PACIFIC SOUTHBAY COLLEGE, INC

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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL – HUMSS 11 - EDISON
Week 2

Descriptive Title : Discipline and Ideas in the Social Science

Course Credit : 4 units
Class Schedule : Tuesday and Thursday
Room : HUMSS11 – Edison
Instructor : ARON ADARSON J. BAGO, LPT
Contact Details : arkaye1220@gmail.com

Competency/ies:
 define Social Sciences as the study of society
 distinguish Social and Natural Sciences and Humanities
 compare and contrast the various Social Science disciplines and their fields,
main areas of inquiry, and methods
 trace the historical foundations and social contexts that led to the
development of each discipline

I. Objective:
1. define the nine disciplines of Social Sciences; and
2. identify the natures and functions of each disciplines.

II. Subject Matter:

Materials:
PowerPoint presentation, chalk and eraser

III. Procedure:
A. Preliminary Activities
1. Prayer
2. Greetings
3. Checking of Attendance
4. Review

B. Motivation
Direction: Fill out a concept map showing the definition of
social science as a study of society. Write your answer on
the separate paper. Use the example below as your
reference.
 C. Analysis
 The teacher will help his/her student to understand the lesson
about the Nature and Functions of Social Sciences
Disciplines

D. Abstract
Social sciences consist of a variety of disciplines,
subject areas, and methods, and there is no reason to expect that
these disciplines will eventually add up to a single unified theory of
society. Political science, sociology, history, anthropology,
economics, geography, and area studies all provide their own,
largely independent, definitions of scope, research agenda, and
research methods. Furthermore, there is no grand plan according to
which the disciplinary definitions jointly capture all that is of
scientific interest about the social.

Anthropology, Demography, Economics, Geography,

History, Linguistics, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology
are the nine social science disciplines.
Social Science
Etymologies
Disciplines
“anthopos” (human),
Anthropology “logos” (study of)
“demos” (people),
Demography “graphein” (description)
“oikanomia” (household
Economics management)
“geo” (Earth),
Geography “graphein”(description)
“lingua” (tongue,
Linguistics
language)
“histoire” (recorded and
History
documented events)
“politika,” “polis” (affairs Deals
Political Science of the cities)
“psyche” (mind),
Psychology “logos” (study of)
“socius” (people together,
associate), “logos” (study
Sociology
of)
Definitions
Scientific study of man or human
being and their societies in the
past and present
Study of human population and
dynamics
Study of what constitutes rational
human behavior in the endeavor
to fulfill needs and wants
Deals with the study of the
relationship between the earth
and people
Study of languages and focuses
on the three aspects of language
The study of the past and its
records about events.
with the system of
governance
Scientific study of the mind and
behavior
Study of groups - how they are
formed, how they change, and
how the group impacts individual
behavior

Table 1: Etymologies of Social Science Disciplines and

 Table 2: Function of Social Science Disciplines

Disciplines Function
Essentially to understand as many aspects of human life as
can possibly be studied, to record its findings, and contribute
Anthropology to both historical understanding as well as to ascertain
current states of the human condition in an attempt to better
understand and/or act upon those findings. (Fethe, 2017)
To understand basic physical systems that affect everyday
Geography life (e.g. earth-sun relationships, water cycles, wind and
ocean currents). To learn the location of places and the
physical and cultural characteristics of those places in order
to function more effectively in our increasingly
interdependent world. (Bonnett, 2008)
A useful for work. Its study helps create good businesspeople,
professionals, and political leaders. The number of explicit
History professional jobs for historians is considerable, but most
people who study history do not become professional
historians. (Evans, 2001)
Can study society with a wide variety of focuses. From
studying the power elite, to the interaction of the economy,
Sociology society and the environment, to the examination of various
rights movements, Sociology examines the way different
aspects of society behave and function. (San Juan, 2011)
A social study concerning the allocation and transfer of
power in decision making, the roles and systems of
Political Science governance including governments and international
organizations, political behavior and public policies. (Mortel
et
al. 2003)
The three most important functions of economics are as
follows: Just as feeding, digestion and growth are the vital
Economics
processes of living beings; similarly production, consumption
and growth are the essentials of economies. (Leaňo, 2012)
Refer to the general social uses of language, such as
requesting objects and activities, initiating social
Linguistics interactions, expressing personal feelings, describing aspects
of the world, requesting information, and pretending.
(Bernardez, 2013)
To know the population of a particular area;
To ascertain as to which factors are influencing the
population of that particular area;
Demography
To explain the factors relating to changes in population; and
To study the population trends on the basis of the above
three factors.
 According to earlier psychologists, the function of psychology
was to study the nature, origin and destiny of the human
Psychology soul. But soul is something metaphysical. It cannot be seen,
observed and touched and we cannot make scientific
experiments in soul. (Kendra, 2020)

IV. Evaluation:
Directions: Find the words being defined in the sentences inside
the word hunt. Encircle them using a pen with blue color for
number one, yellow for number two, green for number three, red
for number four, and violet for number five. Use a separate bond
paper.

V. Assignment:

Study in advance the Historical Context of the Emergence of Social

Science Disciplines