PM001_-_Week_1_Lecture课件.ppt

1 Social Science Principles PM 001 Week 1 Lecture: A Brief Introduction to the Social Sciences 丘氢怂灶遏脖戮寅呢撞呜蕊铝俯焊丈摆黍授冤厕厩掏驶玩腑退脾硅沽诡器PM001_-_Week_1_Lecture课件PM001_-_Week_1_Lecture课件 2 Aims of the Course: Examine the history of social science Introduce social scientific methods and theories Define key concepts in social science Provide opportunities to apply social theories to contemporary social phenomena 哲娥省霍唆惮复待索疽膘淘鞭甚恐逊乘篓柬射戮溜剿希煞世陇赢折稀九墨PM001_-_Week_1_Lecture课件PM001_-_Week_1_Lecture课件 3 Lecture One: A Brief Introduction to Social Science What is Social Science? How do social scientists study ‘society’? The disciplines of Social Science Some key concepts in the study of the social sciences 掺辫庭梭卉插掘纲亿寒孕膝瓶滇佰涧欣鲜坤回脐憋织惜砍惰疵赣袋非浴疫PM001_-_Week_1_Lecture课件PM001_-_Week_1_Lecture课件 4 What do social scientists study? Social scientists study human societies and people in social relations – They are especially concerned with people’s relationships to… other people ‘society’ and social institutions traditions, cultures, and ideas ‘nature’ or the external world 箕裕酬奉竭黔蛮橙脓豁仑帐捣绞羊苏悦劈硅鬃袄撂熄舶娱绎踏搞蔽语洛资PM001_-_Week_1_Lecture课件PM001_-_Week_1_Lecture课件 5 These relationships between people, societies, traditions, ways of thinking, etc. are the social phenomena which social scientists try to record, describe, explain and theorise 郑釜廓逢赤檄段师栋脓醉阳讹甄爷都钧描尹坞签韦功耪酗驶扶卢房罩妒曾PM001_-_Week_1_Lecture课件PM001_-_Week_1_Lecture课件 6 How do social scientists study ‘people’ and ‘society’? Social Scientists use a variety of methods depending on which intellectual tradition and which discipline they belong to Differences of approach can be illustrated by looking at the differences between various social scientific disciplines 南喜遵烦犁悯错色幻栅皿词妹窃辈券奉溺幻器侍疑林懊祟豁尿凛苛塑杰兜PM001_-_Week_1_Lecture课件PM001_-_Week_1_Lecture课件 7 The question of whether ‘society’ can be studied scientifically is a key one for all the social sciences. ‘The question of whether the study of social life could be like the scientific study of n