Part Ten X › Division III III › Section 10/36 10/36

The Social Sciences and Psychology and Linguistics

Subject Outline

AHistory of the social sciences
- 1Origins of the social sciences
  - aPrecursors of the social sciences in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
  - bHeritage of the Enlightenment: social reforms and revolution
- 219th-century developments in the social sciences
  - aThe influence of new concepts in social, political, economic, and scientific theories
  - bDevelopment of the separate disciplines; e.g., economics, political science, anthropology, sociology, social statistics, human geography
- 320th-century developments in the social sciences
  - aThe influence of social upheaval in the non-Westem world: the revolution of rising expectations
  - bThe influence of Marxism
  - cThe influence of Freudian ideas
  - dThe changing character of the disciplines
    - iSpecialization and cross-disciplinary approaches
    - iiThe increasing professionalism of social scientists as consultants and decision makers in government and business
    - iiiThe introduction of mathematical and other quantitative methods: the use of computers
    - ivThe influence of empiricism: the collection of data, the use of surveys and polls, the testing of theories
  - eMajor theoretical influences: developmentalism, the social-systems approach, structuralism and functionalism
BThe nature of anthropology [see also Part Five, Division I]
- 1The background of anthropology
- 2The scope and methods of anthropology: the division between cultural and physical anthropology
CThe nature of sociology [see also Part Five, Division II]
- 1The background of contemporary sociology
- 2The methodology of contemporary sociology
- 3The status of contemporary sociology
- 4Emergent trends in sociology
- 5Cognate disciplines: criminology, penology, social psychology, demography
DThe nature of economics [see also Part Five, Division III]
- 1Development of theories of economics
- 2The scope and methods of the study of economics: microeconomics, macroeconomics
- 3Cognate disciplines: mathematical economics, econometrics, accounting
EThe nature of political science [see also Part Five, Division IV]
- 1The history of political science
- 2The scope and methods of contemporary political science
- 3Cognate disciplines: the study of public opinion, public law, public administration, political systems, and international relations
FThe nature of geography [see also 10/33]
- 1The history of geography
- 2The scope and methods of geography: the division between physical, human, and regional geography
GHistory and methods of psychology [see also Part Four, Division III]
- 1The history of psychology
- 2The nature and scope of psychology
- 3Special branches and cognate disciplines of psychology: physiological psychology, social psychology
HThe nature of linguistics [see also 514]
- 1The history of linguistics
- 2The nature and scope of linguistics