Introduction to

Social Science
Objectives
• Define social science as the study
of society.
• Shares some learning's you have
acquired in the terms that relates
to the topic.
• Assess the different discipline in
social science.
 Drill activity!
•In your own
words/opinion what is
SOCIAL and
SCIENCE?
 Social Science
Social Science
• relating to human society • the study of the physical
and how it is organized. and natural world and
phenomena, especially by
using systematic
observation and experiment.
What is social science?
• A particular area of study that
relates to human behavior.
• The study of human society.
• "Social science" is commonly
used as an umbrella term to
refer the fields outside of the
natural sciences.
Social Problems and Social Science
The connection between social science
and social problems should be a high
priority for all of us.

Example: Poverty and Social Science

(Economics)
Meaning of Social Science,
Natural Science and
Humanities
1. Social Science
• A branch of science that deals
with institutions and functioning
of human society and with
interpersonal relationships of
individuals as a member of
society.
2. Natural Science
•A branch of science that
seeks to elucidate the rules
that govern the natural world
by using the Empirical and
Scientific method.
2. Natural Science
•Subject areas:
Physics
Chemistry
Biology
Earth Science
Astronomy
3. Humanities
•Are academic disciplines
that study the human
condition, using methods
that are primarily analytical,
critical.
3. Humanities
• Ancient and modern
Languages,
• Visual and Performing Arts
such as music
• Theatre Arts.
• Literature, History, Philosophy,
Religion.
History of Social Science
History of Social Science
• The history of the social sciences
begins in the roots of ancient
philosophy.
• In Ancient history, there was no
difference between mathematics
and the study of history, poetry or
politics.
History of Social Science
• The term "social science" may
refer either to the specific
sciences of society established
by thinkers such as Comte,
Durkheim, Marx, and Weber.
 Auguste Comte
• He was born on January 19, 1798
• A French philosopher and a founder of the
academic discipline of sociology.
• He proposed positivism
a type of economic system that the government
would control all resources and means of
production.
• Law of Three stages
1. Theological stage
2. Metaphysical stage
3. Positive stage
• He died on September 5, 1857
 Emile Durkheim
• He was born on April 15, 1858
• A French Sociologist
• He established the academic
discipline of sociology
• The Rules of Sociological Methods
• He died on November 15, 1917
 Karl Marx
• He was born May 5, 1818
• A German philosopher, economist,
historian, sociologist, political theorist,
journalist and socialist revolutionary.
• Theories about Capitalism and
Communism
• Marxism
• He died on March 14, 1883
 Max Weber
• He was born on April 21 1864
• A German sociologist, philosopher, jurist,
and political economist.
• Social Theory
• Social Research
Qualitative
Quantitative
• He died on June 14, 1920
 Important Social Science Discipline
1. Anthropology
2. Economic
3. Geography
4. History
5. Political Science
6. Psychology
7. Sociology
8. Linguistic
9. Demography
1. Anthropology
• Is the holistic "science of man," - a science
of the totality of human existence.

1. Physical Anthropology
Emphasizes the biological development of
humans over time.

2. Cultural Anthropology
Human beings by examining the culture of
Important Social Science Discipline
2. Economics
• Is the social science that analyzes the
production, distribution, and consumption of
goods and services.
Adam Smith
• Father of Modern Economics
3. Geography
• Is the science that studies the lands, features,
inhabitants,
and phenomena of Earth. As "the bridge between the
human and physical sciences.
1. Physical Geography: environment and how space
is created, viewed and managed by humans as well as
the
influence humans have on the space they occupy.
2. Human Geography: examines the natural
environment and how the climate, vegetation & life,
soil, water and landforms are produced and interact.
3. Geomatics: deals with the collection, analysis, and
interpretation of data relating to the earth's surface.
Important Social Science Discipline

4. History
• Is the study of past of human in the world.
Important Social Science Discipline
5. Political Science
• Is the study of social arrangement to maintain peace and
order within a society. State, Politics, power, Law and
ideology are components of Political science.
 Philippine Constitution
• The 1899 Malolos Constitution (1899-1901)
• The 1935 Constitution (1935-1943, 1945-
1973)
• The 1943 Constitution (1943-1945)
• The 1973 Constitution (1973-1986)
• The 1987 Constitution (1987-present)
 Important Social Science Discipline

6. Psychology
• Is the study of human soul/ mind/
behavior/ personality
and how these are effected by
individuals environment.
 Important Social Science Discipline

7. Sociology
• Is the study of human social
relationship or social system or
human group behavior. Sociology
is the systematic study of society
and human social action.
 Important Social Science Discipline

8. Linguistic
• is the interdisciplinary study of how
language influences social life.
Etymology
• the study of the origin of words and
the way in which their meanings have
changed throughout history.
 Important Social Science Discipline

9. Demography
• the study of statistics such as
births, deaths, income, or the
incidence of disease, which
illustrate the changing structure of
human populations.