Human sciences

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

• How do the human sciences construct knowledge?

• In what ways are the human sciences similar to the natural sciences? How do they differ?

• What are the major limitations in the human sciences?

• How is Human Sciences a unique Area of Knowledge?

• Which Ways of Knowing are particularly important in the human sciences?

FIELDS OF STUDY

• Psychology

• Sociology

• Anthropology

• Economics

• Human Geography

DOCUMENTS

• Knowledge Framework

• Personal Anthropology

LINKS

• Learning theories

• Self-deception (Quattrone & Tversky)

• What Is Studied in Human Geography?

• Claude Levi-Strauss

• Normative and Positive Economics

• Anthropology and Human Nature

• Psychology vs. Sociology

• Human Geography quizzes

• Early Modern Homo sapiens

• Economic Theories

• Highest Cities in the World

• Peer pressure study (Asch Experiment)

• A Class Divided (video)

• A Class Divided

• Does Culture Affect Economic Outcomes

• Fake pregnancy experiment

• Human Geography lessons/quizzes

• Natural Resources and Conflict in Africa

• Sociological Research Methods (ppt)

• Soft Sciences are Harder than Hard Sciences 

• Cultural Studies

• What is Anthropology? (ppt)

• Embracing Emotional Distress

• Rethinking How We Diagnose Psychosis

• Reign of Recycling

• Self-Control Saps Memory Resources

• Strange Courting Rituals

• Why James Holmes Shouldn't Get the Death Penalty

• Shocking Human Experiments

• The Coddling of the American Mind

• Psychologists Welcome Doubt

• There's No Such Thing As Free Will

• Will You Ever be Able to Upload Your Brain?

• Consciousness Isn't a Mystery

• Childhood Poverty Linked to Depression

• Harvard Psychologist says ADHD is a Fraud

• Native Americans mock Cleveland Indians logo

• The Futility of Gender-Neutral Parenting