Linguistic anthropology ( also called anthropological linguistics ) seeks to understand the processes of human communications, verbal and non-verbal, variation in language across time and space, the social uses of language, and the relationship between language and culture.

This approach considers the complex realities surrounding the concept of crime and seeks to understand how changing social, political, psychological, and economic conditions may affect changing definitions of crime and the form of the legal, law-enforcement, and penal responses made by society.

Meta-ethics is a field within ethics that seeks to understand the nature of normative ethics.

Christian feminism is an aspect of feminist theology which seeks to advance and understand the equality of men and women morally, socially, spiritually, and in leadership from a Christian perspective.

However, the modern science of genetics, which seeks to understand the process of inheritance, only began with the work of Gregor Mendel in the mid-19th century.

Labour economics seeks to understand the functioning and dynamics of the markets for labour.

In philosophy, meta-ethics is the branch of ethics that seeks to understand the nature of ethical properties, statements, attitudes, and judgments.

By reason one asks questions of faith and seeks to understand God's action and will.

It presents facts and seeks to help viewers better understand the several peoples who fought the War.

Some fields of science see nature as matter in motion, obeying certain laws of nature which science seeks to understand.

Geomorphology seeks to understand landform history and dynamics, and predict future changes through a combination of field observation, physical experiment, and numerical modeling ( Geomorphometry ).

This response type seeks to clarify the therapist's understanding while also encouraging the client to think more deeply and seek to fully understand the feelings they have expressed.

2 .- Psychobiography-which seeks to understand individual historical people and their motivations in history.

3 .- Group Psychohistory-which seeks to understand the motivations of large groups, including nations, in history and current affairs.

* Cluster criticism – a method developed by Kenneth Burke that seeks to help the critic understand the rhetor's worldview.

One approach seeks to understand what happens on a genetic and neurological level to account for the illness, so that biomedical interventions can be developed.

The theosophist seeks to understand the mysteries of the universe and the bonds that unite the universe, humanity and the divine.

General pathology is a broad and complex scientific field which seeks to understand the mechanisms of injury to cells and tissues, as well as the body's means of responding to and repairing injury.

In concert with disability scholars, the introduction to the ICF states that a variety of conceptual models has been proposed to understand and explain disability and functioning, which it seeks to integrate.

Thus, cultural studies seeks to understand the ways in which meaning is generated, disseminated, and produced through various practices, beliefs and institutions.

The development of excavation techniques has moved over the years from a treasure hunting process to one which seeks to fully understand the sequence of human activity on a given site and that site's relationship with other sites and with the landscape in which it is set.

The story, about a young boy who orders a Montreal Canadiens sweater from the Eaton's catalogue, but receives a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey instead, is considered by many to be a literary allegory for the linguistic and cultural tensions between English and French Canadians, and is thus considered essential reading for anybody who seeks to understand the complex realities of linguistic and cultural identity in Canada.

Carlton seeks to understand the nature of comedy and human laughter, and attempts to describe humor as a mathematical formula.

During the spoof, Estrada seeks to understand why American consumers were not interested in purchasing his " Estrada " sunglasses that noticeably had his last name written boldly across the lens.

The unity of the nation is to be based upon suprapersonal connections of ancestry and culture through a totalitarian state that seeks the mass mobilization of the national community through discipline, indoctrination, physical training, and eugenics.

# Transhumanism: an ideology and movement which seeks to develop and make available technologies that eliminate aging and greatly enhance human intellectual, physical, and psychological capacities, in order to achieve a " posthuman future ".

* Scale model, a physical model, a representation or copy of an object that is larger or smaller than the actual size of the object, which seeks to maintain the relative proportions ( the scale factor ) of the physical size of the original object

Cultivation is a Chinese term that describes the process by which an individual seeks spiritual perfection, often through both physical and moral conditioning.

Spike heads to a remote area of Africa, where he seeks out a legendary demon shaman and undergoes the Demon Trials, a series of grueling physical challenges.

The side of Divine Chesed seeks to give physical and spiritual blessing without restriction.

* Process of embodiment ( physical theatre ) the process of embodiment, the specific part of psychophysical actor training based on the embodied mind thesis that seeks to unite the imaginary separation of body and mind

The theory sustains that this system as a whole, called Gaia, seeks a physical and chemical environment optimal for contemporary life.

The organization's mission statement states that the organization seeks to meet the spiritual and physical needs of people suffering from war, poverty, disaster, disease, and famine, with the purpose of global missionary work attendant on humanitarian aid.

A scale model is a physical model, a representation or copy of an object that is larger or smaller than the actual size of the object, which seeks to maintain the relative proportions ( the scale factor ) of the physical size of the original object.

Critical naturalism therefore prescribes social scientific method which seeks to identify the mechanisms producing social events, but with a recognition that these are in a much greater state of flux than those of the physical world ( as human structures change much more readily than those of, say, a leaf ).

Sport psychology is a specialization within psychology that seeks to understand psychological / mental factors that affect performance in sports, physical activity and exercise and apply these to enhance individual and team performance.

Many people, mainly because of their familiarity with the miniseries rather than the actual source material, thought of the story as a very simplistic juxtaposition of the virtuous, goody two shoes brother ( Rudolph ) with the black sheep, ne ' er-do-well younger sibling ( Thomas, whom Shaw seeks to differentiate psychologically by means of a physical symbol-he is the only blond haired member of the family ), but the novel is much more complex than this in its demonstrative understructure.

is a Japanese architect known for creating conceptual architecture, in which he seeks to simultaneously express the physical and virtual worlds.

In particular the epistle seeks to correct the interpretation of the phrase " flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God " by which some taught that the resurrection of the dead could not be physical.

Human beings need control to meet their needs: one person seeks control through position and money, and another wants to control their physical space.

Taken there in handcuffs and detained in bleak and highly restrictive circumstances, he seeks solace in long-distance running, attracting the notice of the school ’ s authorities for his physical prowess.

It seeks to give every student a variety of academic, physical, cultural and spiritual experiences to enhance their global outlook.

The ergonomic approach seeks a quantitative neurophysiological expression of cognitive load which can be measured using common instruments, for example using the heart rate-blood pressure product ( RPP ) as a measure of both cognitive and physical occupational workload.

The school seeks to nurture the academic, social, emotional, spiritual, creative and physical well-being of the student.