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Disciplines and Ideas in the Social 11/12
Sciences

LEARNING QUARTER 3
MODULE WEEK 2

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 MODULE IN
DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS IN THE
SOCIAL SCIENCES

QUARTER 3
WEEK 2

THE EMERGENCE OF SOCIAL

SCIENCE DISCIPLINES

Development Team
Writer: Clarisse C. Raval
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Roxy G. Gaoiran
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Lourdes B. Arucan Juanito V. Labao
Imelda Fatima G. Hernaez

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 What I Need to Know

What this module is about?

This module is a SELF-PACED learning material for you to continue your

studies in the comfort and safety of your home.
This module presents knowledge about the connection of the social science
disciplines with their historical and social foundations. It contains an interesting
discussion that will guide you in understanding these concepts. Activities are found in
every lesson to test your understanding and to help you retain better what you have
learned.

Most Essential Learning Competency:

Explain the major events and their contribution that led to the emergence of
the social science disciplines.

What you are expected to learn?

After going through the module, you are expected to:

✓ understand how each discipline’s historical foundation and its emergence or
discovery is important to the current society;
✓ compare and contrast the social science disciplines; and
✓ demonstrate an understanding of the role of social science disciplines in the
real world.

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 What I Know

Pre-test: Mulitple Choice

Directions: Read and analyze the items carefully. Select the letter that best
describes the answer. Write your answer before the number of each item.

1) Economics is derived from the Greek word ___________ meaning “household

management”.
A. “oikonomia” D. “logos”
B. “psyche” E. Both A and D
C. “graphe”

2) What is the oldest legal and administrative code that survived in its entirety?
A. Napoleonic Code C. Code of Hammurabi
B. German Civil Code D. All of the above

3) It is the exploration and study of human diversity around the world. It gathers and
analyzes data on cross-cultural and inter-societal differences in social institutions,
cultural beliefs and practices, and communication styles.
A. History C. Sociology
B. Geography D. Anthropology

4) It talks about the situations and experiences of humans in the past and how it
affected them in their present condition.
A. History C. Sociology
B. Linguistics D. Psychology

5) It focuses more on the study of the human mind and how it affects human
behavior.
A. Economics
B. Psychology
C. Political Science
D. Anthropology

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6) Which of the following best define sociology?
A. It is engaged in the study of phenomena relating to human groups and their
socio-physical environment.
B. It gathers and analyzes data on cross-cultural and inter-societal differences in
social institutions, cultural beliefs and practices, and communication styles.
C. It seeks to understand the structure of a society and how it works.
D. It is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

7) The following are disciplines of Social Science except for __________.

A. Linguistics D. Psychology
B. Geography E. All of the above
C. Epistemology

8) It is the scientific study of how humans make choices about production,

consumption, and wealth.
A. Economics C. Political Science
B. Psychology D. Linguistics

9) It includes studies on governments, public policies, political processes, systems,

and political behavior.
A. Geography C. Psychology
B. Political Science D. Anthropology

10) The term social science implies two important contexts:

A. It involves a scientific process.
B. It is engaged in the study of phenomena relating to human groups and their
socio-physical environment
C. It seeks information about the social space.
D. Both A and C
E. Both B and C

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Lesson Social Science Disciplines: Anthropology, Geography,
1 History, Linguistics

What is It

Introduction

The roots of some of the important concepts and purposes of Social Sciences
go completely back to ancient Greece. The contributions of ancient Greece in the area
of social thought are still noticeable even up to these days. We have Social Sciences
today because of the Greeks’ willpower to understand everything in the essence of
rational inquiry. Without this determination, the Renaissance and the Enlightenment,
two historical periods where some of the major evolutionary ideas emerged, would not
have served their respective purposes in the course of our civilization, especially the
Enlightenment (17th-18th century) where the study of society started to become
somewhat scientific.
Social Science is engaged in the study of phenomena relating to human groups
and their socio-physical environment. The term social science implies two important
contexts: (1) it involves scientific process and (2) it seeks information about the social
space. As such, social science and the disciplines within its practice involve a scientific
and methodological study of humans and society.

