Career for Social Scientists 1
Who studies the optimum allocation of scarce resources and how individuals interact within the social structure to address issues on the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services?
Economist
Who studies past human events in order to understand the meaning, dynamics, and relationship of the causes and effects of events as they happen through time?
Historian
Who studies the different forms and processes of government and the concepts of state, power, ideology, and politics and the effects of these concepts on individuals and groups in society?
Political Scientist
Who studies how the human mind works in consonance with the body to produce thoughts that lead to individual actions?
Psychologist
Who examines how human culture interacts with the natural environment and the impact of locations and places on people?
Geographer
Who studies culture and develops case histories of various tribal and ethnic groups and descriptive accounts of the mores and patterns of people?
Anthropologist
Why investigates why and how people interact with each other and how they function as a society or social subgroups?
Sociologist
What field of political science studies public opinion, elections, and national and local governments?
Hint: Two Words - D P
Domestic Politics
What field of psychology studies the ways people change and behave as they go through their life?
Hint: Two Words - D P
"Labor relations specialist, foreign service officer, politician."
From what discipline does the following career belong?
Political Science
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Law, public administrators, political consultant, academic career (teaching and research).
"Cartographer, survey researcher, geospatial analyst."
From what discipline does the following career belong?
Geography
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urban geographer, academic career (teaching and research), GIS specialist
"Biographers, museum curators, tour guides."
From what discipline does the following career belong?
History
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Foreign service officer, archivist, academic career (teaching and research)
"Ethnologist, cultural specialist, museum curator."
From what discipline does the following career belong?
Anthropology
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Archaeologist, Archaeologist, cultural anthropologist, physical anthropologist, and academic career (teaching and research).
"Investment analyst, financial analyst, bank officer"
From what discipline does the following career belong?
Economics
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Economist, business consultant, business auditor, academic career (teaching and research)
"Criminologist, market research analyst, social worker"
From what discipline does the following career belong?
Sociology
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Industrial sociologist, academic career (teaching and research)
What methods of anthropology use maps, census, writings of previous investigators, examination of artifacts, and interviews with informants?
Hint: Two Words - I O
Indirect Observation
Direct observation - use of direct observation by taking down field notes, photographs, voice recording, or video recording.
What question can be asked when historians ask questions about the reasons why the event happen including the causes, effects, and dynamics behind the event?
Hint: Four Words - W D I H.
Why did it happen?
Economists explain what shall be _______ and how it can be _______.
Hint: Letter P
Produced
2. Economists explain how much will be produced by the economy to create stable economic growth.
3. Economists explain for whom the goods are produced.
What question can be asked when historians ask questions about the basic facts that can be found in a source?
Hint: Two Words - W H. These can refer to the persons, places, events, dates, and activities that happened through time.
What field of sociology focuses on the use and proper application of sociological theories, methods, and skills to examine data, solve problems, and communicate research to the public?
Hint: Two Words - A S
Applied Sociology
What method of anthropologists uses participant observation to join the group under study?
Hint: Two Words - P O. He/she learns the language and customs of a group.
Participant Observation
What question can be asked when historians want to explain the lessons that society can learn from the event?
Hint: Eight Words - W L C P L F T E . Historians can provide solutions to problems by analyzing the lessons that we can get from past events.
What lessons can people learn from the event?
Hint: L, P, H, M, R
Location, Places, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, and Regions
What field of sociology examines the societal aspects of health and medicine of people?
Medical Sociology
What do you call the practitioners of the social sciences with different careers depending on their respective degrees and specialization?
Social Scientist