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Unit 5: Social Science Disciplines: Developments and Problems

or neural processes with the study of the mental effects they have subjectively produced. Many Notes
people associate psychology with clinical psychology which focuses on assessment and treatment
of problems in living and psychopathology. In reality, psychology has myriad specialties including:
Social psychology, Developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, Industrial-Organizational Psychology,
Mathematical psychology, Neuropsychology, and Quantitative Analysis of Behaiour to name only a few. The
word psychology comes from the ancient Greek, psyche.

Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:
6. ……………..in common parlance, means a ruler which (unlike a rule of ethics) is capable of
enforcement through institutions.
7. Linguistics investigates the conitive and social aspects of………………
8. ……………….is and academic and applied field involving the study of behavior and mental
illness.

5.2 Summary

y Social Sciences are not exact science like physical sciences, as they, unlike the latter, deal with
human beings. Human nature and man's environment are so complex that it is more difficult
to comprehend and predict human behaviour than the physical phenomena.
y The term "social science" may refer either to the specific sciences of society established by
thinkers such as comte, Durkheim, Marx, and Weber, or more generally to all diciplines outside
of noble science and arts.
y The beginnings of the social science in the 18th century are reflected in various gran encyclopedia
of diderot, with articles from rousseau and other pioneers. The growth of the social sciences
is also reflected in other specialized encyclopedias.
y Linguistics investigates the cognitive and social aspects of human language.

5.3 Keywords

Anthropology: Anthropology is the holistic "science of man,"- a science of the totality of human
existence. The discipline deals with the integration of different aspects of the Social Science, Humanities,
and Human Biology.
Geography: Geography as a discipline can be split broadly into two main sub fields: human geography
and physical geography.
Law: Law in common parlance, means a ruler which (unlike a rule of ethics) is capable of enforcement
through institutions.
Psychology: Psychology is and academic and applied field involing the study of behavior and mental
illness.

5.4 Review Questions

1. Discuss the historical growth trends in social science disciplines.
2. Write a note on development of following disciplines:
y Anthropology
y Geography

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