for Learners

Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences

(DISS)
First Semester/First Quarter
Week 1 Day 1-4
Objectives:
 Develop comprehensive understanding of the nature
of Social Science, Natural Science and Humanities
 Identify the different Disciplines of Social Science.
 Explain the different disciplines of social science.
Written by:
REA JOY B. PARCO
Francisco Ramos National High School

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I. Mini Lesson, DAY 1

Natural sciences
Natural sciences are defined as disciplines that deal only with
natural events using scientific methods. These disciplines always
exclude non–natural events from their considerations.
Historically, the natural sciences arose out of mystical
origins. Early investigators focused on various facets of “nature”
and, in doing so, developed what came to be known as scientific
methods. The phrase natural science initially referred to the
various subject matters to which such attentions were being
directed.

The historical element as distinguished from the mainly

empirical approaches of the natural sciences, yet, unlike the
sciences, it has no central discipline. The humanities include the
study of ancient and modern languages, literature, philosophy,
history, archaeology, anthropology, human geography, law,
politics, religion, and art.

Humanities

Humanities are academic disciplines that

study the aspects of human society and culture. In
the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity
and referred to what is now called classics, the
main area of secular study in universities at the
time.

The humanities use methods that are

primarily critical, or speculative, and have a
significant historical element as distinguished from
the mainly empirical approaches of the natural
sciences, yet, unlike the sciences, it has no central
discipline. The humanities include the study of
ancient and modern languages, literature,
philosophy, history, archaeology, anthropology,
human geography, law, politics, religion, and art.

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Scholars in the humanities are "humanity scholars" or humanists.
The term "humanist" also describes the philosophical position of
humanism, which some "anti-humanist" scholars in the
humanities reject. The Renaissance scholars and artists were
also called humanists. Some secondary schools offer humanities
classes usually consisting of literature, global studies and art.

Humanities is concerned with the study

of human society and culture. It is very
important for us individuals to know this
because we will be dealing with
everyone in the society and in our
community. Through this, we will know
our differences specially in our culture
and where we came from. We need to
respect our differences to achieve
peace and harmony. That is part of
humanities and it is very important.

Social Science is a discipline concerned with the systematic

study of social phenomena. Basically, the term “social science” is
defined as the study of human society; that particular area of
study that relates to human behavior and society. In a broader
sense, it is a branch of science that deals with the institutions,
the functioning of human society, and with the interpersonal
relationships of dealing with a particular phase or aspect of
human society as socio-cultural aspects of human behavior.

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History of Social Sciences
The origins of social sciences can be traced back to the
ancient Greeks. The lives they led, and their early studies
into human nature, the state, and mortality, helped to shape
Western civilization.

The beginning of the social sciences in the 18th

century is reflected in the grand encyclopedia of
Diderot, with articles from Jean-Jacques
Rousseau and other pioneers. The growth of the
social sciences is also reflected in other
specialized encyclopedias. The modern period
saw "social science" first used as a distinct
conceptual field. Social science was influenced
by positivism, focusing on knowledge based on
actual positive sense experience and avoiding
the negative; metaphysical speculation was
avoided. Auguste Comte used the term "science
sociale" to describe the field, taken from the
ideas of Charles Fourier; Comte also referred to
the field as social physics. Social science as an
academic field of study developed out of the
Age of Enlightenment (or the Age of Reason),
which flourished through much of the 18th
century in Europe.

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These are the intellectuals who laid the foundations
for the study of social sciences in the Western
World.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Denis Diderot

Adam Smith Immanuel Kant

Voltaire David Hume

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 There are 11 social science
disciplines, these are the following:
1. Anthropology
2. Communication Studies
3. Economics
4. Education
5. Geography
6. History
7. Law
8. Linguistics
9. Political Science
10. Psychology
11. Sociology

The first discipline of Social Science is Anthropology.

Anthropology is the holistic "science of man", a science of the

totality of human existence. The discipline deals with the
integration of different aspects of the social sciences, human
picture shown below is an example of Anthropology. This
picture is showing us the changes that the human body has
undergo as time passes and as well as their behavior. Through
time, our body evolved and as well as our mental capabilities.

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There are two kinds of Anthropology.
1. Physical Anthropology
2. Cultural Anthropology

The second discipline of Social Science is

Communication Studies. Communication studies deals
with processes of human communication, commonly
defined as the sharing of symbols to create meaning.
Communication studies also examines how messages
are interpreted through the political, cultural, economic,
and social dimensions of their contexts.