Social Science Disciplines:

⚫ Anthropology
⚫ Geography
⚫ History
⚫ Linguistics
⚫ Economics
⚫ Political Science
⚫ Psychology
⚫ Sociology

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Anthropology
From the two Greek
words “Anthropos” which
means “man or human being”
and “logos” which means “to
study”. Anthropology is the
exploration and study of
human diversity around the
world. It gathers and analyzes
data on cross-cultural and
inter-societal differences in
social institutions, cultural
beliefs and practices, and
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Anthropologists ask basic questions such as When, where, and how did
humans evolve? How do people adapt to their new environments? How did societies
develop and change from the ancient past to the present? Answers to these questions
can help us understand what it means to be human. They can also help us learn ways
to meet the present-day needs of people all over the world and plan how we might live
in the future.
Fields of Anthropology:
⚫ Cultural Anthropology
⚫ Linguistic Anthropology
⚫ Archaeology
⚫ Physical Anthropology

Geography
From the two Greek
words geo which means the
“earth” and graphe which
means “to write” or “to draw”.
It is the description and
explanation of the world’s
landscapes and a scientific
description of inhabited
landscapes and their
description over the globe.
Geography describes the
physical features of the earth
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and how men make adjustments to its environment.
Branches of Geography:
⚫ Physical Geography
⚫ Human Geography

History
It is the systematic
inquiry of man’s recorded past
to establish causal
relationships, validate historical
facts, and reconstruct
chronological events. History
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Linguistics is the
scientific study of language. It
encompasses the description of
a language, the study of their
origin, the analysis of how
children acquire knowledge,
and how people learn
languages other than their own.
Across cultures, the early
history of linguistics is
associated with a need to
disambiguate discourse,
especially for ritual texts or in
arguments. This often led to explorations of sound-meaning mappings, and the debate
over conventional versus naturalistic origins for these symbols. Finally, this led to the
processes by which larger structures are formed from units. Various sub-areas of
linguistics: evolutionary linguistics, historical linguistics, socio-linguistics, and many
more.

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 What’s More

Activity 1: My Takeaways
Direction: Write five (5) of your key takeaways from the lesson.

1) ____________________________________________________________

2) ____________________________________________________________

3) ____________________________________________________________

4) ____________________________________________________________

5) ____________________________________________________________

LESSON 2

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Lesson Social Science Disciplines:
Economics, Political Science,
2 Psychology, Sociology

What is It

Economics
The Greek word “oikonomia”
meaning “household management”.
Economics is a study that focuses
on how society or human beings will
allocate limited resources to satisfy
their unlimited wants and needs. It is
the scientific study of how humans
make choices about production,
consumption, and wealth. This
becomes very important when we
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the social science of striking a
balance between needs and available resources.
It has two branches the microeconomics and macroeconomics.
Microeconomics refers to the individual components such as household and firm. It
focuses more on specific elements of the economy. Macroeconomics refers to the
aggregate behavior in the economy such as employment, national income, and
inflation. It talks about the totality of the different elements of the economy.

Political Science
The systematic study of
politics dates back to ancient
times. The oldest legal and
administrative code that survived
in its entirety is the Code of
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a Babylonian king who ruled from 1792 to 1750 BC, described the laws in his code as
enabling “stable government and good rule”. Hammurabi’s justification indicates that
the reasoning behind the code was political as well as legal.
Political Science is a social science concerned with the theory and practice of
politics and the analysis of political systems and political behavior. It tells us how the
government is elected. Political scientists study the relationship between political
events and conditions. They try to understand general principles about the way the
world of politics works. It includes studies on governments, public policies, political
processes, systems, and political behavior.

Psychology
From about 600 to 300
B.C., Greek philosophers
inquired about a wide range of
psychological topics. They were
especially interested in the
nature of knowledge and how
human beings come to know the
world. From the two Greek
words “psyche” which means
soul or mind and “logos” which
means to study, literally, means
the study of the soul or mind.
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branches such as general psychology, clinical psychology, abnormal psychology, etc.

