DISS ACTIVITY SHEET

Instruction: Discuss the following scenarios with your partner and determine how each of the social sciences would address the
scenario. Put a Check on which of the social sciences would be most useful in assessing each scenario. Then answer the question on
the last column. Copy the template below in a one whole sheet of paper.
Scenario Anthropology Psychology Sociology Economics Political Geography Best Suited and
Science Why?
1. Understanding the causes              
for eating disorders
2. Finding a solution to our              
garbage problem.

3. Helping a salesperson              
increase her sales.

4. Explaining why a high              

school student constantly
misbehaves in class.
5. Understanding a              
teenager’s suicide.

6. Understanding a ritual at              
holiday time * why people
( colour easter eggs)
7. Explaining why a person is              
an illegal drug addict.