Intro
List three similarities Human Sciences has with the AOK of History and/or Natural Sciences
Human Sciences & Natural Sciences
1. Use observations to make generalisations
2. Identify broad regularities
3. Provide descriptions and explanations of the behaviours/thoughts of humans across populations
4. Guided by theories and models
Human Sciences & History
1. Focus on particular events and general understanding
List 3 different things a cultural anthropologist could do to engage with the culture being studied.
- Living amongst the people.
- Learning the language.
- Interviewing the people.
Who is the psychologist credited w/ establishing psychology as a science?
William Wundt
What is the relationship between confidence and accuracy? How does it affect our cognitive awareness and biases?
The study reveals that there is a disconnect between confidence and accuracy.
This study reveals the cognitive bias of overconfidence, where individuals tend to overestimate their abilities or knowledge.
What are the two major types of poverty?
Absolute poverty and Relative poverty
List three possible complexities or challenges faced when studying human sciences.
Individuals are unique
Many variables influence societies
Human thoughts are not directly observable and may be inauthentic when investigated
Personal bias of scientists
Ethical issues
What is the different between ethical relativism and cultural relativism?
Cultural relativism argues for the understanding of cultures free from external values, while ethical relativism argues that morality is entirely subjective.
What experiment developed methods used in experiments today due to its failure and what are the methods?
The Hawthorne Effect/Experiment
Blind study
placebo effect
How does the "Invisible Gorilla" experiment show inattentional blindness, and why is it significant in understanding human cognition?
Shows how individuals fail to notice significant details in their environment when their attention is focused elsewhere.
How may the political science and sociology disciplines of Human Sciences challenge one another/be related to one another?
Political science studies government and political systems, and this can often contradict the moral aspects of sociology. However, the public's social perspectives can influence various political systems, especially if enough of the public believes or wants something.
Human sciences is said to have characteristics of "map making" and "storytelling". What does this analogy mean in terms of knowledge in human sciences?
Human sciences are map-knowledge as they can generalise and story-knowledge as they remain anchored in specific cases
Map making: Maps zoom back from territory to represent a generalised overview in which distinct features and details may be lost
Story telling: stories move close up to describe particular areas and individuals
Name the cultural anthropologist who contributed greatly to symbolic anthropology.
Clifford Geertz
List 4 notable psychologists from the 19th/20th century.
Sigmund freud
Wilhelm wundt
William james
Carl jung
What are some potential challenges that psychologist face while designing a survey?
Poorly phrased questions, such as leading or biased questions, can skew the results.
What is the purpose of economic models in human sciences, and what limitations do they have?
Economic models serve as simplified representations of economic systems, helping economists to better understand, analyze, and predict economic phenomena. However, economic models are based on a number of assumptions that may not reflect reality.