social science
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈsoʊʃəl ˈsaɪəns/
- Specialized
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ciencias sociales
- Common definitions of "collective identity" in anthropology and other social sciences emphasize identity in relation to difference.
- social science research
- social sciences, humanities
- social science disciplines
And I got my degree in PhD in social science from Caltech.
- And I got my degree in PhD in social science from Caltech.
- And actually, you're coming at this from a sort of social science perspective.
- And all the social science supports this.
- It turns out that each of the social sciences has a slightly different answer.
- Now, that's going to be part of what it is that social science should really look at.
- So this is taken seriously by people in the social sciences, behavioral sciences, and so on.
- We employ people with PhDs in social science.
- And so here I am beginning days of COVID and the world is crazy and people from everywhere realize that social science is important.
- There's one on computational social science, there's one on climate and sustainability I think it's called.
- OK, so we need something like leadership control and responsibility in teams, all kinds of of expertise that we know from the social sciences.
- It, it is, it's, it's something like a cult or like a religion or something that is based in kind of broken social science.
- But there's philosophy of social science, philosophy of economics, philosophy of biology, if I didn't just mention that a minute ago.
Examples
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The university at the time had three colleges, namely, humanities and social sciences, technology, and management.
Academic text (2011) -
Many universities offer degrees in social science, focusing on human interactions and societal trends.
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Impossible, you might think, but social science can always find a way.
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And then the social science in what went wrong comes out.
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And all the social science supports this.
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But modern social science would have ways of addressing that.
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And so here I am beginning days of COVID and the world is crazy and people from everywhere realize that social science is important.
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I soon found I was too busy studying social sciences to do any writing other than that.
Fiction book (2002) -
It turns out that each of the social sciences has a slightly different answer.
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The extent of sexual harassment in the workplace has been documented by several social science surveys.
Academic text (1999)
How Specialized
- Specialized
3
8.5
2
5.8
50
6.5
- Specialized
23
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the scientific study of society and social behavior' is directly and compositionally derived from 'social' (relating to society) modifying 'science' (a field of study), so a learner who knows both words can infer the compound's meaning. This noun phrase is a transparent, productivity-based combination and has clear equivalents in many languages (e.g., Spanish 'ciencias sociales', French 'sciences sociales'), supporting immediate comprehension at B1.
Etymology
Social science comes from two words: social, about people living together, and science, meaning 'study'. So it literally pictures a careful 'study' of society and how people behave together, which is why it means 'the scientific study of society and human relationships'.