DISCIPLINE AND IDEAS IN APPLIED SOCIAL

SCIENCES
Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the learners..
a. Identify the meaning of Social Sciences and Applied Social
Sciences
b. Differentiate Social Sciences from Applied Social Sciences
c. Demonstrate an understanding of Social Science and
Applied Social Sciences,
d. Appreciate the essence of Social Sciences and Applied
Social Science.
IDENTIFY DISCIPLINES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES
 AN OVERVIEW : DISCIPLINE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

The discipline of social sciences generally include;

anthropology, economics, sociology, political
science, history, criminology, psychology,
geography, and communications studies. The
goal of these disciplines is to explain human
behavior in its many cultural forms including the
past and the present, individually or in groups,
national and international geopolitical contexts,
and to empower them as democratic
participants in a rapidly changing world.
DEFINITIONS
- Applied social sciences is the application of social
science theories, concepts, methods, and findings to
problems identified in the wider society. Using this
understanding in the segmentation of social science
into distinct disciplines gives rise to the concepts of
applied social sciences that include Counseling,
Social Work, and Communication.
- Applied social science is an integrated science
cutting across and transcending various social
science disciplines in addressing a wide range of
issues in a contemporary, innovative, and dynamic
way.
DEFINITIONS OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

Social Sciences are disciplines concerned with the

systematic study of social phenomena.
is defined as the study of the human society; that
particular area of study that relates to human
behavior and society.
It is a branch of science that deals with institutions,
the functioning of human society, and with the
interpersonal relationships of individuals as
members of society.
 RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND APPLIED SOCIAL
SCIENCES

- Social sciences are more specific and focused on

a distinct facet (angle, or aspect) of a social
phenomenon while applied social science
attempts to focus on a distinct issue but use
insights arising from various social science
disciplines. While social science may explore
broadly their distinct disciplines, some of their
input may easily become applied while others may
remain theoretical. When social science theories,
concepts, methods, and findings gain application
to problems identified in the wider society, then
applied social science is achieved.
 FUNCTIONS AND EFFECTS OF APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES
 They generate knowledge in an organic way for evidences-based
actions and solutions to social problems and issues. They provide
learning feedback by simultaneously engaging the expert and the
stakeholders that form a social world.
 They cause social sciences to do things rather than just remain a
source of factual knowledge with little or no utility at all.
 They generate practical solutions to complex social problems.
 The provision of knowledge by social science becomes the moral basis
for applied science to address the issue or problems of society.
 Communication provides accessibility to information and thereby
serves the rights of an individual and the public to be informed and to
be heard by their elders and communities.
 Counselling provides healing, courage, and strength for an individual to
face his/her issues and take up the best possible options in moments of
life crises.
 The social work promotes social change, problem solving in human
relationships, and the empowerment and liberation of people to
enhance their holistic well-being.
ACTIVITY
1. CITE DIFFERENCES OF APPLIED SOCIAL
SCIENCES
2. EXPLAIN THE RELATIONSHIPS OF APPLIED
SOCIAL SCIENCES.
3. GIVE EXAMPLE/ROLE PLAY THE EXAMPLE OF
SOCIAL SCIENCE AND APPLIED SOCIAL
SCIENCES.
 PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND
APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE PRACTITIONERS
In post-democratic era, social sciences are the myths
of our time and applied science practitioners have
become the mythmakers. This perceptions is
generally based on facts such as how, through
media communications and research , social
sciences create phenomena that result to an
emergence of the sense of new ways of describing
and acting that have ended up producing all sort of
effects including such political renewals as Arab
spring, EDSA, Green Revolution, and so forth.
 MATCH COLUMN A TO COLUMN B
COLUMN A - Disciplines COLUMN B - Definitions
- Is the systematic study of state and govt. Geography
- It is the systematic inquiry of man’s
recorded past Political Science
- The study of locations and distributions of Economics
phenomena
- It’s a study how man could best allocate and
utilize the scarce resources of society to History
satisfy his unlimited want
- Is the scientific study of man or human Demography
being
- It deals with how people behave and interact
with one another as a member of a particular Anthropology
social group.
- It deals with population as a unit of analysis Sociology
- studies the nature of language through an
examination of the formal properties of
natural language, grammar, and the Psychology
process of language acquisition.
- It is the scientific study of behavior and Linguistics
mental processes