Diss Lesson 2
Diss Lesson 2
SCIENCES
AT THE END OF THIS
LESSON, THE STUDENTS
ARE ABLE TO:
Identify different disciplines
branches
the in the or
social sciences.
Compare and contrast the various
social science disciplines with respect
to their key contents, areas of inquiry,
and methodologies.
Trace the foundation and
historical
social contexts
development of each led the
disciplinethat to
ANTHROPOLOGY
Anthropos -
humankind Logos -
study
ANTHROPOLOGIST
It studies the
biological evolution
ARCHAEOLOGY ANTHROPOLOGICAL
LINGUISTIC
study of thestudy of
thehuman past language
using material insocietiesor
ETHNOLOGY
study marriagecustoms,
kinship patterns, economic
systems, and
ECONO
MICS
Thestudy of efficient
allocationof scarce
resourcesinorder to
satisfy unlimited
human needsand
ECONO
MICS
Oikos-home
nomos-
management
Economicsresourcestha
t canbeused toproduce
FACTORSOFPROD
UCTION
Land
Labor
Capital
Entrepreneursh
ECONO
o LandMICS
– anything
that
comes from natureand
which gives life and
supports to all living
creatures
total valuesthat
SCOPEOFECON
OMICS
MICROECON0
MICS
studiesthechoicesof
individualsas
GEOGRAPHY
studiestheinteractionbetweent
henatural environment and
GEOGRA
Geo-PHY
earth
Graphos -
charting/mapping
BRANCHES IN GEOGRAPHY
Physical Geography- studies
the natural features of the
earth– c limate, water,
vegetation, soil
Human Geography- studies
human population and the
impact of its
HISTORY
Auguste Comte
Founder and coined the term “sociology”
DEMOGRAPHY