Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences– Grade 11

Quarter 1 – Module 1: Nature and Functions of Social Sciences Disciplines

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 DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS
IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 11
Quarter 1
Self-Learning Module1
Nature and Functions of
Social Sciences Disciplines
Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences Grade 11 Self-
Learning Module on Nature and Functions of Social Sciences Disciplines!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and

independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims
to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely:
Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character 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. Moreover, 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 the Social Sciences Self-Learning

Module on Nature and Functions of Social Sciences Disciplines!

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 material while being an
active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.
 EXPECTATIONS

This module will help you know more about Social Sciences. Though it
shows you the introduction part, you will start to ponder more thoughts
about your chosen track.
This module expects you to:
a. define Social Science as the study of society,
b. differentiate the nature and functions of social sciences disciplines,
and,
c. value the importance of social sciences

PRETEST

Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer on your
notebook.

1. Are body of knowledge or disciplines that deals with the socio-cultural

aspects of human behaviour in the society.
a. Humanities c. Natural Sciences
b. Social Sciences d. Behavioral Sciences

2. The following are nature of social sciences EXCEPT

a. A realistic course of study.
b. A study of human relationships
c. Explains and predict various phenomena in nature.
d. Aims at preparing the learner for wholesome social living.

3. Which of the following supports the function of Economics as a Social

Science discipline?
a. It ascertains records of the past.
b. It involves the study of earlier way of life.
c. It attempts to study the patterns of human relationships.
d. It concentrates on how a particular society utilize a limited
resources.

4. The main function of this discipline is to statistically study the human

populations.
a. Anthropology c. Psychology
b. Demography d. Sociology
 5. Which of the following is NOT a function of psychology?
a. Diagnose mental health concerns.
b. It study the nature of human behavior
c. Identify the internal and external behavioral factors.
d. Discover repetitive general patterns of human behavior

RECAP

Let’s do this!
Try to remember the societal concerns that our country endured during the
quarantined period in Metro Manila due to the COVID-19 pandemic. List
down five (5) professions you might want to pursue in the future which you
think will be helpful in this kind of situations that we have at present. Do
you think they belong to the social sciences?
1._____________________

2._____________________

3._____________________

4._____________________

5._____________________
 LESSON

NATURE AND FUNCTIONS OF SOCIAL SCIENCES DISCIPLINES

“Man is a social animal”. We are all born and raised in a society

(Aristotle), we rarely recognize the patterns of our everyday life: People may
share the same thoughts, sentiments and activities, or show gestures of
feelings and emotions, these are all indications of human interaction, or
maybe people have distinctive ways of doing things.
Have you ever ask yourself, why do certain things the way they do? Or
people behave the way they do in a certain society? Why do we interact with
other people? Why is it important to understand the society? How can
understanding social science disciplines help us to contribute solutions to
problems that exists in our society?
This module will take us through the nature and functions of social
sciences disciplines.
What makes an existing society functional are the people who belongs to
it. Maybe belong to certain group but we share the same territory, we
interact despite of individualities and this is very evident at present as
everyone hopefully endures the new situation due to the COVID-19
pandemic. Here lies the importance of studying social science as the study
of society and the functions of the social science disciplines as they try to
untangle the puzzlement of human behavior in the society, likewise, it helps
us to be a part of solving the societal problems.

Social Sciences
-Are body of knowledge or disciplines that deals with the socio-
cultural aspects of human behavior in the society.
- It attempts to explain and describe human behavior in a society, and
subjects that relate to the foundation and growth of human society.
- It involves the studying the society and many ways people behave
and affect the world we live in.
 NATURE BROAD FUNCTIONS

1. Social sciences plays a

1. A unique combination very significant role in
of various disciplines dealing with the
2. A study of human complexities of human
relationships. behavior in the society as
3. A study of man’s it relates with natural
development through sciences in addressing
ages. social problems.
4. A realistic course of 2. Social sciences provides
study. the necessary perspective
and methodologies tools
5. It forms part of the
in order for us to
core-curriculum
understand the realities
6. Aims at preparing the around us that there are
learner for wholesome more often than not
social living. “hidden” from our
“normal” understanding
of the world around us
 FUNCTIONS OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES

