Social Science

That we are animals, and that we co-evolved just as all other Earth organisms, is the foundation for those psychologists who study biological psychology.  Eco-psychology, evolutionary psychology,  and even sociobiology, all share this premise.   These professionals realize the psyche is…
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The concept of social engineering can be viewed on various scales which range from massive manipulations of whole societies, to interaction between two persons that results in a great social impact. But, regardless of the scale, social engineering involves actions…
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The changing role of urbanization in the 21st century is being driven by the changing ability of the population to thrive in settings that are neither rural nor urban. The growth of suburban agglomerations where industry, commerce, cultural and other…
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Belief should be only one of the building blocks of culture. Factual proof, gained over time, through experience, training or study, constitutes much of a societal culture that intends to survive for a time. Belief serves a society when proof…
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We all know that feeling.  The feeling you get when you see someone you’re attracted to, for example sapiosexual .  But have you ever stopped to think exactly why you’re getting that feeling from that particular person and not from…
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How are values related to culture? If you stop and think about it, our values are related to the culture that we live in. You grow up only knowing the ways of life that you are living in. Regardless of…
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Have you ever wondered what the difference between sociology and psychology is? That is a good question, and on the surface the two subjects seem to be very similar. In a lot of ways they are similar in what exactly…
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For the combat soldier, the most difficult aspect of transitioning to civilian life is the absence of a very strange phenomena: chaos under conditions of order. The combat soldier, having been subjected to repeated and extreme conditions where complete chaos…
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Culture is the environment and practice of striving for excellence, refinement and formalization of social or group expression, education, art, and symbolic expression and behavior. Values are the group or social expression of that which is right and wrong, good and…
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When defining the fields of Sociology, Anthropology and Psychology, it is clear that some mixing and melding of the fields occur. But there are definitive statements that describe the different areas of human life and existence that are distinctive to…
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