This document provides an overview of various social science disciplines including: - History is the study of past events and uses evidence from the past to understand the present. It examines periods, locations, military, religion, society, culture, diplomacy, economics and more. - Linguistics is the study of language, examining elements like phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and the functions of language. - Political science examines power and influence, studying fields like comparative politics, international relations, political theory, and public policy. - Psychology explores the human mind and behavior through perspectives like structuralism, functionalism, psychodynamic, behaviorism, cognitive and socio-cultural approaches.

1. Disciplines and Ideas in
Social Sciences
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2. ACTIONS/
DESCISIONS

4. How is society different from nature?
“Nature "conjures an image of random and
undistracted forces that shape a
given area.
Usually follow a general pattern,
law, or process (scientific method).
These patterns and laws, follows an
amazing uniformity.
The world can be learned through a
rigorous mental and methodical
process.
The truth has always been there
and only needs to be didcovered.

5. How is society different from nature?
“Society “ is organized, deliberately structured and
formalized and bound by rules drafted
and implemented by people who
themselves constitute society.
“rationalization”
Inside society, human actions,
behaviours, patterns of activities,
and decision making were done in
more efficient, legal, and logical
manner, which maximizes the fullest
potential of society itself and
minimizes loss of resources.
- Max Weber

6. Its main concern is to
deal with aspects of
human condition.
Its main concern is
explain natural and
environmental
phenomena.
Its main concern is more
on the philosophical side
which aims to answer and
interpret big questions like
“what is the meaning of life?”.
Natural Sciences Social Science Humanities

7. Its main concern is to
deal with aspects of
human condition.
Its main concern is
explain natural and
environmental
phenomena.
Its main concern is more
on the philosophical side
which aims to answer and
interpret big questions like
“what is the meaning of life?”.
both of them deal with “humans” and it’s culture.
Natural Sciences Social Science Humanities
Can be classified as a science, uses a systematic way
in explaining a theory.

8. What is a Research?
 A systematic process of collecting and logically analyzing
information (data) for some purpose.
 helps society answer many questions that one would like to
know or find answers to many questions or find solutions to
many problems in society.
In a social research, social scientists ..
 follows a systematic plan
 explore
 describe
 examine
 Predict human behavior, social issue, social problem

9. Quantitative Methodological Research
Qualitative Methodological Research

10. Quantitative Methodological Research
Qualitative Methodological Research

14. Anthropology Economics
Geography History Linguistics
Political Science Psychology
Sociology Demographics
History

15. History  is the study about the past and its records about events
“The study of past events. It is a social
science in a sense that it is a systematic
attempt to learn about and verify past
events and to relate them to the present”
Every event has a historical context
within which we commonly say that the
event must be studied. The subject
matter of history is everything that ,has
already happened” - Lynn Hunt
 from a Greek word Historia (inquire knowledge through
investigation

16. History  is the study about the past and its records about events
 from a Greek word Historia (inquire knowledge through
investigation
 Herodotus is considered as the “father of History”

17. History  is the study about the past and its records about events
 from a Greek word Historia (inquire knowledge through
investigation
 Herodotus is considered as the “father of History”
 Has different areas of study:  periods
 geographical locations
 military history
 history of religion
 social history
 cultural history
 diplomatic history
 economic history
 world history
 etc.

18. Anthropology Economics
Geography History Linguistics
Political Science Psychology
Sociology Demographics
Linguistics

19. Linguistics
 the study of language
 Language is the “principal means used by human beings to
communicate within one another, is defined as a system of
voluntarily produced symbols by which members of a
community interact and communicate in terms of their
common experience and expectations”.

20. Linguistics
 the study of language
 Language is the “principal means used by human beings to
communicate within one another, is defined as a system of
voluntarily produced symbols by which members of a
community interact and communicate in terms of their
common experience and expectations”.
Phonetics
Phonology
Morphology
Syntax

21. Linguistics
 the study of language
 Language is the “principal means used by human beings to
communicate within one another, is defined as a system of
voluntarily produced symbols by which members of a
community interact and communicate in terms of their
common experience and expectations”.
Phonetics
Phonology
Morphology
Syntax
What is the 5 specific
functions of language?

22. Anthropology Economics
Geography History Linguistics
Political Science Psychology
Sociology Demographics
Political Science

23. Political Science
 Politics is defined as the study of
power (the source of influence).
 Politics is the study of social
agreements to maintain peace
and order within a society.
 Divided into subfields:
 Comparative Politics
 International Relation
 Political Theory
 Public Administration
 Constitutional Law
 Public Policy

24. Political Science
..It is the
“master science”
ARISTOTLE (founder)
 Politics is defined as the study of
power (the source of influence).
 Politics is the study of social
agreements to maintain peace
and order within a society.
 Divided into subfields:
 Comparative Politics
 International Relation
 Political Theory
 Public Administration
 Constitutional Law
 Public Policy

25. Anthropology Economics
Geography History Linguistics
Political Science Psychology
Sociology Demographics
Psychology

26. Psychology
Schools of Psychology
Structuralism
Functionalism
Psychodynamic
Behaviourism
Cognitive
Soio-cultural

27. Psychology
Major Areas of Psychology
Biopsychology
Experimental Psychology
Developmental and Personality Psychology
Health, Clinical & Counselling Psychology
Socio-Industrial-organizational consumer and
cross cultural psychology

28. Psychology
Rationalism
knowledge comes
only thorough
reasoning
Functionalism
man can be “fooled”
by their senses

29. Psychology father of Psychology
First movement to make
psychology a science
St. Agustin Wilhelm Wundt
Memory, emotion and
motivation

30. Anthropology Economics
Geography History Linguistics
Political Science Psychology
Sociology DemographicsSociology

31. Sociology
 The study of relationships among people

32. Sociology
 The study of relationships among people
socious – being with other people
logos – the study

33. Sociology
 The study of relationships among people
“ The sociological
imagination enables us to
grasp the connection
between history and
biography”

34. History
Biography

35. With social imagination, one can
explain individual and social
phenomena.

36. He gave a prospective that would
explain human behaviour without
rigorous research and tests.

37. Sociology
Three Approaches in Sociology
structural functionalist theory
conflict theory
symbolic interactionism

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Geography History Linguistics
Political Science Psychology
Sociology DemographicsDemographics