1. ANTHROPOLOGY  It attempts to study both the biological

and cultural aspect of human beings.
 It seeks answer to where, when, and why
humans appeared on earth in the hope of
reconstructing human societies

2. ECONOMICS  It concentrates on how a particular

society utilize a limited resources
 It answers the questions what, how, and
for whom are goods to be produced
3. GEOGRAPHY  Its focus is to study the features of the
earth and the location of the living things
on the planet.
 It also examines how and where groups of
people live.
4. HISTORY  It attempts to ascertain, record, and
explain facts and events.
5. LINGUISTICS  It concentrates on studying how
languages have taken place on various
languages over time
6. POLITICAL  Its primary concern is to study the
SCIENCE systems and processes of the government.
7. SOCIOLOGY  Its interests is to discover repetitive and
general patterns of human behavior as
they interact with one another
8. PSYCHOLOGY  It covers the nature, internal and external
factors that affects human behavior
9. DEMOGRAPHY  It statistically study the human
populations.
 It appreciates how the population
dynamics of birth and aging affect the
society.
 ACTIVITIES

Activity 1
Directions: Analyze the following statements. Write on your notebook T if
the statement is TRUE and F if it is FALSE.
1. Sociology focuses mainly on studying landforms and water and
vegetation.
2. Anthropology investigates processes such as birth and migration.
3. Social Science is a combination of various disciplines.
4. Production and consumption of goods and services are economic
concerns.
5. Repetitive and general patterns of human behaviours and interaction
with one another are psychological concerns.

Activity 2
Directions: With the following stated social problems, identify which
discipline or disciplines may be inclined to address the issue. Answer this on
your notebook.

1. There is a need to know what happened to the once mighty Khmer Empire
in Cambodia.
2. Divorce rates are increasing tremendously in the United States of
America.
3. A college student have a difficult time in dealing with school stressors that
results in anxiety and tension.
4. A high level of underemployment is being experienced by newly graduates
despite having baccalaureate degrees.
5. Overpopulation has become a threat for most Asian countries, like China
and India.

WRAP-UP

Applying the functions of the social science disciplines, write a brief essay
on ; “Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Filipino social life”
 VALUING

It is important to study social sciences because______________________.

POSTTEST

Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer on your
notebook.

1. A social science discipline which concentrates on how a particular

society utilize a limited resources.
a. Anthropology c. Economics
b. Demography d. Sociology

2. Which of the following define social science?

a. study of human relationships
b. Explains and predict various phenomena in nature.
c. It tends to humanize human through arts, music and literature.
d. Are body of knowledge or disciplines that deals with the socio-
cultural aspects of human behaviour in the society.

3. Which of the following supports the function of Anthropology as a

social science discipline?
a. It ascertains records of the past.
b. It involves the study of earlier way of life.
c. It attempts to study the patterns of human relationships.
d. It concentrates on how a particular society utilize a limited
resources.

4. The following are functions of psychology EXCEPT

a. Diagnose mental health concerns.
b. It study the nature of human behavior
c. Identify the internal and external behavioral factors.
d. Discover repetitive general patterns of human behavior

5. The function of this discipline is to study the patterns of human

relationships.
c. Demography c. Geography
d. Economics d. Sociology
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Ong, Jerome & Mary Dorothy. 2016. Disciplines and ideas in the Social
References
ACTIVITY 1 POST-TEST
ACTIVITY 2 TRUE OR FALSE
Identification (T or F) 1. C
1. F 2. D
1. History
2. F 3. B
2. Sociology
3. T 4. D
3. Psychology
4. T 5. D
4. Economics
5. Demography 5. F
RECAP
1. Police officer, Politician PRE-TEST
2. Social worker, Psychologist
1. B
3. Community organizer,
2. C
Market research analyst
3. D
4. Economist, Statistician,
4. B
5. Journalist, Demographer,
5. D
labor relations officer,
location analyst
KEY TO CORRECTION