1. Introduction to Social science
MDJ 1042
LILY LIM

2. OBJECTIVES Describe the origin and development of social science.
Describe the components of social science.
Describe the methods of social science.
Describe the philosophies of social science.

3. Social science

4. Various disciplines of social science
Anthropology
Sociology
Geography
Economics
Political
Psychology

5. Video clip on introduction to Social Science

6. History of social science

7. Sociology
The study of human social relationship or social system or human group behavior. Sociology is the systemic study of society and human social action

8. Examples of terms used in social science
SOCIETY
SOCIAL INTERACTION
SOCIAL PROCESS
SOCIAL STRUCTURE
SOCIAL PATHOLOGY

9. SOCIETY
is a collection of individuals who are united by certain relations or modes of behavior, that marks them off from others who do not enter into these relations or who differ from them in certain behavior.
•as an organized group and has professed to a unity in their relations people between its members and their society modes of behavior.

10. SOCIAL INTERACTION
Is the general process whereby two or more persons are in meaningful contact that may result in modification of behavior .

11. Example of social process
Mean the various modes of interaction between individuals or groups including cooperation and conflict, social differentiation and integration, development, arrest and decay.

12. Social Structure:
In the social sciences, social structure is the patterned social arrangements in society that are both emergent from and determinant of the actions of the individuals. On the macro scale, social structure is the system of socioeconomic stratification (e.g., the class structure), social institutions, or, other patterned relations between large social groups. On the meso scale, it is the structure of social network ties between individuals or organizations. On the micro scale, it can be the way norms shape the behavior of individuals within the social system

15. Social science: Anthropology

16. Social Science: Economics

17. Political Science
Is the study of social arrangement to maintain peace and order within a society.
State, power, law and ideology are components of political science.

18. PSYCHOLOGY
Is the study of the human/mind/soul/behavior/personality and how these are effected by individuals environment

19. Social Pathology
- Means serious maladjustment between the various elements in the cultural configuration.
- It may endanger the survival of the group or to interfere into the satisfaction of fundamental desire of its members.
- It may result in the destruction of social cohesion.

20. References
Hunt, E.F. & Colander, D.C. (2007) Social Science: An Introduction to the Study of Society. (13th ed.). New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
I Clement (2010). Psychosocial Foundation of Nursing. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) LTD. Bengaluru Karnataka, India. ISBN