SHS

Disciplines and Ideas

in the Social Sciences
Quarter 1: Week 3 - Module 3
Discipline and Ideas in the Social Science
Grade 11 Quarter 1: Week 3 - Module 3
First Edition, 2020

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 Disciplines and Ideas
in the Social Sciences
Quarter 1: Week 3 - Module 3
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Hello there, it’s me again. How are you doing today? Welcome back to
Discipline and Ideas in the Social Sciences (DISS). In our previous lesson,
you were introduced to the Emergence of the social science and the different
disciplines. Today, you will connect the disciplines with their historical and
social foundations by tracing the historical foundation and social context
that lead to the development of each Social Science disciplines. (HUMSS_DIS
11- IIId-4) (Department of Education Curriculum Instruction Strand 2020)

At the end of this module, you will be able to:

1. Outline the historical foundation and social context of each Social
Science disciplines;
2. Distinguish the difference between the social sciences, the natural
science and the humanities; and
3. Apply the concept scientific method when studying various human
phenomena.

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 Jumpstart

Let us begin!

The different social science disciplines may pose different points of

inquiry from one common social phenomenon. This also goes with our
everyday life events and activities that involved people living together in the
society. While one discipline is different on its perspective with the others,
the main purpose of each discipline of the social science is to characterize
the nature of being human (Tapel 2016).
Let us recall some of the different disciplines in the Social Sciences and
connect
Activity 1: Below are sounds like words that tell about the disciplines in the
Social Sciences. Here are the words:
1. Ant- throw- polo- gym = ________________________
2. Echo- know- mix = ________________________
3. Deo - graph- fee = ________________________
4. His- store- rich = ________________________
5. Lung- go- sticks = _______________________
6. Polite- tickle- siam = _______________________
7. Seiko- low- jeep = _______________________
8. Them- oh- graph- fee = ________________________

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 Discover

The social sciences are the fields of scholarship that study society.
Social science is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality
of fields outside of the natural sciences. These include: anthropology,
archaeology, business administration, communication, criminology,
economics, education, government, linguistics, international relations,
political science, sociology and, in some contexts, geography, history, law,
and psychology (Theo and Baerveldt 2001).
Let us have deeper knowledge what is it all about the Disciplines of Social
Science are. Try to analyze and familiarize everything that you encounter on
the next part.
1. Anthropology

- The study of human societies and cultures and their development.

- The study of human biological and physiological characteristics and their
evolution.
2. Economics

- It is the scientific study of the ownership, use, and exchange of scarce

resources – often shortened to the science of scarcity.
3. Geography

- is the study of places and the relationships between people and their
environments.

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- seeks to understand where things are found, why they are there, and how
they develop and change over time.
4. History

- The study of past events, particularly in human affairs.

- The whole series of past events connected with someone or something
5. Linguistics

- The scientific study of language and its structure, including the study of
morphology, syntax, phonetics, and semantics.
6. Political Science

- The branch of knowledge that deals with systems of government; the

analysis of political activity and behaviour.
7. Psychology

- The scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those
affecting behaviour in a given context.

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8. Demography

- The study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of

disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.

Explore

In Social Science, everyday life has gone beyond its usual definition
and usage: it has come to mean a pattern of activities of a group of people
within a society and thus a good source of information about the structures
of their lives worldview, and individual decisions and struggles (Villanueva
2016).
Activity 2: With the different situations, identify what type of discipline it is?
Situation What Discipline?
Before going to buy items at the grocery, Jayson
compares the price of one product to another for
him to identify which among the brands has
lesser price.
Dennis and Prince are arguing about the
evolution of men, Dennis is convinced that
humans came from Apes but Prince dis- agrees
he believes more on religion and we came from
soil.
Robert is a bright student and loves competing
to debates and he wishes to be a lawyer
someday and defends the innocents.
Mishelle was being bullied by her close friends
every time they are together, at first she gets
offended and cries until she gets used to it and
developed a strong personality.
Etheil loves Korean songs as well as Korean
shows that she went to a point of learning their
language and how was it originated, now she
goes to different places studying different

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languages to different nations
Every vacation, Loren spends his time at
National Statistics Office doing field works and
went to different houses to ask important details
to the head of the family, like how many of them
stay there, and others.
Mark and his family always had a feud to his
relatives because of the fence they have put up,
their relatives claims that it is beyond their
territory and it is part of their jurisdiction.
After Ely had his internship in Tondo, he
learned that Macario Sakay was born in Tondo
and from his dedication and sacrifices he
quickly emerged as the leader of Tondo’s
“Dapitan Council” of the Katipunan.

Deepen

Activity 3: Determine which among the disciplines of the social sciences

best represents the following pictures.
Definition Function/ Use Effect to
community

1. ________________

2. ________________

3. ________________

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4. ________________

5.
_________________

6.
_________________

7. ________________

8. ________________

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 Gauge

Assessment: MODIFIED TRUE or FALSE: Examine the following scenarios.

Put a check √, if the following statements are correct. Put an X and the
appropriate word in replacement for the underlined word, if the statements
are incorrect. Use a separate sheet of paper to write your answers.

_____1. The different disciplines of social sciences may pose different points
of inquiry given a common social phenomenon.
_____2. Sociology is the study of human life and culture
_____3. Demography started way back in the ancient times in China and
Egypt because the earlier geographers aim to explore other areas and
describe the observable features of different places.
_____4. Psychology started during 600 to 300 BC because early philosophers
were curious with the nature of knowledge.
_____5. Linguistics is the study of language.
_____6.Economics is the study of the production, distribution and
consumption of food and services.
_____7. Geography deals with the distribution, and arrangement of all the
elements of the earth’s surface
_____8. Psychology emerged as discipline of social science to examine nature
of human society.
_____9. Philosophers aimed to explore other areas
_____10. Anthropology is the study of human life and culture.
_____11. Linguist aimed to study the rapidly banishing unwritten languages
_____12. People in the early times aimed to exercise and resist power
imposed to them
_____13. Anthropologists back then has the curiosity to the nature of
knowledge
_____14. There is a need to establish economic policy that encourage
national self-sufficiency, that is why the discipline of Economics
have emerged
_____15. Political Science emerged during the European Age of
Enlightenment

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Answer Key

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References:
Printed Materials
 Jose, Mary Dorothy et al. (2016) Disciplines and Ideas in the
Social Sciences: Quezon City, Philippines: Vibal Group, Inc.
 Tatel Jr., Carlos, P. (2016) Disciplines and Ideas in the
Social Sciences: Manila, Philippines: Rex Book Store, Inc.

Links
 Cherry, Kendra (2020). The Influence of Psychoanalysis on the Field of
Psychology. Retrieved from September 14, 2020 from
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-psychoanalysis-2795246

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