Social sciences

Erving Goffman is considered as “one of the twentieth century’s most remarkable practitioners of social science” (Smith, 2006:1), and is known worldwide for his works, “The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life”. This publication pioneered his perspective on social interaction and the concept of self, and throughout these works, he aimed to outline the way that he believed social life works and essentially how it is made up. Moreover, these works presented ideas in which had not been previously…

general economic thought because if there is a scarcity present, then there is a choice to be made about this scarce resource. Moreover, Rittenberg and Tregarthen (2009) also point out that what distinguishes economic approach from any other science, whether social or not, is that economists study this “choices” assuming that people try to maximize their decision making to reach a maximal value. These maximizing choices are presumed to be made at the margin and with the aim to reach maximal…

Personal Statement of Melanie Ayllon Three years ago I had to decide where my focus for the next three and a half years would lie. I needed to choose between languages, science, arts or economics and law. I decided to take economics and law as part of a bilingual program (German and English) at my school. My decision was not primarily based on my interest in economics and law, but rather on the opportunity to take half of the syllabus in English. To participate in the bilingual program you could…

Behavioral Economics truly defines why economics is deemed a social science. Economics meets psychology: these studies combine to create a unified study of behaviors behind economic thought and decisions individuals make. Behavioral economics became popular in the late 70’s, where individuals such as Daniel Kahneman a Nobel Prize winner and Amos Tversky who worked closely with Kahneman, painted the world with possibilities and insights to the fairly new economic study of behavioral economics.…

Sociology is defined as “the systematic study of human society ad social interaction.” (Kendall 5) It is relevant not only in many professional fields but also in our everyday lives. Theories can be used to many sociological patterns such as why certain groups of people tend to be more successful than other groups of people, or why different cultures have different meanings for the same symbol. The readings from this section discussed several sociological topics. They explained the topics of…

Weakening of the territory’s link, but persistence of the territorial identities In order to understand the Kabyle collectives’ dynamics on the Internet, we need to look at the sociology of immigration. The Sayad (1977) showed that the first two generations of Kabyle immigrants in France were strongly connected with their country of origin. The relation with the territory of Algeria, Kabylia and more specifically with the village of origin was mainly characterized by the hope and the project of…

Behavioral science is a complementary subject for this semester, but I was blank and clueless what this subject is about. So, I just register it since we need to do so. When I saw my class timetable, I think this class may be boring and tiring because it is in the evening. Surprisingly, when I enter the class for the first time, I saw a very enthusiastic lecturer that is Dr Tan Kit-Aun. He spread his positive and energetic vibes to me and my classmates. I was amazed with his spirit, but…

To engage students in issues of oppression for social change was my rationale for teaching social studies, and this book can inspire teacher alike to rethink what they know about education. I would recommend that teachers read this book due to its ability to reshape education into a powerful tool that can be used to empower…

The study on the Lincoln’s Children Zoo is not the only study that shows the extreme economic impact zoos and aquaria have. There are many other people that have researched, and show how zoos are economic generators for the communities. Based on the information interpreted by Thomas (2011), “Looking just at Texas, a study determines that AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums generate $884.2 million in economic activity annually for the Lone Star State. They also employ 8,998 people and provide…

talks about how Kilpatrick when he was the new institutional dispensation he implemented a militant separatism. With this militant separatism Kilpatrick was able to separate the “subject matter from pedagogy, and the separation of forward-thinking social thinkers.” As a result of this separatism the army’s strengths increased because its “principles were the best ones socially, scientifically, and philosophically” (Hirsch,…