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title: "Outline of social science"
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Educational psychology – the study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational interventions, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology of schools as organizations. Forensic psychology – the intersection between psychology and the courtroom—criminal, civil, family and Federal. Health psychology – concerned with understanding how biological, psychological, environmental, and cultural factors are involved in physical health and illness. Industrial and organizational psychology – the scientific study of employees, workplaces, and organizations. Legal psychology – involves empirical, psychological research of the law, legal institutions, and people who come into contact with the law. Media psychology – seeks an understanding of how people perceive, interpret, use, and respond to a media-rich world. Military psychology – research, design and application of psychological theories and experimentation data towards understanding, predicting and countering behaviours either in friendly or enemy forces or civilian population that may be undesirable, threatening or potentially dangerous to the conduct of military operations. Occupational health psychology – concerned with the psychosocial characteristics of workplaces that contribute to the development of health-related problems in people who work. Political psychology – an interdisciplinary academic field dedicated to understanding political science, politicians and political behaviour through the use of psychological theories. Psychology of religion – application of psychological methods and interpretive frameworks to religious traditions, as well as to both religious and irreligious individuals. Psychometrics – field of study concerned with the theory and technique of psychological measurement, which includes the measurement of knowledge, abilities, attitudes, personality traits, and educational measurement. School psychology – the field that applies principles of clinical psychology and educational psychology to the diagnosis and treatment of children's and adolescents' behavioural and learning problems. Sport psychology – interdisciplinary science that draws on knowledge from the fields of Kinesiology and Psychology. Systems psychology – the branch of applied psychology that studies human behaviour and experience in complex systems. Traffic psychology – the study of the behaviour of road users and the psychological processes underlying that behaviour (Rothengatter, 1997, 223) as well as to the relationship between behaviour and accidents
Behaviour analysis – philosophy of psychology based on the proposition that all things that organisms do can and should be regarded as behaviours, and that psychological disorders are best treated by altering behaviour patterns or modifying the environment. Biopsychology – application of the principles of biology (in particular neurobiology), to the study of physiological, genetic, and developmental mechanisms of behaviour in human and non-human animals. Clinical psychology – integration of science, theory and clinical knowledge for understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically-based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development. Cognitive psychology – subdiscipline of psychology exploring internal mental processes. Cultural psychology – field of psychology which assumes the idea that culture and mind are inseparable, and that psychological theories grounded in one culture are likely to be limited in applicability when applied to a different culture. Developmental psychology – the scientific study of systematic psychological changes, emotional changes, and perception changes that occur in human beings throughout their life span. Educational psychology – the study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational interventions, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology of schools as organizations. Evolutionary psychology – approach in the social and natural sciences that examines psychological traits such as memory, perception, and language from a modern evolutionary perspective. Experimental psychology – application of experimental methods to the study of behaviour and the processes that underlie it. Forensic psychology – the intersection between psychology and the courtroom—criminal, civil, family and Federal. Health psychology – concerned with understanding how biological, psychological, environmental, and cultural factors are involved in physical health and illness. Humanistic psychology – a psychological perspective which rose to prominence in the mid-20th century in the context of the tertiary sector beginning to produce in the most developed countries in the world more than the secondary sector was producing, for the first time in human history demanding creativity and a new understanding of human capital. Industrial and organizational psychology – the scientific study of employees, workplaces, and organizations. Mathematical psychology – understanding of human nature and mind, all through applications of mathematics theories and concepts along with other methods. Music therapy – allied health profession and one of the expressive therapies, consisting of an interpersonal process in which a trained music therapist uses music to help clients to improve or maintain their health. Neuropsychology – studies the structure and function of the brain as they relate to specific psychological processes and behaviours. Personality psychology – the branch of psychology that studies personality and individual differences. Psychometrics – field of study concerned with the theory and technique of psychological measurement, which includes the measurement of knowledge, abilities, attitudes, personality traits, and educational measurement. Psychology of religion – application of psychological methods and interpretive frameworks to religious traditions, as well as to both religious and irreligious individuals. Psychophysics – quantitatively investigates the relationship between physical stimuli and the sensations and perceptions they affect. Sensation and perception psychology
Religious studies – is an academic field devoted to research into religion beliefs, behaviours, and institutions. Science and technology studies – the study of how society, politics, and culture affect scientific research and technological innovation, and how these, in turn, affect society, politics and culture. Social work – a professional and academic discipline that seeks to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of an individual, group, or community by intervening through research, policy, community organizing, direct practice, and teaching on behalf of those afflicted with poverty or any real or perceived social injustices and violations of their human rights. Sociology – studies society using various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to understand the human social activity, from the micro-level of individual agency and interaction to the macro level of systems and social structure. Criminology – the study of the nature, extent, causes, and control of criminal behaviour in both the individual and in society. Crime science
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Demography – statistical study of human populations and sub-populations. Urban and rural sociology - the analysis of social life in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. Sustainable development – the process of meeting human development goals while sustaining the ability of natural systems to continue to provide the natural resources and natural system services upon which the economy of human society depends. Sustainable agriculture – farming in sustainable ways based on an understanding of ecosystem services, the study of relationships between organisms and their environment. Sustainability studies – focuses on the interdisciplinary perspective of the sustainability concept. Programs include instruction in sustainable development, geography, environmental policies, ethics, ecology, landscape architecture, city and regional planning, economics, natural resources, sociology, and anthropology, many of which are considered social sciences in their own right.