The Social Science Disciplines

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What is Social Science?

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Sociology Study of human group What are the functions

and the interaction that of the various groups in
is happening within it society and what factors
do people in these
groups have in
common?
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Anthropology the study of What are the

physical and cultural patterns that
cultural help define these
development of societies and the
humans and their people in them?
societies
The study of the origin and the physical, social, and cultural development
and behavior of humans. This social Science deals with the origins of
wo/man by studying the development and customs of humans.
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Psychology The study of human What is going on

behavior and inside a person’s
mental/thought mind that causes
processes them to behave this
way?
The study of the mind and the ways of thought in an attempt to explain
the ways people think, act and feel. It is the science of mental process
and behavior. The emotions are studied.
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Economics Is the social science How have people

that analyses the organized the
production, distribution production and
and consumption of distribution of goods
resources, goods and and services?
services among
individuals and groups
within a society.
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Geography Is the science How society

that studies the has been
lands, features, shaped by the
inhabitants and use of the land
phenomena of
and its
earth
resources?
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Political The organizations How are people

Science people have governed?
developed to make
rules and laws for
their society.
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History the study of past What are the

events, particularly significant events
in human affairs. that happened in
the past?
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Linguistics the scientific study What is involved in

of language and its language?
structure, including
the study of
phonetics,
morphology, syntax,
and semantics.
pho·net·ics
- the study and classification of speech
sounds.
mor·phol·o·gy
- the study of the forms of words.
syn·tax
- the arrangement of words and phrases to
create well-formed sentences in a
language.
se·man·tics
- the branch of linguistics and logic
concerned with meaning
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the study of
Demography What is the
statistics such as demographic profile of
births, deaths, state?
income, or the
incidence of
disease, which
illustrate the
changing structure
of human
populations.
the composition of a
particular human
population.
Life Expectancy for Filipinos

Life expectancy is a statistical measure of

the average time an organism is expected
to live, based on the year of their birth,
their current age and other demographic
factors including sex.

Male – 65.3

Female – 72.0