FUNCTIONS OF

APPLIED
SOCIAL
SCIENCES
 THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
REFERS TO THE VARIOUS
DISCIPLINES THAT STUDY
SOCIETY AND EXAMINE
HOW PEOPLE INTERACT
AND DEVELOP CULTURE.
IT IS A BIG UMBRELLA OF
DISCIPLINES THAT
INCLUDE:
HISTORY
POLITICAL SCIENCE
SOCIOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY
ECONOMICS
GEOGRAPHY
DEMOGRAPHY
 SELF-
DEVELOPMENT
SELF-DEVELOPMENT
An applied social scientist can use his/her
training as a self-development or personal
development counselor. As an applied social
scientist practitioner, he/she can be able to
help resolve a range of serious problems in
people’s lives. They engage in counseling or
professional guidance of the individual through
the use of psychological methods like collection
of case history data, personal interview and
interests and aptitude tests.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF SELF-
DEVELOPMENT OR
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
COUNSELING THAT AN
APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENTIST
CAN PURSUE
 LIFE COACHES FOR
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Life coaching is a profession that
addresses specific personal
projects, business successes,
general conditions and transitions
in a personal life, relationships or
profession.
 CAREER COUNSELING
FOR PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT
It is needed by people who
are entering the job market,
looking for career changes and
those who want to advance
within their present careers.
 HYPNOTHERAPY
Hypnotherapy is a form of
complementary therapy that
uses the power of positive
suggestions to bring about
subconscious change to one’s
thoughts, feelings and behavior.
 PERSONAL GROWTH
COUNSELING FOR PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT
A personal growth counselor focuses
on the evaluation of a client’s life, goals,
and the different aspects of our lives.
This type of counseling incorporates the
techniques and approaches of life and
career counseling into the more
exploratory work done in traditional
personal counseling.
PERSUASI
ON
 PERSUASION
In careers related to communication
like mass media, advertising, and
business, persuasion is very essential. To
persuade means able to convince other
people to change their attitudes or
behavior regarding an issue through the
communication of messages in an
atmosphere of free choice.
 ART AND
ENTERTAINMEN
T
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Arts and entertainment are
reflections of a country’s culture
and society. To be able to
understand and analyze the
development and new trends in
the arts and entertainment, it is
important to be knowledgeable
about the people’s social and
 NEWS AND
INFORMATION
NEWS AND INFORMATION
Applied social sciences is also
important in the field of journalism.
The news and current affairs sector
emphasize the need for a balanced,
objective and truth rendering of the
political and other events as they
actually happened.
In business organizations and public
relations organizations, applied social
ORGANIZING,
ADVOCACY
AND
MOBILIZATION
 ORGANIZING, ADVOCACY
AND MOBILIZATION
Advocacy groups are organized to
inform and educate on public issues, and
influence people on the development of
policies. Applied social sciences is a good
background for advocacy organizing and
mobilization because this
multidisciplinary field studies politics,
governance, social and political
dynamics.
 EDUCATION
AND
SOCIALIZATION
EDUCATION AND SOCIALIZATION
The applied social sciences
educates the public about the
realities of life and the
problems that the country
faces. Through mass media,
the applied social sciences
educates people about the
different events and
 Social work is another professional
function of an applied social
scientist. Having been trained to
interact and understand social
realities, applied social sciences
provide good theoretical and
conceptual foundations for social
work practice.