Social science facts for kids
The social sciences are a group of academic disciplines that study human aspects of the world. Social Sciences includes anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, political science, psychology, and sociology. They are different from the arts and humanities as for them scientific method is important. Most of the social sciences require doing a lot of research, such as making surveys. Such research is called "social research". Some subjects, such as history, are sometimes social sciences and sometimes humanities.
The term "social sciences" has been used for over 200 years and mostly originates from a thinker named Auguste Comte. Many of the fields of social science have come about since then. In America, much of the thought and practice of social science came from the University of Chicago and other universities.
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Early censuses and surveys provided demographic data.
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Buyers bargain for good prices while sellers put forth their best front in Chichicastenango Market, Guatemala.
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A depiction of world's oldest university, the University of Bologna, in Italy
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A trial at a criminal court, the Old Bailey in London
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Ferdinand de Saussure, recognized as the father of modern linguistics
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Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt was the founder of experimental psychology.
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Émile Durkheim is considered one of the founding fathers of sociology.
See also
In Spanish: Ciencias sociales para niños