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The third discipline is Economics.
Economics is a social science that seeks to
analyze and describe the production,
distribution, and consumption of wealth. The
word "economics" is from the Ancient Greek
οἶκος oikos, "family, household, estate", and
νόμος nomos, "custom, law", and hence
means "household management" or
"management of the state".

Economics has two broad branches:

1. Microeconomics - where the unit of analysis is

the individual agent, such as a household or firm.

2. Macroeconomics - where the unit of analysis

is an economy as a whole.

Based on the picture, it simply tells us that Macro

Economics is the consumption, distribution and
production of resources with in a nation, or country while
Micro Economics is the consumption, distribution and
production of resources within a household or a company.

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The fourth Social Science discipline is Education.
Education encompasses teaching and learning specific skills, and
also something less tangible but more profound. It is the imparting
of knowledge, positive judgement and well-developed wisdom.
Education has as one of its fundamental aspects the imparting of
culture from generation to generation. To educate means 'to draw
out', from the Latin educare, or to facilitate the realization of an
individual's potential and talents.

The fifth Social science discipline is

Geography.

Geography as a discipline can be split

broadly into two main sub fields:
1.Human geography – deals with how
human activity affects or is influenced by
earth’s surface.
2.Physical geography- examines phenomena
related to the measurement of earth.
The former focuses largely on the built
environment and how space is created,
viewed and managed by humans as well as
the influence humans have on the space
they occupy.

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The sixth social science discipline is History.
History is the continuous, systematic narrative and research
into past human events as interpreted through
historiographical paradigms or theories.

History has a base in both the social sciences and the

humanities. The historical method comprises the techniques
and guidelines by which historians use primary sources and
other evidence to research and then to write history.

The Social Science History

Association, formed in 1976,
brings together scholars from
numerous disciplines interested in
social history.
In Philippine History. The
Philippines were claimed in the
name of Spain in 1521 by
Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese
explorer sailing for Spain, who
named the islands after King Philip
II of Spain. They were then called
Las Felipinas.

The seventh discipline of Social Science is Law.

The social science of law, jurisprudence, in common
parlance, means a rule that (unlike a rule of ethics) is
capable of enforcement through institutions. However, many
laws are based on norms accepted by a community and
thus have an ethical foundation.

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 The 8th discipline of social science is
Linguistics. Linguistics investigates the
cognitive and social aspects of human
language.

The field is divided into areas that focus

on aspects of the linguistic signal:

1. Syntax (the study of the rules that

govern the structure of sentences)

2. Semantics (the study of meaning),

morphology (the study of the structure of
words)

3. Phonetics (the study of speech

sounds)

4. Phonology (the study of the abstract

sound system of a particular language).

The 9th Social Science is Political Science. Political

science is an academic and research discipline that deals
with the theory and practice of politics and the description
and analysis of political systems and political behavior.
Political science also studies power in international
relations and the theory of great powers and superpowers.

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The 10th discipline of social science is Psychology.
Psychology is an academic and applied field
involving the study of behaviour and mental
processes. Psychology also refers to the application
of such knowledge to various spheres of human
activity, including problems of individuals' daily lives
and the treatment of mental illness.

The 11th discipline of social science is

Sociology.
Sociology is the systematic study of society,
individuals' relationship to their societies, the
consequences of difference, and other aspects
of human social action.[31] The meaning of the
word comes from the suffix "-logy", which means
"study of", derived from Ancient Greek, and the
stem "soci-", which is from the Latin word
socius, meaning "companion", or society in
general.
Auguste Comte (1798–1857) regarded as the
"Father of Sociology" coined the term,
Sociology, as a way to apply natural science
principles and techniques to the social world in
1838.

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 II. Guided Practice Activity, DAY 2

Activity #1: Take a shot!

Directions: Identify the following sentences on the circles and categorize
them where they belong by connecting a line to the big Basket namely
Natural Sciences and Humanities.

Academic Use methods

disciplines that that are
study aspects primarily critical
of human or speculative.
society and
culture. Deals with
natural
events.

These Includes the

disciplines study of
always ancient and
exclude non- modern
natural events languages.
Arose out of
mystical
origins in
western
civilization

Natural
Humanities
Sciences

Guide Question:
1. How would you say that the following are belong to the Natural
Sciences?

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2. How would you say that the following belong to the Humanities?
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Activity #2: Identification.
Directions: Write the names below the pictures of the influential
person behind Social Science.

1.

2.

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4.

5.

Activity #3: Choose & Fill!

