Introducing the disciplines within

Social Sciences Anthropology,

Economics, and Geography

Ms. Yaelee sotto

 SOCIAL SCIENCES are group of academic disciplines dedicated
to examine the society. This branch of science studies how people
interact with each other, behave, develop as a culture, and influence
the world.
ANTHROPOLOG
Y ECONOMICS GEOGRAPHY
Anthropology
came from the Greek word “Anthropos”

“human” or “person”
Anthropology

PHYSICAL
Physical anthropology, which deals with the human physical
ANTHROPOLOGY
Form from the past to the present.
Anthropology

CULTURAL Cultural anthropology (also known as social

ANTHROPOLOGY Anthropology), which studies human culture in all its aspects.
Economics
came from the Greek word “oikos”

Seek to analyze and describe the production, distribution, and consumption of wealth.
Economics

MACROECONOMI Where the unit of analysis is the individual agent,

CS Such as a household or firm.

MICROECONOMIC
S Where the unit of analysis is an economy as a whole.
 Geography
“the world discipline”
“the bridge between the human and physical sciences
Geography

PHYSICAL
Physical geography examines phenomena related to the
GEOGRAPHY
Natural environment: climate, oceans, soils, and the measurement
Of earth.

HUMAN Focuses largely on the build environment and how space

GEOGRAPHY Is created, viewed, and managed by humans as well
As the influence humans have on the space they occupy
Through fields as cultural geography.