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The
Social Science disciplines that
form the core of the Human
Behavior course:
Sociology
Psychology
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What
are the Social Sciences?
What
Techniques do the Social
Sciences use?
Why
are the Social Sciences
important?
social sciences
Section 1.1 What is Psychology
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Those disciplines that use research
and analysis to study human behavior
Psychology
Sociology
Anthropology
History
Economics
Political Science
•Closely related to natural sciences,
especially biology
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Psychology: The scientific study of
human behavior and mental processes.
• people’s thoughts, feelings and
behavior.
Sociology: The scientific study of
the development, structure, and
functioning of human society.
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What is the difference between
behavior and mental processes?
Behavior
is made up of
observable actions
Mental
processes are private,
cognitive activities that cannot
be directly observed by other.
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•Study of mind, brain, human and
animal behavior, and social
interactions.
•Experimentation and case studies
of normal and abnormal populations
(including animals!).
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Psychologists:
What
mind?
is going on inside the
Sociologists:
 What
are the roles of the
various groups inside a
particular society?
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•Results apply in manyfields
• education
•business (e.g. human
resources, marketing,
management)
•law
•medicine
•other scientific disciplines.
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Observe
Describe
Explain
Predict
Control
…Behavior
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many
specialties
• research
• teach
• consult
• therapy to help people change
behavior
Clinical Psychology :
psychotherapy and treatment
of psychological disorders.
Psychiatry : a field of medicine
concerned primarily with
mental illness
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