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    1. The document defines social sciences as the study of society and human behavior. It encompasses the concepts, ideologies, definitions and purposes of multiple disciplines including anthropology, economics, human geography, demography, political science, psychology, and sociology. 2. The purpose of social science is to systematically study all aspects of human behavior and the human condition using methodology from the physical sciences where possible. 3. The document distinguishes social science, which studies human behavior, from natural science, which studies the physical world, and humanities, which concerns literature about human culture.

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    1. The document defines social sciences as the study of society and human behavior. It encompasses the concepts, ideologies, definitions and purposes of multiple disciplines including anthropology, economics, human geography, demography, political science, psychology, and sociology. 2. The purpose of social science is to systematically study all aspects of human behavior and the human condition using methodology from the physical sciences where possible. 3. The document distinguishes social science, which studies human behavior, from natural science, which studies the physical world, and humanities, which concerns literature about human culture.

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    DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS IN

    THE SOCIAL SCIENCES


    FATIMA RACHEL I. PERMEJO, LPT
    OLC- HUMSS
    OBJECTIVES:

    1. Define Social Sciences as the study of society; and

    2. Distinguish Social Sciences, Natural Sciences and Humanities.


    Social Science is the study of society

    and human behavior.

    Encompass only the concepts, ideologies,

    definitions and purposes of the multiple disciplines

    under it.
    BRANCHES OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

    ANTHROPOLOGY SOCIOLOGY ECONOMICS

    POLITICAL
    PSYCHOLOGY HISTORY
    SCIENCE
    1. ANTHROPOLOGY
    Study of people- past and present, with a focus on
    understanding the human condition
    2. ECONOMICS
    Address key questions about the production and
    exchange of goods and services
    3. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
    Focuses on human activities and their impact.
    4. DEMOGRAPHY
    Study of populations
    5. POLITICAL SCIENCE
    Focuses on the theory and practice of government
    and politics.
    6. PSYCHOLOGY
    Studies the human mind and try too understand how
    people experience the world through various
    emotions, ideas and conscious states.
    7. SOCIOLOGY
    Understand the way people relate to each other and
    function as a society or subgroups.
    The Purpose of a Social Science

    tostudy systematically all aspects of human


    behavior and of the human condition, using a
    methodology borrowed from the physical sciences
    wherever possible.
    SOCIAL SCIENCE VS NATURAL SCIENCE VS
    HUMANITIES

    Social
    Science
    Physical (Human
    Science Behavior)
    (Physical
    world)

    Humanities
    (literature
    concerning
    human
    culture)

    Science
    Science and Scientific Method

     Science – method of using a system of rational inquiry dependent on


    empirical facts.
     Scientific Method- procedure that has characterized natural science
    since 17th century, consisting of systematic observation, measurement ,
    experiment, formulation and testing of hypothesis.

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