Senior High School

Disciplines and Ideas

in Applied Social
Sciences
Quarter 1 – Module 1: Counseling as an
Applied Social Science
Disciplines and Ideas in Applied Social Sciences – Grade 12
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1 – Module 1: Counseling as an Applied Social Science
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Disciplines and Ideas
in Applied Social
Sciences
Quarter 1 – Module 1: Counseling as an
Applied Social Science
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Disciplines and Ideas in Applied Social Sciences – Grade 12

Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Counseling as an Applied Science!

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by

educators both from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher or
facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum
while overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and
independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also
aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning.

Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist the learners as they
do the tasks included in the module.

For the learner:

Welcome to the Disciplines and Ideas in Applied Social Sciences – Grade 12

Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Counseling as an Applied Science!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time.

You will be enabled to process the contents of the learning resource while
being an active learner.

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This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

What I Need to Know This will give you an idea of the skills or
competencies you are expected to learn in the
module.

What I Know This part includes an activity that aims to

check what you already know about the
lesson to take. If you get all the answers
correct (100%), you may decide to skip this
module.

What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help you link

the current lesson with the previous one.

What’s New In this portion, the new lesson will be

introduced to you in various ways such as a
story, a song, a poem, a problem opener, an
activity or a situation.

What is It This section provides a brief discussion of the

lesson. This aims to help you discover and
understand new concepts and skills.

What’s More This comprises activities for independent

practice to solidify your understanding and
skills of the topic. You may check the
answers to the exercises using the Answer
Key at the end of the module.

What I Have Learned This includes questions or blank

sentence/paragraph to be filled in to process
what you learned from the lesson.

What I Can Do This section provides an activity which will

help you transfer your new knowledge or skill
into real life situations or concerns.

Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your

level of mastery in achieving the learning
competency.

Additional Activities In this portion, another activity will be given

to you to enrich your knowledge or skill of the
lesson learned. This also tends retention of
learned concepts.

Answer Key This contains answers to all activities in the

module.

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At the end of this module you will also find:

References This is a list of all sources used in developing

this module.

The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the
module. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other activities
included in the module.
3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not
hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are not
alone.
We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning
and gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies.
You can do it!

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 What I Need to Know

Congratulations!

You have been progressing as a senior high school student under the
Humanities and Social Sciences strand.

You are now ready to embark in the new opportunity of learning how
knowledge and skills you acquired from Disciplines and Ideas in Social Sciences
(DISS) are applied and put into action for the improvement of the society and
providing solutions to social issues.

As a student of Humanities and Social Sciences or HUMSS, it is important

that you understand the purposes of your course, what are the works of the
practitioners of this particular field of science.

In this particular module, you will be introduced to one of the applied social
sciences which is counseling.

This module will help you learn and master the expected learning competency.
Use available resources like dictionary. Remember that you are expected to submit
learning evidences.

Experience the joy of the reasons behind the social sciences wisdom and its
application and you will find the meaning of your course.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

 clarify the relationships between social sciences and applied

social sciences
 identify the goals and scope of counseling
 explain the principles of counseling

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 What I Know

True or False. Read and study each statement and determine if it is true or false.
Write your answer in your notebook.
1. Counseling does not involve Science.
2. Geography is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes to better
understand human behaviors in relation to his social environment.
3. Applied social sciences are founded from the theories and principles of
social sciences.
4. The knowledge, theories and principles of social sciences cannot be applied
to resolve social issues.
5. Counseling, social works and communications are not related to social
sciences in any way.
6. Counseling uses psychological theories and principles to eliminate virus
and bacteria.
7. In counseling sessions, the expert is called counselee.
8. Counseling does not aim to create positive change in human behavior but
instead it aims to freeze behavioral conditions of the counselee.
9. Counseling focuses solely on individual development.
10. Social science deals with discovering and establishing truths about
society.
11. Psychology is the scientific study of animal behavior and mental processes.
12. Each discipline of social science deals with unique financial
concerns.
13. Linguistics is the scientific study of nature and characteristics of language
as well as the relationships between or among languages.
14. Applied social sciences are product of social sciences.

15. Counselors help discover and develop potentialities and skills of

persons.

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 Lesson
Counseling as an Applied
1 Social Science
It is good to begin your study by recalling the lessons you had in Disciplines
and Ideas in Social Sciences or DISS. Complete the Review Activity and improve your
understanding of our topic from here. Enjoy!

