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Title: What is Social Science?


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What is Social Science?
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Everyone in this class is an observer and
predictor of human behaviour
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Things to keep in mind...
  • Everyone has the right to express an informed
    opinion
  • Be mindful of your own bias
  • Listen with respect
  • Have an open mind
  • We do not have to agree, but we are respectful
    when we disagree
  • Offensive comments are never permitted
  • Everyone in the class has a right to learn

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Can you predict behaviour?
  • A group of people are gathered in a room. A bar
    is opened and they are told to drink whatever
    they like a bartender will serve them. There is
    rum, rye, vodka, gin, beer, wine, etc....
  • Two hours later, most people are showing distinct
    signs of intoxication. When asked to perform
    simple coordination tasks, they fail.
  • How do we explain this?

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Just one thing...
  • There was really no alcohol content in the
    drinks...
  • How do we explain THIS?

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The Placebo Effect
  • http//www.youtube.com/watch?vyfRVCaA5o18

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There are many non-scientific ways of predicting
behaviour. People generalize in an effort to
understand each other and be able to anticipate
behaviours...
  • Clichés
  • Truisms
  • Proverbs
  • .

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Cliché
  • Figure of speech whose effectiveness has been
    worn out due to overuse
  • E.g. Live and learn

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Truism
  • A claim so obvious or self-evident it is hardly
    worth mentioning
  • E.g. a watched pot never boils

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Proverbs
  • Sayings popularly known and repeated which
    express a truth based on common sense or
    practical experience of humanity

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Other non-scientific ways of looking at human
behaviour
  • Talk shows
  • Self-help books
  • Self-proclaimed experts

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What is social science?
Sociology
Biology
Political Science
Psychology
Anthropology
Economics
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Anthropology
  • The study of culture- the arts, beliefs, habits,
    institutions and other endeavors that are
    characteristic of a specific community, society
    or nation

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Psychology
  • The study of behaviour based on mental processes
  • Psychologists use an understanding of mental
    processes and the characteristic patterns of
    motivation that they call personality to explain
    individual behaviour (micro studies)
  • Also examine how individuals interact (macro
    studies)

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Sociology
  • The study that explains the behaviour of
    individuals in social groups, families and
    society
  • Investigate social facts
  • More concerned with patterns of behaviour
    observed in large numbers of people or groups
    rather than individuals

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Demographics
  • The analysis of statistical data of a population
  • Age
  • Marital status
  • Average income

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Ethnocentrism
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Ethnocentrism
  • combines "ethnic" and centre".
  • to believe that your culture or ethnic group is
    superior to all other races or cultures, or to
    view alien groups or cultures from your own
    biased perspective.
  • causes individuals or groups to judge other
    groups in how they relate to themselves.
  • examples of how they relate themselves to other
    groups are language, behaviour, customs and
    religion.

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Egocentrism
  • The belief that you are the centre of the world
    that your own importance is valued over others
    the better him/her than me ideology.
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