Social Science

An Economist Journey in Society The study of the economy is a vast and varied field with many specialties throughout each aspect and component of it. Economists take on the task of analyzing information as it pertains to economic growth…
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It would be a disgrace to humanity if the written words of text, would fade away like the corner mail boxes, and public phone booths.Progress sometimes becomes a risk of setting humanity backwards, instead of going forward. Ask many senior…
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The differences between social and organizational systems in Protestant denominations is quite clear to most people who have shopped around for a new church or a new denomination. Protestants, in general, are very socially active in their churches, but there…
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“Those who say that religion and politics don’t mix, know neither” – Mahatma Gandhi In July, “The Atlantic” published an analysis of religion and social ideology which identified the Mormons as the most conservative religious group in America. Last November’s…
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In 1957 and 1958, Clark Moustakas and Abraham Maslow, along with a group of their peers, met to discuss a more humanistic approach to psychology. Carl Rogers, who would emerge as one of the association’s leaders, said: “An assumption unusual…
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An Internet search for “Mind Map” will lead you very quickly to Tony Buzan –  the man who claims to have invented them and who has registered the trade mark of the term “Mind Map” in both the US and…
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DISC, means dominance, influence, steadiness, and conscientiousness. Those are the qualities of personality employers are looking for when hiring their workforce. It has nothing to do with the human skeletal system even tough there’s only one letter difference. In short it’s…
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Psychological conformity was first studied in 1932 by Jenness using a bottle of beans.  He asked subjects, individually, to estimate the number of beans that were in the jar, and then he brought all the individual subjects together in one…
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Is reality a social construct? A famous psychology study, Sherif’s autokinetic effect experiment, done in the mid-nineteen-thirties, seemed to say it can be. Conformity to the opinions of others guides personal judgments when information is scant. Muzafer Sharif was one…
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The Correspondent Inference Theory was proposed by Edward E. Jones and Keith Davis in 1965. Popular as “Ned” Jones, Edward E. Jones was an influential social psychologist. Keith Davis was a key member of Edward E. Jones’ team which developed the Correspondent Inference Theory. …
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