Discipline and Ideas in

the Applied Social

Science
PREPARED BY: LELIBETH POBLETE
Essential Questions
• What are the similarities and differences
between social sciences and applied social
sciences?
• What is the relationship of between social
sciences and applied social science?
• In which aspects of human life can Applied
Social Sciences be of real value?
• What are the benefits and importance of
Applied Social Sciences?
When you took-up Disciplines and Ideas in Social Sciences, you learned the different disciplines under social
sciences which belong to Pure Social Sciences. Can you still remember them? Answer the following. The
jumbled words will guide you in identifying the social science discipline being described. Ready, Go and
answer.
1. Study of society, social institutions, and social relationships L O G I C O S Y O -_______________________
2. Study of human origins, societies, cultures, and races, P Y L O G H A N T H O R -__________________
3. Branch of social science that deals with the production, distribution, consumption, and management of
goods & services
M O C O N I E C S -_______________________
4. Study of the natural features of the earth’s surface, including topography, climate, soil, vegetation, etc.,
and man’s response to them G Y R E O G A H P __________________________
5. Scientific study of language G L U I T I N A C S -________________________
6. Scientific study of all forms of human and animal behavior, sometimes concerned with the methods
through which behavior can be modified S C H O O G L Y P Y -_____________________
7. Scientific study of human populations especially with reference to their size, structure, and distribution
P H O M R A G D I E C S __________________
8. Study of government of states and other political units S C E N I E C L O C L A P I L I T -
______________________
9. Discipline of recording and interpreting past events involving human beings S T I R O H
Y_____________________
Three main career tracks for applied social
scientist:
• Counselling is one of the fields of applied social sciences as an application
of the social sciences, counselling provides guidance, help, and support to
individuals who are distraught by a diverse set of problems in their lives.
Counselling can be done through the following:
o Guidance counselling o Life coaching
o Career counselling
o Personal growth counselling
• Social work practitioners help individuals, families, and groups,
communities to improve their individual and collective well-being.
• Communication Studies- Applied social science provide adequate
training for careers in the field of journalism and mass communication
because of multidisciplinary knowledge and skills that graduates learn from
social sciences.
Practice Task 1: Which words do not belong to the rest of the words inside the rectangle?
Identify those words and write them inside the circle. Write the remaining words inside the
triangle.

Economics
Counselling
Geography
Psychology
Sociology
Demography
History
Social Work
Political science
Anthropology
Communication Social Sciences Applied Social Sciences
Practice Task 2: Do you still remember your VENN DIAGRAM?
Illustrate the similarities and differences of SOCIAL SCIENCE AND
APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE.

Practice Task 3: Which among the 3 Applied Social Science Career

would you like to have? Why?
Situational Analysis: Learners will answer the situations to be presented by the facilitator
and identify if counseling is applicable in each situation. Write
Yes to Counseling
if applicable and N/A if not applicable.
1.Cases of students suffering from physical violence as a result of bullying in school.
2.Cases of students’ absenteeism
3.Choosing a career track in SHS
4.Students suicidal attempts in school
5.Cases of students with clinical depression and self-mutilation behavior
Prepare a group demonstration of a situation in which practitioners of counseling work
together to assist individuals, groups, or communities involved in difficult situations which will
be presented at the end of the week. The class will be grouped into five to perform the
following cases:(10mins)
Group 1: Separation of Parents
Group 2: Cyber Bullying
Group 3: Academics
Group 4: Broken relationship
Group 5: Self- Harm
Rubrics will be presented to the class.