Directions: Write only the letter of what is referred to in each
of the following. Choose the correct answer from the box.

a. Cultural Anthropology b. Communication Studies c. Economics

d. Macroeconomics e. Microeconomics f. Education

g. History h. Physical Anthropology i. Anthropology

j. Physical Geography

________1. A science of the totality of human existence.

________2. Theory of evolution, Origin of Humans Primatology,
Evolutionary Timeline, Genetic Inheritance, Physical Adaptations.
________3. Definition of Aspects, Culture, Race as a Social Construct
Race and Adaptation, Participation/Observation

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________4. Deals with processes of human communication
________5 Seeks to analyze and describe the production, distribution,
and consumption of wealth.
________6. The unit of analysis is the individual agent
________7. The unit of analysis is an economy as a whole
________8. imparting of knowledge, positive judgement and well-
developed wisdom.
________9. Examines phenomena related to the measurement of earth.
________10. The continuous, systematic narrative and research into
past human events as interpreted through historiographical paradigms or
theories.
Activity # 4: Word Search
Directions: The puzzle below contains the different words that
are related to our topic. Look for the word given in the box and
encircle the words.
BEHAVIOUR POLITICS LANGUAGE LAW SOCIETY

H A T C H A I N L O C K D C B N
B E H A V I O U R H J K L M N E
Z S R S C E U O I A E Q Q U O W
A G I E S C G K B L P C K E D L
R T F A G L A N G U A G E D C Y
D D F H O U S E K E E P I N G C
O L E R G B L U L G Q G E U J H
U A R P E T Y A A T E K U L I E
S N F Y A S C S T W E K I E S C
G Y V H D R S C L I D M O M M K
O T B P U O T I D A O I L Y S E
O E E N C L R T L E S N A R E D
D I N M K L E I R L S T W U N I
S C H O U S E L S E L O A E S N
E O Y O R S D O E R T U W O P K
D S H K R O C P V B N M K J H G
K V A C A N T R F F V C Y U O D

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DAY 3

Activity # 5: Fill it!

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct answer.
1. _________________are defined as disciplines that deal only
with natural events using scientific methods.

2. The phrase natural science initially referred to the various

_____________ to which such attentions were being directed.

3. ___________________ are academic disciplines that study

aspects of human society and culture.

4. The term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now

called _________________, the main area of secular study in
universities at the time.

5. Scholars in the humanities are called _________________ or

humanists.

Guide Question:
1. How does studying natural science affect your life as a student?
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2. How do humanities help you imagine the future?
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Activity # 6: Web graphic organizer
Directions: Fill in the circles with the correct definition
of Social Science.

SOCIAL
SCIENCE

Activity # 7: Identification

Directions: Complete the following statement by arranging the

jumbled letters. Write your answer on the space provided
after the statement.
IRBTH 1. The education of an individual human begins
at_______________.
5121 2. Philippines was claimed in the name of Spain
in __________.
OCENOCISM 3. The word "_______________" is from the
Ancient Greek οἶκος oikos.
OT RAWD OTU 4. To educate means ______________.
RHOYPGEGA 5. _________ bridges some gaps between the
natural sciences and social sciences.

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Activity # 8: Bubble graphic Organizer

Directions: Fill up the circles by writing the 11 disciplines of social

sciences.

11 Disciplines of
Social Science

Processing Question:

1. Among the 11 Social Science Disciplines, which do you think you

can relate the most? Why?

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 Day 4

ACTIVITY 10: REFLECTION

Answer the following questions. Relate it in the real life

situations. Write your answers on the space provided.
Rubric can be found in page 20

1. How important studying social science in your daily life? Explain

your answer.
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2. What is the importance of studying each discipline of social

science? Explain your answer.
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IV- EVALUATION ACTIVITY SHEET

Direction: Answer the following questions and write only

the letter of the correct answer on the space provided.

_____1. When was the Social Science History Association formed?

a. 1976 b. 1966
c. 1986 d. 1956

_____2. What social discipline deals with natural events and uses
scientific methods?
a. Humanities b. Scientific Method
c. Natural Science. d. Applied Science

_____3. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

a. Applied science is defined as a discipline that deals only with
natural events using scientific method.
b. Scientific Method is defined as discipline that deals only with
natural events using scientific method.
c. Natural Science is defined as discipline that deals only with natural
events using scientific method.
d. All of the above

_____4. What is another term for Renaissance scholars and

artists?
a. Humanist
b. Philosopher
c. Ant humanist
d. Scholars

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_____5. Which of the following statement is incorrect?
a. Social science is a branch of science that deals with the
institutions, the functioning of human society.
b. The origins of social sciences can be traced back to the ancient
Hebrew.
c. Social Science is a discipline concerned with the systematic study
of social phenomena.
d. Social science as an academic field of study developed out of the
Age of Enlightenment.

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science

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