contrast the normative and behavioralist approaches to the study of political science?
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You know, you really should do your own homework.  But I'll give you some starters: \n\nNormative: social norms shape human behaviors, as such, it approaches the policitical science from a "top-down" point of view.  The dominant social norms will determine the political environments during that time period.\n\nBehavioral: individual behaviors directly determine the outcome of political activities.  This is a "bottom-up" approach, where people's actions/reactions will dictate who gets to be the government and the direction of the government
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To steal one from Archie Bunker--what are you going to do?  be a sociologist?  \n\nPsycology is both more apt to lead to a job, and is a harder (more fact, less opinion) science than sociology.
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Good choice.  Those are all good schools.  But why do you want to study political science?
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criminal psychology, criminal justice, or psychology
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As an organized body of knowledge and objective investigation, psychology absolutely is a science.  Moreover, experimental psychology is one of, if not the most methodologically sound social science.  \n\nI agree that the statement above is extremely vague.  Also, there are certain types of behavior and mental processes that are more or less interesting to psychologists of different types (i.e. clinical, developmental, social, biological, environmental, etc.).  \n\nRegarding phenomena of interest, there is certainly great overlap between anthropology, sociology, economics, and other fields, but in no way does this justify questioning the legitimacy of psychology as a science.\n\nI would be glad to help the questioner (or the previous responder) clarify definitions or conceptualizations of the field if needed...
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Social sciences are generally Sciences that deal with the theories behind human relationships.  Social Studies usually focus on real people and what is happening in the world.
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Max Weber is considered one of the founders of the modern, antipositivistic study of sociology and public administration. (Antipositivism is the view in sociology that social sciences need to create and use different scientific methods than those used in the field of natural sciences.)
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Sociology is the study of everything having to do with humans with respect to society.  you study things such as culture, gender, religion, tradition, social stratification, political systems and their effects on society, sex, age, the media etc and their effects on society. in other words, you study society and all the specific things that make it up and affect it. \n\npsychology is more the study of human behavior and human thought.  of course there are tons of different sub-areas within psychology but you study things such as personality, emotions, disorders of various types (social, mental etc), and then of course there are the different approaches to how to deal with certain issues.\n\nas you can see, although they are very different in their main focuses psychology and sociology overlap in many areas and each discipline takes into consideration many of the factors from the other.  they complement eachother. \n\nthere are some areas of psychology however, that are directly related to sociology such as Social Psychology.  in this branch of psychology you focus on human beings as members of a society. you might deal with issues such as Identity, Social Anxiety disorder etc. \n\nthey are both very interesting and like i said, both complement each other and overlap with eachother although they are very different in that their goal and their focus is different from eachother. \n\ni hope this helps
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7.  A congressman is actively involved in government activities.\n8.  A democracy is government by the people, exercised through elected representatives.\n9.  Municipal is a word pertaining to a city.\n10. Sociology is the study of the characteristics of human populations.\n11. Government is a management system.\n12. Dictatorship pertains to absolute or unrestricted power.\n13. Political science deals with the study, structure or affairs of government.
