Disciplines and Ideas in the

Applied Social Sciences

Mary Irene S. Lazaro
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LESSON 1
 INTRODUCTION TO THE
DISCIPLINES OF APPLIED
SOCIAL SCIENCES
 Social Science
vs
Applied Social Science
 Applied Social Sciences

- application of social science

theories, concepts, methods, and
findings to problems identified in
the wider society.
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Definition of
Social Sciences
 Social Sciences
- - Concerns with the systematic
study of social phenomena.
- - study of human society; that
particular area of study that
relates to human behavior and
society.
 Social Sciences
Anthropology Sociology
Economics Political Science
History Geography

Psychology
 Social Sciences

- - more specific
- - focused on a distinct facet
of a social phenomenon
- Social Sciences, described as
generators of knowledge about
the social world to cause
understanding. Applied Social
Sciences transcend this level
though remain essentially
providers of focus.
 Functions and Effects of
Applied Social Sciences
1. They generate knowledge in an organic
way for evidence-based actions and
solutions to social problems and issues.
They provide learning feedback by
simultaneously engaging the experts and
the stakeholders that form a social world.
 Functions and Effects of
Applied Social Sciences

2. They cause Social Sciences to do things

rather than just remain a source of factual
knowledge with little or no utility at all.
3. They generate practical solutions to
complex social problems.
 Functions and Effects of
Applied Social Sciences

4. The provision of knowledge by Social

Science becomes the moral basis for
applied social science to address the issues
or problems of society.
 Functions and Effects of
Applied Social Sciences

5. Communication provides accessibility

to information and thereby serves the
rights of an individual and the public to be
informed and to be heard by their elders
and communities.
 Functions and Effects of
Applied Social Sciences

6. Counseling provides healing,

courage, and strength for an
individual to face his/her issues and
take up the best possible option in
moments of life crises.
 Functions and Effects of
Applied Social Sciences
7. The social work promotes social
change, problem solving in human
relationships, and the empowerment and
liberation of people to enhance their
holistic well-being.
LESSON 1: ACTIVITY 1
LESSON 2
For a few moment, pause for a while….
And think of a time in your life when you felt
you were in crisis. What constituted that
crisis? Who did you approach during those
trying moments? Did seeking help relieve
you from the crisis? Share your insights.
THE DISCIPLINE
OF COUNSELING
 application of one or more
psychological theories and
recognized set of communication
skills appropriate to a client’s
intimate concerns, problems, or
aspirations
CLIENTS/CLIENTELE
• are individuals or
group in a
demoralized,
distressed, or in a
negative state of
mind about their
situation or context
COUNSELING
“the process of guiding a person
during a stage of life when
reassessments or decisions have to be
made about himself or herself and his
or her life course.”
COUNSELING
As a discipline, it is allied to
psychology and deals with normal
responses to normal life events, which
may sometimes create stress for some
people who, in turn choose to ask for
help and support.
 COUNSELORS
- exist in a wide range of areas, areas of
expertise: marriage, family, youth,
student and other life transitions
dealing with managing issues of loss and
death, retirement, divorce, parenting, and
bankruptcy.
 SCHOOL
COUNSELING

INDIVIDUAL GROUP

POSITIVE
CHANGE
Counseling

• appraisal tests and

assessments through the use
of psychological and non-
psychometric devices
- Branch of psychology
that deals with the design,
administration, and
interpretation, and
interpretation of
quantitative tests.
 - includes the peers,
the culture, the
neighborhoods, the
counselling the client,
CONTEXT OF the counselor, and the
COUNSELING contextual and the
process factors.
PEERS as context

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NEIGHBORHOOD as
context

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CULTURE as context

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FACTORS OF
COUNSELING
 Client Factors
- are everything that a client brings to
the counseling context.
 Counselor Factors
- the personality, skills, and
personal qualities of a counselor
can significantly impact the
outcomes of the counseling
relationship.
 Contextual Factors
- the context in which counseling
takes place define the outcomes.
Counselors are therefore
concerned with the environment
and atmosphere where to conduct
sessions.
 Process Factors

- The process factors constitute the

actual counseling undertaking.
 Process Factors
1. Developing trust This involves providing warmth, genuineness, and empathy.

This involves providing a clear and deep analysis of what the

2. Exploring problem areas problem is, where it comes from, its triggers, and why it may
have developed.

This involves setting and managing goal-directed

3. Helping to set goals
interventions.

4. Empowering into action This means fostering action to achieve set goals.

This means providing support and other techniques to enable

5. Helping maintain change
the client to maintain changes.

This implies that assurances are there that guarantee the

6. Agreeing when to end the helping
process is being directed by the client and toward
relationship
independence.
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LESSON 2: ACTIVITY 2.1
 This is a timeline

Mercury Venus Jupiter Saturn

Mercury is the It has a beautiful Despite being red, Saturn is a gas giant
smallest and the name, but high Mars is a very cold and it has several
closest planet temperatures planet rings
 19th century key dates

1848 1855 1876

Neptune is the fourth-largest Venus is the second planet Saturn is a gas giant and has
planet from the Sun several rings

1880 1890 1900

Despite being red, Mars is a Mercury it’s the closest Jupiter is the biggest planet
very cold place planet to the sun of them all
 Social & urban reforms

Temperance Rights
Despite being red, Mars is Venus is the second planet
a cold place from the Sun
Prison
Saturn is a gas giant and
Abolition has several rings
Child labor
Jupiter is the biggest Mercury is the closest
planet of them all planet to the Sun
 Reforming government

New government

1891 1896

Social reform Populism Modernization Progressivism

 Conclusions

Mercury Saturn
Mercury is the closest planet Saturn is a gas giant and it’s
to the Sun and the smallest composed of hydrogen and
one Venus helium

Venus has a beautiful name

and is the second planet from
the Sun
 References

● Reference 1: Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and the smallest in the Solar System
● Reference 2: Venus has a beautiful name and is the second planet from the Sun
● Reference 3: Despite being red, Mars is actually a cold place. It's full of iron oxide dust
● Reference 4: Jupiter is a gas giant and the biggest planet in the Solar System
● Reference 5: Saturn is a gas giant and is composed mostly of hydrogen and helium
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