Social science: the whole or any discipline that studies various phenomena in human society by scientific methods. For example, sociology studies human society (mainly contemporary), politics studies politics, policies and related activities, and economics studies resource allocation. "Social science" in a broad sense is the general term for humanities and social sciences.

Humanities: a human-centered science, but also human self-knowledge. Humanities refers to the science that takes the existence of human society as the research object and reveals the law of human nature and the development of human society. The study of humanities and social sciences is not only the exploration of truth, but also represents certain values and the interests of social groups. The dependence of humanities and social sciences on social practice is reflected in two aspects: social practice promotes and restricts humanities and social sciences.

Pedagogy belongs to social science.