What’s In

Review Activity: The Web of Social Sciences

Instructions:
1. Write in the boxes the different disciplines of social sciences introduced to
you in your study of Disciplines and Ideas in Social Sciences.
2. Complete the activity in five minutes.

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 What’s New

Activity 1: Table of Social Sciences Application

Instructions:
1. Study the table on the next page which shows the different disciplines
of social sciences and their focus descriptions.
2. Complete the table by writing your own understanding of the
importance of each discipline and how these disciplines help solve
social issues.
3. On the third column, give an idea of the importance of the said social
science discipline.
4. On the fourth column, explain how that specific social science
discipline can be applied to resolve social issue. You may give social
issue in your localities.
5. Select five disciplines only.
6. Don’t dwell too much for each, just try and express your ideas. The first
row has been filled with information to guide you.
7. Don’t copy the example.
8. Time yourself to work on this.
9. Stop writing after seven minutes and read your answers.
10. Access you own efforts.
11. Discover connections in your answers.
12. For three minutes only, think and write in the last box of the table
your conclusion about social science and how it can be applied.

Notes to the Facilitator

It would be great for facilitator to level expectations and to
put less demand to learners to fill out all boxes. The goal of the
activity is to recall Disciplines and Ideas in Social Sciences and
relate if to Disciplines and Ideas in Applied Social Sciences.

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 How the
Social discipline can be
Science Focus Importance applied to
Disciplines resolve the
social issue
Anthropology It examines human It helps people When people
beings and their origins understand the know the cultural
to understand culture in reasons behind beliefs in one
relation to physical and cultural beliefs in locality they will
human environment a certain area. understand and
respect the
culture of the
locals.
Economics Economics studies the
production, distribution,
exchange, and
consumption of goods
and services to discover
the most efficient way of
satisfying needs and
wants.
Geography Geography deals with
the relationship between
the environment of the
earth’s surface and
humans, which involves
both physical and
cultural geographic
features.

History History is a study of all

the past events by way of
obtaining the most
accurate details to relate
to the present life of
human beings.
Linguistics Linguistics is the .
scientific study of nature
and characteristics of
language as well as the
relationships between or
among languages
Political Political science studies
science systems of government,
and the analysis of
political activities and
processes that can be
used in policy
formations to influence
individuals and
institutions, and
organize societies.

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 How the
Social discipline can be
Science Focus Importance applied to
Disciplines resolve the
social issue
Psychology Psychology is the
scientific study of
behavior and mental
processes to better
understand human
behaviors in relation to
his social environment.
Sociology Sociology studies human
social relations and
social interaction or the
responses of persons to
each other to better
understand social
structures and
institutions and social
problems affect society.
Demography Demography studies the
size, growth, and
distribution of human
populations to better
understand human
population dynamics
and human population
change.
Write here your realization or conclusion about social science and how it can be
applied.

What is It

Thank you for giving your best in completing Activity 1.

Social science deals with discovering and establishing truths about society
including its physical and non-physical elements and the phenomena therein. It is a
broad body of knowledge about the society that it is divided into several branches.
Each branch focuses on a particular aspect of the society following formalized course
of academic and scientific process which makes each a particular discipline.

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 As you have discovered in Activity 1, each discipline of social science deals
with unique social concerns. The knowledge, theories and principles of social
sciences can be applied in so many ways that can serve several benefits to human
kind and the world. These applications are of wide range and variety and social
scientists have been progressively working on them which resulted to formalized and
systematized activities following scientific and academic processes and programs.
These activities then follows unique courses and focuses on certain school of
thoughts thus developed into several applied social science disciplines.

Applied social sciences are founded from the theories and principles of social
sciences and are thus product of social science. In this course, we will focus on three
of the various disciplines of applied social science namely, Counseling, Social Work,
and Communication.

This module will introduce you into the applied social science discipline called
counseling.

Discover counseling and learn more about it while working and finishing
Activity 2.

You may also check out other available references offline or online. Reach out
to other people like your family, relatives or friends for assistance. They can help you.

What’s More

Activity 3 Discovering and Describing Counseling

Instructions:
1. Read and understand the following text about counseling.
2. After reading the text, help yourself grasp the concepts presented in the through
accomplishing the graphical organizer that follows. 3. Complete the graphical
organizer by supplying the needed information.