Sociology
Sociology, as a scholarly
discipline, emerged primarily out of
Enlightenment thought as a positivist
science of study, shortly after the
French Revolution.
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the study of human behavior in a
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on the study of human groups. Sociology comes from the Latin word ‘sociologie’. It
literally means the study of companion. Sociology seeks to understand the structure
of a society and how it works. It also seeks to define and understand the different
factors that have shaped our society. This includes race, class, gender, culture,
religion, belief systems, and government. Sociology also studies the way individual
and group behaviors impact the running of our society.

What’s More

Activity 2: My Takeaways
Direction: Write five (5) of your key takeaways from the lesson.

1) ____________________________________________________________

2) ____________________________________________________________

3) ____________________________________________________________

4) ____________________________________________________________

5) ____________________________________________________________

Processing Question:

How do you think studying Social Science and its disciplines will help you
understand better the society around you? Explain with at least two (2) reasons.

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 What I can do

Activity 3: Written Work (Creative Constructed Response Test Item)

Learning Competency: Compare and contrast the social science disciplines

The historical context of the emergence of anthropology, geography, history,
linguistics, economics, political science, psychology, and sociology play a vital role in
our society in the present and future generation. It connects our present from our past
and tells who we are and what we are in society. Compare and contrast the social
science disciplines according to their definition, fields, branches, and their importance
to society.
DISCIPLINES DEFINITION FIELDS/BRANCHES IMPORTANCE

Anthropology

Geography

History

Linguistics

Economics

Political Science

Psychology

Sociology

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Rubrics for the Written Work:
RATING DESCRIPTION
The student shows a very creative understanding of and was able to
4
explain clearly each discipline clearly.
The student shows a complete understanding and was able to compare
3
each discipline.
The student made trivial mistakes, shows understanding of and was
2
able to compare each discipline.
The student does not show understanding, answers are not correct,
1
and is not able to compare each discipline.

Assessment

Post-test: Multiple Choice

Direction: Read and analyze the items carefully. Select the letter that best
describes the answer. Write your answer before the number of each item.

1) Economics is derived from the Greek word ___________ meaning “household

management”.
A. “oikonomia” D. “logos”
B. “psyche” E. Both A and D
C. “graphe”

2) It is the exploration and study of human diversity around the world. It gathers and
analyzes data on cross-cultural and inter-societal differences in social institutions,
cultural beliefs and practices, and communication styles.
A. History C. Sociology
B. Geography D. Anthropology

3) What is the oldest legal and administrative code that survived in its entirety?
A. Napoleonic Code C. Code of Hammurabi
B. German Civil Code D. All of the above

4) It focuses more on the study of the human mind and how it affects human behavior.

A. Economics B. Psychology
C. Political Science D. Anthropology

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5) Which of the following best define sociology?
A. It is engaged in the study of phenomena relating to human groups and their
socio-physical environment.
B. It gathers and analyzes data on cross-cultural and inter-societal differences in
social institutions, cultural beliefs and practices, and communication styles.
C. It seeks to understand the structure of a society and how it works.
D. It is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

6) The following are disciplines of Social Science except for _______________.

A. Linguistics D. Psychology
B. Geography E. All of the above
C. Epistemology

7) It talks about the situations and experiences of humans in the past and how they
affected them in their present condition.
A. History
B. Linguistics
C. Sociology
D. Psychology

8) It is the scientific study of how humans make choices about production,

consumption, and wealth.
A. Economics C. Political Science
B. Psychology D. Linguistics

9) It includes studies on governments, public policies, political processes, systems,

and political behavior.
A. Geography C. Psychology
B. Political Science D. Anthropology

10) The term social science implies two important contexts:

A. It involves a scientific process.
B. It is engaged in the study of phenomena relating to human groups and their
socio-physical environment
C. It seeks information about the social space.
D. Both A and C
E. Both B and C

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Answer Key

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References

https://sirdenzmodules.blogspot.com/2019/07/diss-discipline-and-ideas-in-social.html
https://www.slideshare.net/aybipolidario/emergence-of-the-social-sciences
http://stevenmesaros.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Intro-to-Social-Science.pdf

https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Social_sciences

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_linguistics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sociology

https://www.britannica.com/topic/political-science/Historical-development

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-psychology/chapter/introduction-to-the-
field-of-psychology/

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