3. Learning
Competencies
3
● Compare and contrast the various social
science disciplines and their fields, main
areas of inquiry, and methods
(HUMSS_DIS11- IIIb-d-3).
● Trace the historical foundations and social
contexts that led to the development of each
discipline (HUMSS_DIS11- IIId-4).
4. Learning
Objectives
4
● Compare and contrast the different
disciplines of social science.
● Explain the historical development and social
context of each social science discipline.
● Identify the importance and practical
applications of each social science discipline.
● Explain the interconnectivity among the
different fields of social science.
5. Explore
5
Word Finder
1. Recall what the social sciences are about.
2. Based on that, find five words related to the topics in
each social science.
3. The words may be found across, downwards, or
diagonally.
6. Explore
6
Word Finder
A N I M A L H A R M
H P L I N T E F C A
E O L E L P R O U C
B E H A V I O R L H
R T E A C H A C T I
A W A T H E R E U N
W H V E R B S S R E
L A N G U A G E E S
19. 19
Demography
Demography in our lives
● census conducted by the national
government
● other methods:
- migration models
- rate construction
- population projection
27. 27
Psychology
Important Figures and Ideas
Wilhelm Wundt
experimental psychology
William James
● pragmatism
● functionalism Wilhelm Wundt
William James
28. 28
Psychology
Important Figures and Ideas
John Watson
Watsonian behaviorism
B. F. Skinner
operant and classical
conditioning
John Watson
B. F. Skinner
39. 39
Linguistics
What is linguistics about?
● structure of language
● meanings expressed in language
Linguistics
studies the
different
aspects of
language.
41. 41
Linguistics
What is linguistics about?
Approaches in linguistics
● synchronic or diachronic
● applied or theoretical
● microlinguistics or
macrolinguistics
42. 42
Linguistics
Important Figures and Ideas
● Neogrammarians
● Ferdinand de Saussure and
Structuralism
● Noam Chomsky and universal
grammar
Noam Chomsky
Ferdinand de
Saussure
54. Try This!
Identify the social science discipline that can be
associated with the concepts listed. Write the letters
in the boxes.
54
1. culture, evolution, fossils
1. places, environment, landforms
55. Try This!
Identify the social science discipline that can be
associated with the concepts listed. Write the letters
in the boxes.
55
3. wealth, resources, management
4. behavior, knowledge, memory
56. Try This!
Identify the social science discipline that can be
associated with the concepts listed. Write the letters
in the boxes.
56
5. birth, migration, fertility
57. Wrap-Up
● Each discipline or subfield of the social sciences is a
specialized study of a particular aspect of human
society.
● Sociology is concerned with the study of society
and the different facets of human social
relationships.
● Demography is defined as the statistical analysis of
populations.
● Anthropology aims to study humans’ culture and
evolution.
57
58. Wrap-Up
● Psychology is the branch of social science that
examines different mental states and behaviors.
● Geography is the study of the earth’s physical
properties and the distribution of human societies
and other elements across it.
58
59. Wrap-Up
● Linguistics is referred to as the systematic study of
language.
● History studies past events and their causes and
effects.
● Economics looks into how wealth is produced,
distributed, and consumed.
59
61. 61
Challenge
Yourself
What are the factors and events that led to the
emergence of the different disciplines of social
science? Cite at least two specific examples.
62. Photo Credit
62
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