Meaning, Scope and Goals of Counseling

Merriam-Webster defines counseling as a “professional guidance of the

individual by utilizing psychological methods especially in collecting case history
data, using various techniques of the personal interview, and testing interests and
aptitudes”.
In counseling, the counselor or the expert in this field, uses the insights and
principles of the different psychological theories that shed light in the
understanding of mental processes and human behaviors to provide appropriate
guidance and interventions to bring about positive changes and improved
wellbeing of a patient referred to as the counselee.

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 Counseling covers the areas of personal development, career enhancement,
and relationships improvement. Counselors help discover and develop
potentialities and skills of persons. They assist aspirants and professionals in
establishing, maintaining and advancing careers. Experts in the field of counseling
help individuals improve interpersonal skills, adjust and cope with the demands
and conditions of relationships.
There are several goals of counseling. These include improvement of
behavior, coping mechanism, and guidance in making decisions in personal and
professional aspects of life, understanding of self and potentialities, fix relationship
problems among others.

My Graphical Organizer for Discovering and Describing Counseling

Activity 4 Question and Answer Portion

Praise yourself for doing a fantastic work of completing the tasks. Pause for a
while and think about the way you learn and what have been learning so far. Then,
answer the following questions on a separate sheet to serve as your Learning
Evidence 4.
1. What did you feel while doing the tasks?
2. What is social science?
3. What are the different disciplines of social science?
4. Which among the social sciences do you think is the best and why?
5. How is social sciences related to applied social sciences?
6. What are the three applied social sciences?
7. Why are they called applied social sciences?
8. What is the scope of counseling?
9. Why is counseling important?
10. Can you explain the principle of counseling?

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 What I Have Learned

You are fantastic! You are almost done with this module. Express your
understanding and learnings from this module into words by writing three sentences.
Write a sentence about each of the following:

1. The relationships between Social Sciences and Applied Social Sciences

2. The goals and scope of counseling are
3. The principles of counselling are

After answering, read your statements. What can you say about what you
learned?

What I Can Do

You are making great improvement.

Reflect on how you are doing as a HUMSS student. Write your answer to
following questions:
In what aspect of your life do you think you need to consider asking for
guidance counseling? Is it personal development, career or relationship?

Assessment

True or False. Read and study each statement and determine if it is true or false.
Write your answer in your notebook.

1. Social science deals with discovering and establishing truths about society.
2. Geography is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes to better
understand human behaviors in relation to his social environment.
3. The knowledge, theories and principles of social sciences cannot be applied to
resolve social issues.

4. Applied social sciences are founded from the theories and principles of social
sciences and are thus product of social science.

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5. Counseling, social works and communications are not related to social sciences
in any way.
6. Counseling uses psychological theories and principles to eliminate virus and
bacteria.
7. In counseling sessions, the expert is called counselee.
8. Counseling does not aim to create positive change in human behavior but instead
it aims to freeze behavioral conditions of the counselee.
9. Counseling focuses solely on individual development.
10. Counseling does not involve science.
11. Psychology is the scientific study of animal behavior and mental processes.
12. Counselors help discover and develop potentialities and skills of persons.
13. Linguistics is the scientific study of nature and characteristics of language as
well as the relationships between or among languages.
14. Applied social sciences are product of social sciences.
15. Each discipline of social science deals with unique financial concerns.

Additional Activities

Relax, sit down and just read your finished activities. Smile and be happy
about your work.

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True 15.
True 14.
True 13. What's More Assessment
False 12.
False 11. 1. Answers may vary 1. True
True 10. 2. Answers may vary 2. False
False 9. 3. Answers may vary 3. False
False 8. 4. Answers may vary 4. True
False 7. 5. Answers may vary 5. False
False 6. 6. Answers may vary 6. False
True 5. 7. Answers may vary 7. False
False 4. 8. Answers may vary 8. False
False 3. 9. Answers may vary 9. False
True 2. 10. Answers may vary 10. False
False 1. 11. False
12. True
What I Know 13. True
14. True
15. False
Answer Key
References
Jose, Jobin, “Describing concept, scope & use of guidance and counseling”.
IndiaStudyChannel.com. September 13, 2010. Accessed July 23, 2020.
https://www.indiastudychannel.com/resources/126909-Concept-scope-
use-of-guidance-and-counseling.aspx

Mañebog, Jensen.” The Nine Social Science Disciplines”. OurHappySchool. August

4, 2016. Accessed July 23, 2020. https://ourhappyschool.com/ap-social-
studies/nine-social-science-disciplines

Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, s.v. “counseling,” accessed July 23, 2020,

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/counseling.

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