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    Social Sciences: Sound smarter without trying harder
    Social Sciences: Sound smarter without trying harder
    Social Sciences: Sound smarter without trying harder
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    Social Sciences: Sound smarter without trying harder

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    Does studying Freud leave you crying for your mother? Have you had a laissez-faire approach to learning economics? Fear not! The Very Lazy Intellectual: Social Science details the most popular social sciences, including psychology, economics, anthropology, and more. With information on everyone Binet to Boas, and subjects from psychology to archeology, you'll be Renaissance man in no time.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster
    Release dateSep 1, 2012
    ISBN9781440559099
    Social Sciences: Sound smarter without trying harder
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    At Adams Media, we don’t just publish books—we craft experiences that matter to you. Whether you’re diving deep into spirituality, whipping up delights in the kitchen, or planning your personal finances, our diverse range of lifestyle books, decks, journals, and more is designed to feed your curiosity. The Adams team strives to publish content that celebrates readers where they are—and where they’re going.

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      Social Sciences - Adams Media

      The Very Lazy Intellectual

      Social Sciences

      Sound smarter without trying harder

      Adams Media, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

      Avon, Massachusetts

      Contents

      Introduction

      Social Sciences

      Psychology

      Psychology Disciplines

      Clinical Psychology

      Economics

      History of Economic Theory

      The Great Depression

      Sociology

      History of Sociology

      Sociology in America

      A Future of Sociology

      Political Science

      Political Science Movements

      Politics of Globalization

      Military Expenditures in 2008

      Nuclear Politics

      Anthropology

      Cultural Anthropology

      Archaeology

      Linguistic Anthropology

      Physical Anthropology

      Cheat Sheet for Social Sciences

      Also Available

      Copyright Page

      Introduction

      If we were to look up the term lazy in a dictionary, we might expect to find some unflattering connotations. Let’s skip over such definitions as adverse or resistant to work, slothful, and sluggish, and adopt a more positive, charitable perspective. If instead we consider lazy as economical or avoiding waste, we get a much better picture of the idea behind The Very Lazy Intellectual series.

      This series of books is a set of short, economical references full of the fundamental knowledge you need to know to sound as if you really know something about a particular academic subject. The Very Lazy Intellectual: Social Sciences lays out the indispensable facts, crucial high points, and fascinating elements of humanity’s critical social sciences to build your knowledge foundation.

      Whether you want to refresh your memory of a long-since forgotten course, or merely wish to be able to say something intelligent about economics, psychology, sociology, or any social science, this book will help. Enjoy the low-effort scholarship of The Very Lazy Intellectual: Social Sciences.

      If you’d like to learn more about social sciences, check out The Lazy Intellectual, available in print (978-1-4405-0456-3) and eBook (978-1-4405-0888-2) formats.

      Social Sciences

      The social sciences are a group of academic disciplines that apply scientific methods to the social relations of humans. Many of these studies had their roots in a desire for social betterment of society but now employ quantitative methods and statistics in their analysis of theories and trends. The Very Lazy Intellectual: Social Sciences takes a brief look at the fields of psychology, economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, and archaeology.

      Psychology

      Psychology is a scientific approach to understanding the thought processes and behaviors of humans in their interaction with the environment. The term psychology has its origins in the Greek words psyche (soul or self) and logos (logic and, in turn, science). Psychologists study the processes of thinking and cognition, sense perception, learning, emotions and motivation, personality, abnormal behavior, and

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