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Quarter 1*Module 1
Economics as a Social Science
and Applied Science in Terms of
Nature and Scope
APPLIED ECONOMICS – Grade 12
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Quarter 1 – Module 1: Economics as a Social Science
and Applied Science in Terms of Nature and Scope
First Edition, 2020
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Introductory Message
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:
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module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
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learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
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This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities
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process the contents of the learning resource while being an active learner.
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!
What I Need To Know
This module was carefully prepared and designed for you to perform at your
own pace. Useful activities on the nature and scope of economics, its fields were
provided for you to accomplish which will allow self-discovery of the concept. These
will also help develop your creativity and critical thinking skills to make decisions
independently. It is also expected that upon accomplishing these activities, you can
communicate confidently and collaborate with other people to solve problems,
intelligently. And most importantly, your character and initiative to handle situations
which you cannot control will be improved.
At the end of the session, you should be able to explain the nature and scope of
economics, determine its fields: the micro and macroeconomics, resourcefully use the
different resources in the production of goods and services, and in real world,
efficiently consume these finished products.
What I know
Activity No. 1 Direction: Let us check your knowledge to our topic. Kindly arrange
the following words. These are the terms you commonly encounter when you make
decisions of going to the market. Examples of these items are given on the right column.
Assessment
Direction: Kindly choose the letter of the correct answer. Encircle your answer.
1. The physical effort of the manpower to produce the protective devices of the
frontliners describes which factor of production?
a) Land c) Labor
b) Capital d) Entrepreneur
2. The great ideas, concepts and drive of the production managers to
produce something new describe which factor of production?
a) Land c) Labor
b) Capital d) Entrepreneur
3. The computers of the production manager in an office are what kind of goods or
products?
a) Consumer goods
b) Either consumer goods or capital goods
c) Capital goods
d) Economic goods
Let’s say, in conducting your research, you may consider studying the economic
situation of the families in Manila. For example, the GAS and ABM students may focus on the
annual income of families, buying behaviour in the market, on specific items commonly
purchased these families and many more. The HUMSS might take an overall view on the entire
economic system: what causes the families to limit their spending capabilities, what
environmental factors stresses them from purchasing their needs and wants; or what makes
them satisfied in their buying behaviour. Both approaches are useful, and both examine the
same, but the viewpoints are different. In a similar way, both microeconomics and
macroeconomics study the same economy, but each has a different viewpoints.
Whether you are looking at the buying behaviour of the people in the market or
economics, the micro and the macro insights should blend with each other. In studying the
buying behaviour of the people, the micro insights about particular behaviour and spending
habits of the people help them understand the overall economic situation on individual matters,
while the macro insights about the overall economic situation on the entire economy which help
to explain the internal and external environments, as a whole.
What’s In
Activity 1:
Direction: Let’s analzye the market environments of the society. Please
encircle your answer.
2. Which of the following has NOT observed in the community during the ECQ in
the same locality?
What Is It
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
•Studies of markets of good and services
•Studies the economy as a whole
•Focuses of the
•Focuses on aggregate indicators (such as
behaviour of individual in the market
production, employment, etc.)
Explains how and why these units make
economic
1. Consumers
• Consume goods and services /offer production factors
• Maximize utility
2. Producers
• Produce goods / demand productive factors
• Maximize profit
3. The public sectors
• Attempt to maximize the well-being of society
Land - natural resources availableto createsupply Labor is the work done by people- education, skills, and
such as raw materialsthat comesfrom the ground. It motivation and productivity. Productivity measures how much
can be a non- renewable resource; commodities each hour of worker time produces in output. Workforce
such as oil and gold; and renewable resource, such receives wage for his labor.
as timber. Oil is a natural resource, but petroleum
gas is a capital good. Farmland is a natural
resource, but a shopping center is a capital good .
https://study.com/academy/lesson/four-factors-of-production-land-
labor-capital-entrepreneurship.html
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Capital as a Factor of Production Entrepreneurship as a Factor of Production
Characteristics of Resources:
1. Scarcity: insufficient resources to supply all the desires and needs of individuals.
In the production of goods and services; there are issues that economics may encounter:
these include: for Land – inadequate land and natural resources; polluted areas;
overcrowded spaces; for Labor – unskilled workforce; mismatch of jobs; for capital - low
quality of equipment/machines; insufficient fund/capital; and for entrepreneurship –
Inadequate training of entrepreneurs; limited opportunity; scarcity of great ideas but many
competitors in the market.
