Process Questions

a. What do you think are the

disciplines of Social Sciences
depicted in the picture?
b. What Social Sciences subjects
have you already
encountered/ studied?
c. Do you love Social Studies?
Social Science? Why
 KEY CONCEPTS:
1. Domain. A sphere of knowledge,
influence, or activity
2. Discipline. A particular branch of
learning or body of knowledge, such as
physics,
sociology and history
3. Empiricism. The view that all
rationally acceptable beliefs or
propositions are
justifiable or knowable only through
experience
 KEY CONCEPTS:
4. Norm. A standard pattern, especially
of social behavior, that is typical or
expected from a group
5. Society. It came from the Latin word
societas that was derived from the noun
socious meaning comrade, friend, or
ally; group of people who occupy a
particular territory and speak a common
language not generally understood by
neighboring peoples
 KEY CONCEPTS:
6. Science. It came from the Latin word
scientia meaning knowledge; a body of
knowledge organized in a logical
manner and the method by which that
knowledge is
obtained
 What is social science?
The social science are the fields of
scientific knowledge that
study social groups and more generally
human society.

Each disciplines of social science

represents specific facets of
human behavior in various
environment. The major disciplines
are as follows:
 Anthropology

Anthropology is the study of all human

aspects of human life and culture. It
examines such topics as how people live,
what they think, what they produce,
And how they interact with their
environment. Anthropologists generally
Specialize in one of four fields: cultural
anthropology, linguistic anthropology,
archaeology and physical anthropology.
 ECONOMICS
Economics is a science which
study the human behavior as the
relationship between ends and
scares, which means have alternative
uses. There are two branches of
economics such as micro economics
and macro economics.
 GEOGRAPHY
Geography is the science that deals with the
distribution and arrangement of all
elements of the earths surface. Geography
may be divided into two fundamental
branches: systematic and regional geography.
Systematic geography is concerned
With individual physical and cultural
elements of the earth. Regional geography is
concerned with various areas of the earth,
particularly the unique combinations of
physical and cultural features that
characterize each region and distinguish one
HISTORY
History is the study of past event. It is a
social science in the sense that it is a
Systematic attempt to learn about and
verify past events and to relate them to
one another and to the present. The
subject matter of history is everything
that has already happened. The study of
history involves identifying,
arranging, and patterning.
 POLITICAL
SCIENCE
Political science is the study of
government, its structure and
the activity associated with it.
It is a body of knowledge
about the state in its various
manifestations; politics refers
to the actual operations of a
political system.
 PSYCHOLOGY

Psychology is the scientific study of

behavior and the mind. It is a social
science because humans are social
creatures. Social psychology is the
study of the
individuals behavior as it influences
and is influenced by the behavior of
Others.
 SOCIOLOGY

The origin of the word ‘sociology ‘ is

from the Latin word ‘socius’ and the
Greek ‘ology’, indicate its nature as a
hybrid discipline that can never
aspire to the status of a social science
or a current body of knowledge. It is
the systematic study of relationship
among people.
DEMOGRAPHY

Demography is the
interdisciplinary study of
human populations. It deals
with the social characteristics of
the population and their
development through time.
- Importance of Research in Social
Sciences
Guide Questions:
1.What is Social Science?
2. Why does Social Science is different
from Natural Science
and Humanities?
3. What is scientific method? research?
4. What are the steps in scientific method?
stages of the
research process?
5. Is there any difference between the
steps of scientific
method and stages of research?