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GLOSSARY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES - Rogers State University
1 GLOSSARY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES By Frank W. Elwell Consistent with the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis (look it up) I am a great believer in the im-portance of vocabulary in learning any new area of study. I began my GLOSSARY of the SOCIAL SCIENCES while studying and teaching in Australia in 1996 and have periodically updated it. It has been on the Internet off of my site (and several others) ever since. A little about the process of creation: I began by consulting numerous glossaries in SOCIAL problems and introductory texts in sociology. Rather than copying somebody else's definition I would read the definitions from several sources and, combined with my own understanding and use of the terms, create my own definition.
Acquired Immune Deficiency (AIDS). A disease that attacks the immune system of the body that is often passed on through sexual contact. Acute disease. A short-term disease (such as influenza or pneumonia) from which a person either dies or recovers. Adaptation. Refers to the ability of a sociocultural system to change with the demands of a
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