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Sociology is the study of society and human social action, and includes the examination of the origins, institutions, organization, and development of human life.\n\nIt is a social science involving the study of the social lives of people, groups, and societies, sometimes defined as the study of social interactions. It is a relatively new academic discipline
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INTRODUCTION\nFor starters, psychology must be distinguished from behavioural science and psychiatry from neuromedicine. Psychology and psychiatry are subtly different to each other but it's important to realise that neither are scientific disciplines- they are pseudosciences.\n\nWHAT PSYCHOLOGY IS NOT\nPsychology is not behavioural science. Behavioural science is about observing the behaviour of living creatures and drawing conclusions about that behaviour and its causes and its consequences. The context of the behavioural science could be anything from criminology to neuromedicine.\n\nWHAT PSYCHIATRY IS NOT\nPsychiatry is not neuromedicine. Neuromedicine is about healing a physical, observable anomoly in tissue that is causing a problem with the nervous system resulting in observable, behavioural symptoms such as tardive dyskinsea, motor disfunction, etc. or at the very least treating the conditions and problems that arise from the neurological problem if it cannot be mended. Neuromedicine is genuine medicine and it is entirely scientific. Genuine neurophysicians are not psychiatrists.\n\nWHAT PSYCHOLOGY IS\nPsychology comes from the Greek word "psuche" which refers to the soul, spirit or mind of a person. Behavioural studies are science but making suggestive comments about the mind, soul and spirit is the realm of religion. Psychology is not science; it is pseudoscience. Psychology, by making statements about the mind, soul and spirit- in unbiblical terms- is simply another false religion. The ideas in psychology (i.e. the religious ideology) is all about "self-" me me me. It is ideological in the very same way that communism, naziism and all other fascist movements are ideological. The ideology is pushed down people's throats but made to look "gentle." So "psychotherapy" is made to look helpful and dressed up as medicine. But it has NO FACTUAL BASIS. It is a false religion. Because it has no factual basis, coersion is utilised to ensure people follow it. This is where psychiatry comes in.\n\nWHAT PSYCHIATRY IS\nPsychiatry is a coersive, controlling regime. It is witchdoctoring under the guise of medicine. The religious ideology of psychology is pedalled but it is rammed down people's throats with threats of terrible torture, mutilation, poisoning, incarceration, segregation and deprivation of livelihood. Psychiatrists lie to people. They make out that man ought to be a self-serving entity and that he has no need for God. Hypnosis using mind-altering drugs is practiced to weaken people's resolve. The Greek word for this hypnosis is "pharmakeia" which is translated in The Bible as witchcraft (Gal 5:20). The drugs in psychiatry are usually seen as different to the drugs on the street but in fact they do the very same thing as the street drugs people use "illegally" to get high. In fact sometimes the drugs in psychiatry are the very same drugs as the ones on the street. The coersion and control doesn't just stop with poisoning people with drugs. Incarceration without trial is routinely used and, in the context of psychological indoctrination, this is just inquisition. Other tactics are used which are equally violent. The victim of psychiatry is usually branded for life in a way that makes him out to be subhuman, a "diseased" subcitizen, a criminal with a record but no evidence of a crime, a punishable target for bullies on fat salaries with no moral backbone but great tendency to judge others.\n\nCONCLUSION\nSo here's your answer: psychology and psychiatry are witchcraft and witchdoctoring. They come under the collective term "witchery" which is just plain and simply false religion. It is a violent, coersive regime and a load of rubbish.
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I don't think it should necessarily be taught as a political science, because "economics" is a very broad term. Granted, macroeconomics such as trade, the federal budget, the stock market, are very closely related to public policy. However, economics also covers much smaller scale issues such as a how to operate your own business. In this regard, it is not necessarily all that political.
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yes such as?? it is simply the study of political systems in relativity either with one another or versus some hypothetical.
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actuarial\n\ndemographics\n\npredator-prey relationships\n\nregression toward the means
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1) importance of studying morals and ethics- helps you understand human behavior. Each culture has their own set of morals and ethics. In ancient times (think Old Testament), it was within a man's right to do as he pleased with members of his household... Today, not so much.\n\n2) Don't know much about postmodernism, so I'm not much help there...\n\nGood luck on your paper!!
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in my own words...\n\nunlike the other social sciences, the sociologial perspective is holistic and comparative. it helps develop the quality of mind which helps people to see what's going on in the world and what may be happening within themselves to grasp the interplay between men and society as a whole.
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Sociology= study of society, social institutions, social relationships; or the systematic study of the development, structure, interaction, and collective behavior of organized groups of human beings\n\nAnthropology= the study of human beings (human beings and their ancestors through time and space and in relation to physical character, environmental and social relations, and culture)\n\nEthnography= the study and systematic recording of human cultures\n\nEthnology= a study that deals with the division of human beings into races and their origin, distribution, relations, and characteristics. so basically it's anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures