Social Sciences Perspective for Social Work 1

1. Social Sciences perspective for
Social Work
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Jc Lohith Shetty
 PGDPM, MSW, MBA, UGC - NET
 Asst Professor
 St Aloysius College (Autonomous)
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Trainer – Junior Chamber International
President - 2014, JCI Mangalore

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3. 1 What is Psychology.ppt
2 Why History.ppt
3 What is Economics.ppt
4 Introduction to Political Science.ppt

4. Social Work & Sociology
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Social Work
Sociology
1. Helps understanding the problems and solving Helps in understanding and classifying the
it
problem
2. Effort to irradicate problems of the society
Scientific study the word society
3. In the applied science from sociology
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Is a pure science initiating social work to
application
Helps social justice and minimize social Studies the basis of social stratification
suppression
Helps for the upliftment and self reliance of Studies the nature, characteristics and problems of
Rural and Trebled
Rural and Trebled
Helps in reducing the problems of Urban Students
population
Promotes secularization
Studies religion and social relevance
8. Reduce family and marriage problems
Studies family, marriage and Kinship
9. Help people to cope with social change and Study the affect of social change and
modernization
modernization
10 Social Work understand and diagnose the Sociology is interested in the why of human

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Economics
How Individual and
makes decision
Needs and wants
Understand scarcity
Unlimited wants
Choice
Production
Social Work
society Helps in Cost Benefit Analysis / SWOC
Analysis
Helps in analysing & prioritising needs
Identifying route cause/ Savings/ Preparedness
Helps in drawing self control
Helps in selection of effective choice
Encourage development, self employment, Cooperative movements etc
Distribution
Facilitates social justice & reduce economic
imbalance
GDP
Reduce economic & regional imbalance
Economic Injustice
Promotes Human Rights/ Constitutional rights/
Legal Rights/ SWAdmin & awareness of rights
Natural Resources
Restoration/ Protection/ Avoid Exploitation
Cost benefit Analysis
Helps in evaluation & setting bench marks
Taxation and distribution of Fixing minimum wages, Cost of Living/
Income
Poverty Line
Cost revenue analysis
Helps in Budgeting, accounting, auditing etc

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Psychology
Social Work
1. Study of Individual and their Individual behaviour adjustment
behaviour
2. Study behaviour influenced Work with individuals influencing
their behaviour
3. Identifies caused for mental Dealing with mental illness
illness
4. Study ego and adjustment
Helps in adjustment
5. Study coping and adjustment Helps in adjustment and coping
problem
6. Repression and its problems Dealing with repression
7. Formation and change of Change in attitude and development
attitude
8. Studies about behaviour & Deals with behaviour modifications

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History
Social Work
1. Incidents
Recall, learn
2. Inspiration
Propagate ideologies
3. Examples – Gandhi
Motivate and guide
4. Mistakes of the past
Avoiding
5. Decision making
6. Common
bond
Case studies, Reference to
studies
and Knowledge of Culture,

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Political Science
Social Work
1. Understanding Democracy Promote Democratic Spirit
2. Understanding Constitution To
promote
individual
&
social
responcibilities
3. Understanding Liberty
Spread message of Equality & Dignity of
Labour
4. Understanding Freedom
Promote Basic Human Rights & Liberty
5. Understanding
To protect & promote Social Justice, Political
Constitutional Rights
Power & Basic Constitutional Rights
6. Understanding
Basic To protect individuals against exploitations
Human Rights
7. Realize power of the people To promote democracy & make Politicians
serve
8. Public Opinion
To control powerful Individuals &
Organisations
9. Judicial setup
Create public aware about Judicial rights &
power
10. Administration
Create awareness
avoid exploitation &

9. Society:
Shankar Rao
Vague and General Concept in sociology also,
Co-operative Society, Agricultural Society, Friendly Society,
Society of Jesus, Society of Arts, High Society, Low Society.
Derived from Latin word ‘Socius’ meaning Companionship or
Friendship.
“Man is a Social Animal” – Aristotle.
“A society is a collection of individuals United by certain
relations or mode of behaviour which mark them off from
others who do not enter m in behaviour” – Morris Ginsberg.
“Society is the complex of organized associations and
institutions with a community – GDM Cola
Society is “a – web of social relationship” – Mac Iver.

10. Characteristics of Society:
I. Society consists of people.
II. Mutual Interaction and Mutual Awareness.
III. Society depends on likeness.
IV. Society rests on difference too.
V. Co-operation and division of labour.
VI. Society implies interdependence also.
VII.Society is dynamic.
VIII.Social control.
IX. Culture.

11. Society
Community
Society is web of social Community consist of a group of
relationships
individuals living in particular
area with we feeling
Geographic
area
is Denotes locality or geographic
unimportant
area
Society is abstract
Community is concrete
Com sentiment or we We feeling is essential element
feeling may be present
existence is on that
Society is wider
Community is smaller than
society
Objectives and interests are The Objective and Interests of

12. Socialisation.ppt
Mans behaviour is learnt behaviour. The process of
moulding and shaping the personality of human
infant is called ‘Socialization’.
Bogardus: “Socialization is the process of working
together, of developing group responsibility, or
being guided by the welfare needs of others”.
W.F. Ogburn: “Socialization is the process by which
the individual learns to conform to the norms of the
group”.
Peter Worsley explains “socialization as the process of
transmission of culture, the process whereby men
learn the rules and practices of social group”.

13. Types of Socialization:
Ian Robertson in his book “Sociology” (1977)
A. Primary Socialization – Childhood
B. Anticipatory Socialization – Different place,
culture
C. Developmental Socialization – marriage,
new job
D. Re-Socialization – Juvenile set up, new
prostitutes.

14. Theories of Socialization:
C.H. Cooley’s theory of ‘Looking Glass Self” 3
elements
a) Imagination of our appearance to others
b) The imagination of his judgment of imagines
appearance
c) Some kind of self-feeling such as pride (praise
and blame)
George Herbert Mead’s Theory of ‘Self’
Role playing: observed to act towards his doll as
parent.

15. Process and Stages of Socialization:
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The Oral Stage
The Anal Stage
The Oedipal or Electra stage
The stage of Adolescents
Adult Socialization
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Change overt behaviour and not basic values
Informal nature of social positions
To gain special skills
To gain social positions.

16. The Agents of Socialization:
A.Family and Parents
B.Peer or Age mates
C.Teachers
D.Literature and Mass Media
E. Role of Culture
F. Role of Organization and
Training

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Ref: Development of Self-Word Notes
Development of self.pptx
Parents
Advice
Teacher
Feed back
Spouse
Support & Encouragement
Coach
Coaching
Trainer
Training
Colleague
Nuero Linguistic development
Team Leader a) Improving Self Awareness
b) Improving Self Knowledge
c) Improving Self
Identity e) Improve wealth f) Improve health
g) Spiritual development h) Improve potential
Development Human Capital
j) Important Social
abilities k) Important lifestyle or quality of life
l) Fulfilling aspirations
m) Personal development
plans
n) Personal autonomy
d) Developing Talents

18. Development of Self- Contd...
8. Skill Development : Self learning, Attending
Training, Additional diplomas Updating and
information gathering
9. Yoga and Exercise – Anger Management
10. Developing Stress Management skills
11. Overcoming stage fear and development public
speaking
12. Learning new languages, cultures
13. Travelling and internet information
14. From Seminars and Conferences
15. Research, analysis & case study