DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS IN SOCIAL

SCIENCES
Q1 Week 1

Tutor Shella and Tutor M

MODULE 1
 OBJECTIVES
At the end of this session, you should be able to:

• Define social sciences as the study of society

• Distinguish social and natural sciences and humanities
• Compare and contrast the various social disciplines and
their fields, main areas inquiry, and methods
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HUMSS graduate can be:

• Teacher
• Lawyer
• Police
• Psychologist
• And others.
 PRE-ASSESSMENT

Direction: Arranged the

jumbled letters by
 

using the clues

provided.
 PRE-ASSESSMENT

1.TALRUNA
ItCESNICES
is a branch of science which deals with the
 

physical world

NATURAL
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2. TIMSEIMAHUN
It is an academic discipline that studies
 

aspects of human society and culture.

HUMANITIES
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3. ALISOC ENSICCES
It is the branch of science devoted to the study
of human societies and the relationships
 

among individuals with those societies

SOCIAL SCIENCES
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4. SOLOCHYPYG
it is a discipline of social sciences that studies
 

the brain activities and human behavior.

PSYCHOLOGY
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5. GYEPHARGO
it is a discipline of social sciences that studies
earth’s places and the relationships between
 

people and their environment.

GEOGRAPHY
 What is Social Science?
• The scientific study of human
society and social relationships
• Are group of academic
disciplines that study human
aspects of the world, in
particular those involving social
behavior and society
 What is Social Science?
Science can be described
generally as an effort to understand,
explain and make predictions about
the world using distinct methods.

-Science classified into two, natural

science and social science.
Natural Science VS. Social Science

• Natural Science
studies natural events,
whereas Social
Science studies the
human society.
Let’s know more dipper.

Humanities are academic discipline that study

aspects of human society and culture. It
expounds how human originated and how its
values and cultures emanate and evolve over
time.
Relationship of Social Science
and Humanities

It is evident as both
focuses on human
lives and culture
What are the disciplines of
social sciences?
The following are the Social Science Disciplines

1. Anthropology 6. Political Science

2. Economics 7. Psychology
3. Geography 8. Demography
4. History 9. Sociology
5. Linguistics
1.Antropology

• Is a social science that deals with the study of

humankind in all aspects: culture and development.
• It is the study of relationship between biological
traits and socially acquired characteristics.
• It is the study of human
 2. Economics

• Is the study of how individuals and societies make

decisions about ways to use scarce resources to
fulfill wants and needs.
• It seeks to understand people’s activities concerning
production, distribution and consumption of goods
and services.
3. Geography

It focuses on the distribution of the features of the

physical environment and of the people who use those
features.
It also deals with the study of natural environment and
how it influence social and cultural development
4. History

• Which means “story of man”, is a social science

in the sense that it is a systematic attempt to learn
about and verify past events and relate them to
one another and to the present.
• It study the past humanity
 5. Linguistics

• It is the scientific study of language

• It deals with the study of every aspect of language
• It enables to understand how language works, and
how it is used, developed and preserved over time.
 6. Political Science

• It can be defined as the systematic study of state and

government.
• It focuses on the theory and practice of government
and politics.
• Study of politics
 7. Psychology

• Derived from the Greek words “psyche” (soul/mind)

and “logos” (study), is the scientific study of human
behavior and the mental process that is tested through
scientific research.
• It aims to describe, explain, predict and influence
behavior.
 8. Sociology

• From the latin words “societus” (society) and the

greek word “logos” (study) or the study of society,
was coined by August Comte who is known as the
father of Sociology.
• Behavior is influenced by people’s social, political,
occupational and intellectual groupings.
 9. Demography

• Is the branch of social science which deals with the

size, structure, and distribution of population, along
with the spatial and temporal changes in them in
response to birth, migration, ageing and death.
 Disciplines of Social Sciences

• The nine disciplines of social sciences are

interconnected in explaining the act and behavior of
the society.
• The study of social science is important because its
learning helps us gain knowledge of the society we
live in.
• The process/methods of solving the problems in
society are the 9 disciplines of social sciences.
Final Assessment.
(True or False)

Direction: Write T if the statement is correct and F if

the statement is incorrect.
Final Assessment.
(True or False)

_____1. The scientific study of human society and

social relationships is social science
Final Assessment.
(True or False)

_____2. Natural Science studies the human society.

Final Assessment.
(True or False)

_____3. Disciplines of social sciences discussed were

only ten (10).
Final Assessment.
(True or False)

_____4. Sociology comes from the latin words

“societus” (society) and the greek word “logos” (study).
Final Assessment.
(True or False)

_____5. Social science and humanities is both focuses

on human lives and culture
WRAP-UP

“Blessed are those who see beautiful

things in humble places where other
people see nothing”.
- Camille
Pissarro
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