This document discusses the discipline of social sciences. It defines social science as the study of society and its aims to understand all aspects of society and find solutions to social problems. The document then discusses seven main social science disciplines - anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, sociology, and psychology. It provides brief definitions and descriptions of each discipline, their key areas of focus, and origins of their names. The document aims to help learners understand the nature and fields of different social science disciplines.

1. Prepared by: MaseilleFransquat Bayumbon
SubjectTeacher

2. The Discipline of the Social
Sciences
QUARTER 1 | LESSON 2

3. LESSON OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson, the learners are expected to:
1. Understand the nature of social science
2. Differentiate social science disciplines and their fields.

4. SOCIAL SCIENCE

5. • It is concerned about society. It aims at understanding all aspects of
society as when as finding solutions to deal with social problems It is a
broad area of knowledge and includes several different disciplines under
its domain.
• The social sciences have a critical contribution to make, in helping us
understand, imagine, and craft a more sustainable future for all.” –
UNESCO

6. Different Social Science
Disciplines

7. 1. Anthropology-
Derived from the Greek words
“Anthropos” meaning human, and
“logos” meaning word or study of.
Anthropologist attempt to find answers on
so many questions involving humans.

9. 3 MAIN
BRANCHES OF
ANTHROPOLOGY
PHYSICAL
ANTHROPOLOGY
CULTURAL
ANTHROPOLOGY
ARCHEOLOGY
Study of human biology/
analyze human fossil
remains.
Study of earlier cultures
and ways of life.
Study and comparative
analysis of pre-literate
societies.

10. 2. Economics-
Derived from the Greek word “oikos”
meaning house and “nomos” meaning
custom or law. The term “oikonomia”
means management of a household.
Study of production, distribution and
consumption of goods and services.

11. 3. Geography-
Derived from the Greek word
“geographia”, from geo meaning earth
and “graphe” meaning to describe.
Literally means to describe the earth.
Study of the features of the earth and the
location of living things on the planet.

12. 2 MAIN
BRANCHES OF
GEOGRAPHY
PHYSICAL
GEOGRAPHY
HUMAN
GEOGRAPHY
From the perspective of earth
sciences. It includes the
study of soil, landforms,
water, minerals, climate.
Focuses on the human
aspect of geography that is
marked by a strong
commitment to the concept
of culture.

13. 4. History-
Derived from the Greek word “historia”
meaning inquiry.
Historians will unfold, discover, and
interpret human thoughts and actions
that are ever changing.
Historians have also tried to be
scientific in their methods of writing
historical accounts or historiography.

14. 5. Political Science
Study of politics, government and the
need for the institution, its form and its
processes.
Political scientists deal with both
theory and practices of politics, including
the analysis on public policies.

15. 6. Sociology-
Derived from the Greek word “socious”
meaning companion and “logos” meaning
word or study of.
It is the science of society.
Sociologist attempt to unravel patterns in group
behavior and not on specific expressions of
individual being.

16. 7. Psychology-
Derived from the Latin word “psychologia”
combining “psych” meaning spirit or soul,
and “logia” for study of.
From the social sciences, it obtains
information about the social world such as
motivation, emotions, behavior and attitude.
It has 4 main goals: describe, explain, predict
and change behavior.