humanities

Examples of humanities in the following topics:

• Sociology and the Social Sciences

  • As a generalization, psychology is the study of the human mind and micro-level (or individual) behavior; sociology examines human society; psychology focuses on mental and thought processes (internal), whereas sociology focuses on human behavior (external).
  • The use of scientific methods differentiates the social sciences from the humanities.
  • In ancient philosophy, there was no difference between science and humanities.
  • In the attempt to study human behavior using scientific and empirical principles, sociologists always encounter dilemmas, as humans do not always operate predictably according to natural laws.
  • Isaac Newton was a key figure in the process which split the natural sciences from the humanities.

• Lenski's Sociological Evolution Approach

  • He distinguishes four stages of human development, based on advances in the history of communication.
  • In the third, humans begin to use signs and develop logic.
  • Human reproductive capacity exceeds the available resources in the environment.
  • Thus, Lenski concludes, human populations are limited by their capability of food production.
  • According to Lenski, human capacity for population growth has been a "profoundly destabilizing force throughout human history and may well be the ultimate source of most social and cultural change."

• Feral Children

  • A feral child is a human child who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age.
  • A feral child is a human child who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age, and has no (or little) experience of human care, loving or social behavior, and, crucially, of human language.
  • Their integration into human society is also made to seem relatively easy.
  • They often seem mentally impaired and have almost insurmountable trouble learning human language.
  • The fact that feral children lack these abilities pinpoints the role of socialization in human development.

• The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

  • Humans, however, can.
  • Human society, therefore, is a social product.
  • Neurological evidence, based on EEGs, supports the idea that humans have a "social brain," meaning, there are components of the human brain that govern social interaction.
  • The term was first used in his work, Human Nature and the Social Order.
  • Because they see meaning as the fundamental component of the interaction of human and society, studying human and social interaction requires an understanding of that meaning.

• Animals and Culture

  • Animal culture refers to cultural learning in non-human animals through socially transmitted behaviors.
  • Animal culture refers to cultural learning in non-human animals through socially transmitted behaviors.
  • One of the first signs of culture in early humans was the use of tools.
  • Much cultural anthropological research has been done on non-human primates, due to their close evolutionary proximity to humans.
  • Formulate a thesis which defends the idea that non-human animals have culture

• The Origins of Culture

  • Culture is a central concept in anthropology, encompassing the range of human phenomena that cannot be attributed to genetic inheritance.
  • Culture allows humans to more quickly adapt.
  • For example, humans face dangers from food-born illnesses, such as trichinosis from pork.
  • In the mid-19th century, some scientists used the term "culture" to refer to a universal human capacity.
  • Humans use language as a way of signalling identity with one cultural group and difference from others.

• Language

  • Language may refer either to the human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such.
  • Yet another definition sees language as a system of communication that enables humans to cooperate.
  • Humans use language as a way of signalling identity with one cultural group and difference from others.
  • Human languages are usually referred to as natural languages, and the science of studying them falls under the purview of linguistics.
  • Human language is unique in comparison to other forms of communication, such as those used by animals, because it allows humans to produce an infinite set of utterances from a finite set of elements.

• Dimensions of Human Development

  • The dimensions of human development are divided into separate, consecutive stages of life from birth to old age.
  • The dimensions of human development are divided into separate but consecutive stages in human life.
  • Prenatal development is the process during which a human embryo gestates during pregnancy, from fertilization until birth.
  • The embryonic period in humans begins at fertilization and from birth until the first year, the child is referred to as an infant.
  • The first few weeks of embryogenesis in humans begin with the fertilizing of the egg and end with the closing of the neural tube.

• Race and Ethnicity

  • A race is a human population that is believed to be distinct in some way from other humans based on real or imagined physical differences.
  • Racial classifications are rooted in the idea of biological classification of humans according to morphological features such as skin color or facial characteristics.
  • Conceptions of race, as well as specific racial groupings, are often controversial due to their impact on social identity and how those identities influence someone's position in social hierarchies (see identity politics).Ethnicity, while related to race, refers not to physical characteristics but social traits that are shared by a human population.

• Documents

  • Documentary research involves examining texts and documents as evidence of human behavior.
  • It is possible to do sociological research without directly involving humans at all.
  • Media studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly from its core disciplines of mass communication, communication, communication sciences, and communication studies.
  • Content analysis refers to the study of recorded human communications, such as paintings, written texts, and photos.
  • It falls under the category of unobtrusive research, which can be defined as ways for studying human behavior without affecting it in the process.