2. Multiple use: Resources can have more than one possible use. For example, a plot
of land can be used to plant coffee or to build a factory.
3. Partially replaceable: one resource can replace another in the production of a good or
service (e.g., replace manual labor with technology).
What’s More
CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS
Activity no. 1
Direction: Please perform independently. Pick all the goods and classify
them accordingly. Your mother went to the market to shop goods for the family. She
purchased the following goods. Canned goods; bread; sacks of rice; meat; vegetables;
toothpaste; bath soaps; perfumes; wrist watch; aircon to ventilate her store and coffee
maker for her store.
Essential Goods
ASSESSMENT (Picture Analysis)
3
2
See! Economics is a very interesting field to study. Your teacher is very much
willing to teach you more about it.
In the production of goods and services; there are factors that economics may
encounter: these include: land – inadequate land and natural resources; polluted areas;
overcrowded spaces; labor – unskilled workforce; mismatch of jobs; capital - low
quality of equipment/machines; insufficient fund/capital; and entrepreneurship –
inadequate training of entrepreneurs; limited opportunity; scarcity of great ideas but
several competitors in the market.
Today, we are in a new normal way of living, a very different one from way we
have lived for several years. It’s because everyone has that fear of the COVID 19 that
might cause us from health and economic issues. Everyone, therefore, has to be very
responsible in his behaviors in the market; and become efficient in his consumption;
friendly to the environment or the natural resources as these may become scarce in the
future. Everyone must become aware of the micro and macro levels of the environment
and contribute to the growth of our economy.
Did you find our topic enjoyable and interesting? Write something about. You
may use the box below.
WHAT I CAN DO
RESOURCES OF PRODUCTION
3. The top manager of the firm said “the great ideas, concepts
and emotional determination of a person to produce
something that consumers want to buy” is very important for
the company. What factor of production describes the ability
to create great ideas?
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Name Year/Section Date
Teacher School
1. Mrs Nenita De Jesus purchased basic goods like vegetables and groceries for
the consumption of her family. These goods are:
a. Consumers goods c. Luxury Goods
b. Capital Goods d. Economic Goods
2. Mr. Dennis Elecanal purchased new car as a gift for his father’s birthday. This
good is
a. Consumers Good c. Capital Good
b. Luxury Good d. Economic Good
3. ABM Computer shop purchased additional 10 units of computer for the business.
These goods are called:
a. Consumers goods c. Capital Goods
b. Luxury Goods d. Economic Goods
4. Which is not considered as tangible
good? c. Sack of rice
a. Cell phone d. Training service
b. Mask
5. Which is true about Economics as a social science?
a) Scarce resources and limited needs drive choice
b) Economics explains and predicts economic events
c) The scientific method is based on the normative analysis
d) Economic hypotheses lead directly to predictions
6. Which is true on the value of an economic theory in practice? It is determined by
a. how accurate the assumptions are.
b. how well the theory can be represented by a graph.
c. how well the theory can predict or explain.
d. how economical the model is.
7. Which of the following is the study of the aggregate economy studied as a whole?
a. Mathematical economics
b. Econometrics
c. Macroeconomics
d. Microeconomics
8. Business ethics refers to any behavior by businesses that may
a. be illegal.
b. violate social or moral standards.
c. result in the maximization of profits.
d. All of the above.
9. Businesses have responded to incentives for ethical behavior by doing ALL except
a. lobbying for the abolition of laws that require ethical behavior.
b. appointing “ethics officers” to monitor ethical manners of employees.
c. providing training sessions in ethical behavior for employees.
d. establishing codes of ethical behavior for employees.
10. Which of the following is not an economic agent in your locality?
a. Producer
b. Consumer
c. Public Sector
d. None of ABC
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Name Year/Section _Date
Teacher School
Worksheet
Let’s do this (Additional Activity No. 1)
Direction: Listed below are the resources for production of goods and services.
Please list down the economic issues to each resource of production that may harm
the economy. Choose your answer from the box below. You may collaborate with
family and friends in accomplishing the graphic organizer.
Land Labor
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Resources of
Capital Production Entrepreneurship
The Economy
Microeconomics Macroeconomics
1. 1.
2. 2
3. 3.
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