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It’s not rocket science. It’s social science – the science of understanding people’s needs and their unique relationship with art, literature, history, music, work, philosophy, community, technology and psychology. The act of design is to structure and create that balance, Clement Mok.

Social science is an umbrella term for the study of human societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. They “seek to explain human behaviour, either from the internal perspective (psychology, economics), group dynamics (sociology, business, political science), or broad cultural forces (anthropology),” (Office of Undergraduate Research, Washington University in St. Louis)

It includes the disciplines of sociology, anthropology, human geography, political science, and psychology, amongst others.

• Anthropology is the study of us, humans, human behaviour and societies in the past and present.
• Sociology is the study of human social life. In other words, it is the study of society, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and culture.
• Psychology is the study of the human mind and behavior.
• Human geography is the study of the changing relationship between the unresting man and the unstable earth.
• Political science is the study of politics, government, and public policy.
• Economics is the study of how humans make decisions in the face of scarcity. It studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.

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