Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among members within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of society", established in the 18th century. In addition to sociology, it now encompasses a wide array of academic disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, history, linguistics, management, communication studies, psychology, culturology and political science.
social science is one of the branches of science devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among members within those societies the term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology the original "science of society" established in the 18th century in addition to sociology it now encompasses a wide array of academic disciplines including anthropology archaeology economics geography history linguistics management communication studies psychology culturology and political science