interact cooperatively to form social groups or a community.
Example: When society requires to be rebuilt, there is no use attempting to rebuild it on the old plan.
fr: société
technology
noun
The application of logic, reason and knowledge to the problems of exploiting raw materials from the environment. Social technologies employ the same thought processes in addressing problems of human organization. Technology involves the creation of material instruments (such as machines) used in human interaction with nature as well as social instruments (such as bureaucracy) used in human organization. (See also Rationalization.).
Example: The ability of science and technology to improve human life is known to us.
fr: technologie
theory
noun
A supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.
Example: My theory would be that the place has been seriously mismanaged.