The document provides an overview of social sciences, focusing on its definition, historical roots, and its distinguishing features compared to natural sciences and humanities. It emphasizes the methodical study of society, human behavior, and social phenomena, while also highlighting significant branches like sociology, political science, and anthropology. Furthermore, it discusses the philosophical underpinnings of social sciences, such as positivism, and outlines the importance of these disciplines in understanding and addressing social issues.

1. DISCIPLINES
AND IDEAS
IN THE
SOCIAL
Teacher : Anna Marie Masayon

2. Social Science
It is concerned about society.
It aims at understanding all
aspects of society as well as
finding solutions to deal with
social problems It is a broad
area of knowledge and
includes several different
disciplines under its domain.

3.  the term “Social Sciences” is defined as the
body of knowledge concerned with the
methodical study of various aspects of society,
numerous social phenomena, and the impacts
of these occurrences on people’s lives. It is
characterized as the area of study that deals
with the human behavior in its cultural and
social facets. Also, it is considered as the
branch of science that focuses on the
interpersonal relationships among people
living in a society. Over the past centuries,
Social Sciences focused on the contributing
factors or elements that molded and governed
the development of the human civilization.

4.  ELEMENTS OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
The two substantial elements of Social Sciences,
which are the society (social) and the empirical
analysis (science). Society, the first element puts
the entire body of knowledge in individuals as
social beings and their social backgrounds or
environments. It situates Social Sciences in
people and social issues that are affecting them.
On the other hand, empirical analysis places
the Social Sciences in an academic mode of
investigation about human society using the
scientific method, the systematic and rational
process of obtaining knowledge.

5. HISTORY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
The roots of some of the important concepts and
purposes of Social Sciences go completely back to
the ancient Greece. The Renaissance and the
Enlightenment, two historical periods where some
of the major evolutionary ideas emerged.
Before and during the Age of Enlightenment, the
approaches used by several social philosophers in
examining human societies were
much more philosophical than scientific.
Positivism is a philosophy that believes that every
single reasonable affirmation can be scientifically
proven or tested by empirical sciences or is capable
of mathematical or logical evidence.

6. Positivism is a philosophy that believes that
every single reasonable affirmation can be
scientifically proven or tested by empirical
sciences or is capable of mathematical or
logical evidence.
Auguste Comte (17981857), the founder of
Positivism and the one who foreshadowed the
use of this philosophy in studying human
behaviors, argued that metaphysics and
theology are imperfect methods in searching
for knowledge; that rational thought is far
more powerful in comparison to faith and
superstition in explaining different social
phenomena.

8. The social sciences have a
critical contribution to
make, in helping us understand,
imagine, and
craft a more sustainable future
for all.”
- UNESCO
Social Science

9.  NATURAL SCIENCE – The study of
natural phenomena
 FORMAL SCIENCE - The study of
mathematics and logic
 SOCIAL SCIENCE – The study of human
behavior and societies
 APPLIED SCIENCE –To apply existing
scientific knowledge to develop more
practical application like health care,
technology or inventions.
THE BRANCHES OF SCIENCE

10. History
The term history comes from the
Greek word historia ( an account of
one’s inquiries) and shares that
etymology with the English word
”story” . History can be seen as the
sum total of many things taken
together and the spectrum of
events occurring in action following
in order leading from the past to
the present and into the future.

11. Archaeology
– A holistic discipline concerned
with human, both past and
present. Being holistic,
anthropologists always keep in
mind the biological, linguistic,
historic, and cultural aspects of
any problem.

12. The science that studies the land, the
features, the inhabitant and the
phenomena of the Earth. It is
generally split into two distinct
branches: Physical and Human.

13. TWO DISTINCT BRANCHES of geography
Physical- geography examines
phenomena related to the natural
environment: climate, oceans, soils, and
the measurement of the earth.
Human – geography 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 through field as diverse as cultural,
geography, transportation, health, military
operation and cities.

14. Political Science – The theory and
practice of politics and the
description and analysis system
and political behavior. It is the
study of allocation and transfer of
power in decision-making , the
roles and system of governance
including government and
international organization,
political behavior and public
policies.

15. Sociology – Involves groups
of people, rather that
individuals, and attempts to
understand the way people
relate to each other and
function as a society. It
emphasizes society and its
origins and developments
(social classes, institutions
and

17. Demography
The study of population and
population changes and trends,
using resources such as statistics of
birth, deaths and disease. It is also
interested in the changes over time
size, composition and distribution
of human population and how these
results from the process of fertility,
mortality and migration.

18. A holistic discipline concerned
with human, both past and
present. Being holistic,
anthropologists always keep in
mind the biological, linguistic,
historic, and cultural aspects
of any problem.

19. Linguistics
5Linguistic – study of Language.
It deals with the study of
particular languages and the
search on what general
languages have in common.

20. Social Sciences
Natural Sciences
Humanities

21. NATURAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
What makes Social Sciences
unique from other areas of study such
as Natural Sciences and Humanities
is that these disciplines concentrate
on analyzing and explaining the
different aspects of social life of the
individuals including their behaviors.
Also, these fields focus on observing
and interpreting various social
phenomena. On the other hand,

22. Natural Sciences, or the
sciences of nature, give
attention on investigating
every single natural
phenomenon that occurred, or
is currently happening, in our
world using tangible evidences
like natural forces, fossils, and
artifacts.

23. These areas of study explore
the laws of nature that rule
our world through objective
and empirical approaches.
Natural Sciences can be
categorized into Physical
Sciences, Biological Sciences,
Earth Sciences and many
more.

24. Humanities are academic disciplines that
study numerous human conditions and the
manners wherein the human experiences
are treated and recorded. Additionally, these
studies aim to comprehend the human
perspective of individuals’ social existence
and the responses these people are
displaying on different occurrences. For
instance, the literary works of Jose Rizal,
such as Noli Me Tangere and El
Filibusterismo, aim to educate the Filipinos
on the persecutions experienced by our
countrymen during the Spanish regime.

25. Social Sciences, Natural Sciences,
and Humanities are all employing
the scientific method in producing
knowledge, though this systematic
process is more usual in Social
Sciences and Natural Sciences
since Humanities are more
focused on the creative
expressions of human
experiences.

26. 1. It is the study of human behavior and societies.
a. social science b. formal science
c. natural science d. applied science
2. It is the study of mathematic and logic.
a. formal science b. social science
c. natural science d. applied science
3.It is the study of phenomena
a. formal science b. natural science
c. social science d. applied science
DIRECTIONS: Choose the letter of the
correct answer.

27. 4. It is a detailed description of a specific
cultural and social group that has become a
central piece of the discipline of anthropology.
a. applied science b. modernity
c. ethnography d. functionalism
5. The concept that deals not only with the
shift in the physical and material condition
of society but also with the mental and
behavioral shifts among people.
a. sociology b. psychology
c. functionalism d. modernity

28. 1. How did the social science emerge?
How does it link to the Natural science?
2. What is the difference between
natural science social science and
humanities?
3. What is the similarity between
natural science and social science?
Answer the following :

29. ACTIVITY#1 WORD HUNT: Loop the following words!
SOCIETY HOLISTIC
HISTORY
MIND PEOPLE
E E I G H F O R B E
E V H G O L I O S L
A I I O L E M B O P
E T S A I E D E C O
M D T Q S C C R I E
I N O S T E E T E P
N H R T I M B E T Y
D A Y I C I N G Y R

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