DISCIPLINE & IDEAS IN

THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

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 DEFINING SOCIAL SCIENCES AS
THE STUDY OF SOCIETY
• The scientific study of organized human groups is
a relatively recent development, but a vast amount
of information has been accumulated concerning
the social life of human beings. This information
has been used in building a system of knowledge
called Social Sciences about the nature, growth
and functioning of human societies.
 SOCIAL SCIENCES
• Branch of science devoted to the study of societies
and the relationships among individuals within those
societies. “Social sciences as those mental or cultural
sciences which deal with the activities of the
individual as member of the group. The term social
sciences thus embrace all those subjects which deal
with the relationship of man to the society.
 NATURAL SCIENCES
•A major branch of science that deals
with the description, prediction and
understanding of natural phenomena,
basically based on observational and
empirical evidence.
 •It studies life in all its
LIFE SCIENCE /
BIOLOGICAL forms, past and
SCIENCE present. This includes
plants, animals, viruses
and bacteria, single-
celled organisms, and
even cells.
 •This is the systematic
PHYSICAL study of the inorganic
SCIENCE world, as distinct
from the study of the
organic world, which
is the province of
biological science.
 •The science in which
PHYSICS matter and energy are
studied both
separately and in
combination with one
another.
 EARTH •The study of the
SCIENCE Earth and its
neighbors in space. It
is an exciting science
with many interesting
and practical
applications.
 HUMANITIES
•refers to the study of the ways in which the
human experience is processed and
documented.
•encompasses the field of philosophy,
literature, religion, art, music, history and
language.
 SOCIAL SCIENCES AND
NATURAL SCIENCES
Things in Common
•both sciences employ the scientific model in order to
gain information.
•both sciences use empirical and measured data
evidence that can be seen and discerned by the senses.
•both sciences’ theories can be tested to yield
theoretical statements and general positions.
 DIFFERENCES OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND
NATURAL SCIENCES
Social Science Natural Science
 Arose 300 years later  Started during the 16th and 17th century.
 Deals with subject (human being)  Deals with object.
 It is spontaneous, unpredictable and  Characterized by exactness, controlled
uncontrollable, as it deals with human variables, and predictability.
emotions and behavior.  Experimental Data
 Experiential Data  The typical method of science is doing
 Typically involves alternative methods of repetitive and conventional laboratory
observation and interaction with people experiments.
within community.  Closed System
 Open system
 SOCIAL SCIENCES AND
HUMANITIES
Things in Common
•Both the humanities and social science are
concerned with human aspects like, law,
politics, linguistics, economics, and
psychology as well as human lives and
nature.
 DIFFERENCES OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND
HUMANITIES
Social Science
 Influenced by and developed after 
the French revolution and the 
Industrial revolution.
 Social science deals with more 
scientific approach.
 Involves application of an empirical,
rational, and objective methodology
(such as the use of validity and
reliability test) to present facts.
Humanities
Emerged in the 15th century.
Humanities involved more of a
scientific approach.
Deemed to be more philosophical
and concerned with heritage and
the question of what makes us
human. It comprises the
application of an interpretative
methodology.
 FUNCTIONS OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND
HUMANITIES
Social Science Humanities
 To analyze, explain, and  To better appreciate the
possibly predict and produce meaning and purpose of the
new knowledge of factual human experience - both
information broadly in the nature of the
 To generate and produce new human condition, as well as
knowledge or factual within each individual
information
 PERFORMANCE TASK
Make two slogans about the value of self -
reliance. The first slogan should stress the
importance of self - reliance to one’s self. The
second one should emphasize the impact of
people who are self - reliant to the society. Do this
on a separate sheet of bond paper and write a
short explanation.
 RUBRIC FOR SLOGAN
         
Criteria 5 4 3 2 SCORE

  The slogan is exceptionally The slogan is exceptionally      

  attractive in terms of neatness. attractive in terms of The slogan is
It is well - constructed and not neatness. acceptably attractive
 
  messy Good construction and not though it may be a bit The slogan is
distractingl y messy
Craftsmanship messy messy

  The slogan is exceptionally The slogan is creative The slogan is creative The slogan does not  
attractive in terms of and a good amount of and some thought manifest any degree
Creativity neatness. It is thought was was put of creativity

  well - constructed put into decorating it into decorating    

and not messy it
  Showcased exceptional    
Average use of new
No use of new  
use of new ideas Good use of new ideas. Thus, did not
Originality ideas
ideas show
originality
  There are no There is 1 grammatical There are 2 There are 3 or more  
grammatical errors on error on the poster grammatica l errors grammatica l errors
Grammar the poster on the poster on
the poster
TOTAL SCORE: