I'm Alyssa and I've been in Social Science since 3 semesters now. I love my program. This glossary is for everyone who would be interested to learn more about this program. This project will help me introduce it to you by using 20 terms related to my studies. The Virtual Writing Tutor helped me create this glossary. I really hope you'll enjoy it.
analysis
noun
Detailed examination of the elements or structure of something.
Example: I cannot find any major problems with this method that would prevent me from employing it, however I feel that the financial and budgetary ANALYSIS' are the best two methods for a business, such as my own to use, for they work so well together.
fr: analyse
behavior
noun
The way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially toward others.
Example: Some researches suggested that 'stress induced by increased task demands decreases interpersonal sensitivity and helping BEHAVIOR' (Podsakoff et al., 1990: 136).
fr: comportement
communication
noun
The imparting or exchanging of information or news.
Example: This is linked to COMMUNICATION, it is essential that the person in this role has good COMMUNICATION skills as they will need to set the goals of what is trying to be achieved by the work carried out, and they will also need to convey work and tasks to employees clearly, this is especially important in this working environment, as carrying out a task wrong can have very large consequences that may affect the survival of the business such as the spraying off, or cutting of the wrong crop.
fr: communication
culture
noun
The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.
Example: Due to the limited scope of this review the following lines will attempt to summarize only one of the chapters, namely Sakabe Megumi's 'Mask and Shadow in Japanese CULTURE: Implicit Ontology in Japanese Thought'.
fr: culture
development
noun
The process of developing or being developed.
Example: My employees growth needs can be satisfied by aiding their personal DEVELOPMENT.
fr: développement
economy
noun
The wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services.
Example: Grossman and Helpman (1991) find in their model that whether trade promotes innovation in a small ECONOMY depends in particular on whether the ECONOMY's resources are channelled towards activities that generate long run growth via externalities in R&D, expanding product variety, upgrading product quality etc.
fr: économie
geography
noun
The study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of populations and resources, land use, and industries.
Example: His approach is one of 'human GEOGRAPHY,' asserting that anthropological perspectives has focused too specifically upon the social and he expounds that, "The geographies (he employs) are those of the visible and invisible worlds, experienced by the people concerned, in order to gain alternative perspective on nature and culture" (Dwyer 1996 p158).
fr: géographie
history
noun
The study of past events, particularly in human affairs.
Example: Fig 1.1-Pedigree Tamworth Pig Fig1.2-Tamworth Populations in Canada Breed HISTORY Origins The Tamworth is one of the oldest breeds of pigs known dating back to the early nineteenth century.
fr: histoire
identity
noun
The fact of being who or what a person or thing is.
Example: The T-box genes Tbx4 and Tbx5 regulate limb outgrowth and IDENTITY 1999 Nature 398:814-818 Rallis et al.
fr: identité
ideology
noun
A system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.
Example: In Germany, the collapse of the Weimar Republic 'allowed the Nazis to recast German identity and IDEOLOGY' and their subsequent control of government apparatus meant they could alter social and racial policy to infiltrate anti-Semitic ideas.
fr: idéologie
interaction
noun
Communication or direct involvement with someone or something.
Example: But it has been found, that the C terminus of PAR-1 binds NMY-2, so there must clearly be some sort of INTERACTION.
fr: interaction
methodology
noun
A system of methods used in a particular area of study or activity.
Example: Theory and METHODOLOGY 2.1 Species concept and history (4) Cracraft, J. (1983).
fr: méthodologie
philosophy
noun
The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.
Example: The church was also host for the learning revival, the aims of which were learning and copying information that was useful, educating the current clergy and also developing a 'fundamentally Christian political PHILOSOPHY' by selecting and appropriating symbols and ideas from the past.
fr: philosophie
policy
noun
A course or principle of action adopted or proposed by a government, party, business, or individual.
Example: When UN designed the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), it did not explicitly indicated adult education, but without empowering the POLICY-makers, national professionals, and researchers, the goals will not be achieved.
fr: politique
psychology
noun
The scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context.
Example: H. (1955) "Employee Attitudes and Employee Performance", (PSYCHOLOGY Bulletin , vol 52 p396-424) quoted in Ledford, E.G. (1999) "Comment Happiness and Productivity revisited", Journal of Organizational Behaviour vol.20 p25-30 Eagly, A. H., and Chaiken, S. (1993) the PSYCHOLOGY of attitudes .
fr: psychologie
rationality
noun
The quality of being based on or in accordance with reason or logic.
Example: The 'RATIONALITY' of Greek medicine.
fr: rationalité
research
noun
The systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.
Example: International Service for National Agricultural RESEARCH - ISNAR (1997) A Report on the Training Needs and Organizational Constraints Assessment in the Kenya Agricultural RESEARCH Institute .
fr: recherche
society
noun
The aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community.
Example: In these terms decentralisation with the form of civil SOCIETY's participation in the decision making process could be considered as a way to provide a check on state power and therefore reduce corruption.
fr: société
sociology
noun
The study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society.
Example: For example, the behaviour of Xiao Tze is discussed in a 'comic SOCIOLOGY' - Various facets of the life of Xiao Tze (2001) by People's Daily Newspaper Online (a large Chinese publication) in Reading Section of their website.
fr: sociologie
statistics
noun
The practice or science of collecting and analyzing numerical data in large quantities, especially for the purpose of inferring proportions in a whole from those in a representative sample.
Example: Results and conclusions The regressions (3), (4) and (5) for the first series have the form (Table 6): The tau STATISTICS (4.846487991, 2.934464877, 1.424061824) are all positive (Table 6) and when compared to the critical values for the Dickey-Fuller test (which are negative), we fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the series have a unit root (nonstationary).
