DISCIPLINES

AND IDEAS IN
APPLIED
SOCIAL
SCIENCES
• Quarter 2 –
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 FUNCTIONS OF
APPLIED
SOCIAL SCIENCES
• MARK ANTHONY
 •What I Need to Know
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The social sciences refers to

the various disciplines that
study society and examine
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how people interact and

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develop culture.
 What I Need to Know
It is a big umbrella of disciplines that include:

HISTORY
POLITICAL SCIENCE
SOCIOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY
ECONOMICS
GEOGRAPHY
DEMOGRAPHY
ANTHROPOLOGY
 •SELF DEVELOPMENT
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 SELF-DEVELOPMENT
An applied social scientist can use his/her training as
a self-development or personal development
counselor. As an applied social scientist practitioner,
he/she can be able to help resolve a range of serious
problems in people’s lives. They engage in
counseling or professional guidance of the individual
through the use of psychological methods like
collection of case history data, personal interview
and interests and aptitude tests.
 • DIFFERENT TYPES OF SELF
DEVELOPMENT
• OR PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT
COUNSELING THAT AN
APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENTIST
CAN PURSUE
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LIFE COACHES FOR PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT

Life coaching is a profession that

addresses specific personal projects,
business successes, general conditions
and transitions in a personal life,
relationships or profession.
 •CAREER COUNSELING FOR
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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
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It is needed by people who are entering

the job market, looking for career
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changes and those who want to advance

within their present careers.
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HYPNOTHERAPY

Hypnotherapy is a form of complementary

therapy that uses the power of positive
suggestions to bring about subconscious
change to one’s thoughts, feelings and
behavior.
 PERSONAL GROWTH •
COUNSELING FOR PERSONAL
• DEVELOPMENT
A personal growth counselor focuses on the
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evaluation of a client’s life, goals, and the different

aspects of our lives. This type of counseling
incorporates the techniques and approaches of life
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and career counseling into the more exploratory

work done in traditional personal counseling.

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PERSUASIO
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 PERSUASION

In careers related to communication like

mass media, advertising, and business,
persuasion is very essential. To persuade
means able to convince other people to
change their attitudes or behavior regarding
an issue through the communication of
messages in an atmosphere of free choice.
ART AND
ENTERTAINM
ENT
 ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Arts and entertainment are reflections of

a country’s culture and society. To be
able to understand and analyze the
development and new trends in the arts
and entertainment, it is important to be
knowledgeable about the people’s social
NEWS AND
INFORMATI
ON
NEWS AND INFORMATION

Applied social sciences is also important in

the field of journalism. The news and
current affairs sector emphasize the need
for a balanced, objective and truth
rendering of the political and other events
as they actually happened.
In business organizations and public
ORGANIZING,
ADVOCACY
AND
MOBILIZATION
 ORGANIZING, ADVOCACY AND
MOBILIZATION
Advocacy groups are organized to inform
and educate on public issues, and
influence people on the development of
policies. Applied social sciences is a good
background for advocacy organizing and
mobilization because this multidisciplinary
field studies politics, governance, social
EDUCATION
AND
SOCIALIZATION
EDUCATION AND SOCIALIZATION

The applied social sciences educates

the public about the realities of life
and the problems that the country
faces. Through mass media, the
applied social sciences educates
people about the different events
Social work is another professional
function of an applied social
scientist. Having been trained to
interact and understand social
realities, applied social sciences
provide good theoretical and
conceptual foundations for social
work practice.