LESSON 3-WEEK 3

I. COURSE NAME: DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

Activity 1: Re-read the Lecture-Discussion material.

*Give at least 2 important concept and ideas which had an impact on you.
*Write your impression or reaction to each concept that led to the emergence of the
social science disciplines.

I picked political science as it has a big impact on me and the world, I lived
in. Because understanding and dealing with the theory and practice of
politics on how political systems and political behavior can greatly affect the
world. Political science can increase my skills and knowledge by studying the
transfer of power in decision-making, the roles, and systems of governance
including governments and international organizations, political behavior,
and public policies that can lead truly best for humanity. It can provide me
the ability to develop my writing and speaking skills. Plus, enhance my
analytical and critical thinking which can enable me to recognize multiple
viewpoints and expand my overview of the current issues.
Psychology is a field involving the study of behavior and mental processes; it
attempts to understand the role human behavior plays in social dynamics
while incorporating physiological and neurological processes into its
conceptions of mental functioning. Psychology is effectively useful to many
individuals since it can reveal the reasons why people act the way they do.
Psychology helps me improve my behavior and actions. In order to create
self-confidence, decide rightfully, and build better communication.
 Activity 2: Timeline
Create a timeline on the development on the disciplines in the social science. Be
creative in the designing of your output and make sure to have the complete and
necessary details.

Social science that seeks to analyze and describe

ECONOMICS (18th Century)
the production, distribution, and consumption of Microeconomics: where the unit of analysis is the Macroeconomics: where the unit of analysis is an
individual agent, such as a household or firm. economy as a whole.
wealth.

POLITICAL
Deals with the theory and practice of politics and
SCIENCE (17th Century)
Study the allocation and transfer of power in Including governments and international
the description and analysis of political systems decision-making, the roles and systems of organizations, political behavior and public
and political behavior. governance. policies.

SOCIOLOGY (18th Century) Comte named the scientific study of social

Social science involving the application of social Study of the social lives of people, groups, and
theory and research methods. societies. patterns positivism.

ANTROPOLOGY (19th Century)Cultural anthropology: (also known as social

A holistic discipline concerned with all humans, at physical anthropology: which deals with the human
anthropology), which studies human culture in all
all times, in all humanity's dimensions. physical form from the past to the present.
its aspects.

GEOGRAPHY
"The world discipline" and "the bridge between the A discipline that studies the lands, the features, the The field of geography is generally split into two
human and the physical sciences."
LINGUISTICS (19th
Semantics -the study of meaning.
Century) distinctPhonology
inhabitants, and the phenomena of the Earth.
A discipline that looks at the
branches: physical and human.
-the study of the abstract
Syntax - the study of the rules that
Phonetics -the study of speech cognitive and social aspects of human sound system of a particular
govern the structure of sentences.
sounds. language. language.

HISTORY
Continuous, systematic narrative and research
Study and interpretation of the written record
ofpast human activity, societies, and civilizations of past events as relating to the human Study of all events in time, in relation to humanity.
leading up to the present day.
PSYCHOLOGY (18th Century) species.
Field involving the study of behavior and Wundt was also the first person to refer to Understand the role human behavior plays in
mental processes. himself as a psychologist. social dynamics.
 DEMOGRAPHY (17th Century)
Study of a human population, a definable group of can cover whole societies or groups defined by
people, and of additions to and subtractions from The science at the base of politics and economics. criteria such as education, nationality, religion, and
its number. ethnicity.

Activity 3: REFLECTION JOURNAL

Write about your significant learnings or insights regarding emergence of the Social
Science.

The emergence of social science is an important period in the evolution of

contemporary wherein it began with the enlightenment and its emphasis on
rationality, philosophy, and methodology as utilized to the empirical creation.
The term "social science" first appeared in the 1824 book An Inquiry into the
Principles of the Distribution of Wealth Most Conducive to Human Happiness
by William Thompson (1775–1833).

The history of the social sciences is often divided according to discipline. It

has been considered part of the humanities but is now being classified as a
social sciences. I had learned the major disciplines of social sciences. Those
are Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, Law, Linguistics, Politics,
Psychology, and Sociology.