RELATIONSHIPS AND

DIFFERENCES OF SOCIAL
SCIENCES AND APPLIED
SOCIAL SCIENCES
WEEK 1
SOCIAL
SCIENCES
Are disciplines concerned with the systematic study of social
phenomena.
The Study of human society; that particular area of study that relates
to human behavior and society.
It is branch of science that deals with institutions, the functioning of
human society and the interpersonal relationships of individuals as
members of society.
Deals with a particular phase or aspect of human society such as
socio-cultural aspects of human behavior.
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SCIENCES
It is an integrated science cutting across and
transcending various social science disciplines in
addressing a wide range of various issues in a
contemporary, innovative, and dynamic way.

The focus is less fixed and allows for specialisms in

ither areas to provide perspectives.
 RELATIONSHIPS

SOCIAL SCIENCES APPLIED SOCIAL

SCEINCES
More specific and Focus on distinct issue
focused on a distinct but use insights arising
facet of a social from various social
phenomenon. science disciplines.
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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.
2. They cause social sciences to do things rather that just remain a
source of factual knowledge with little or no utility at all.
3. They generate practical solutions to complex social problems.
4. The provision of knowledge by social science becomes the moral
basis for applied science to address the issues or problems of society.