Social Studies Disciplines



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Social Studies Disciplines

1. Geography

Definition- the science of place and space.

Two major areas

Physical Geography- the study of places on earth

Cultural Geography- the study of the interaction between places and the people who live in them.

II. Economics

Definition- the study of systems for producing, distributing, exchanging and consuming goods and services.

III. Political Science

Definition- the study of how people think, organize and act politically.

IV. Anthropology

Definition- the study of cultures and the differences both physical and cultural between their peoples.

V. Sociology

Definition- the study of people, how they form and how they function.

VI. Philosophy

Definition- the study of the formation of ideas.

VII. History

Definition- the study of the past in both the social sciences and the humanities with interpretive and explanatory comment.

VIII. Archaeology

Definition- the study of the material remains of the past in order to understand and explain human behavior.

IX. Psychology

Definition- the study of behavior, animal or human, instinctive and learned.

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