1. The document discusses several social science disciplines including history, anthropology, geography, political science, sociology, demography, and linguistics. 2. Social science is concerned with understanding society and finding solutions to social problems. It studies human behavior and societies. 3. The main social science disciplines covered are history, anthropology, geography, political science, sociology, demography, and linguistics. Each discipline is briefly defined.

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

2. Social Science
It is concerned about society. It aims at
understanding all aspects of society as wen
as finding solutions to deal with social
problems It is a broad area of knowledge
and includes several different disciplines
under its domain. The main ones that you
need to know at this stage are

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

4.  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.

5. 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.

6. – 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.

7. 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.

8. Physical
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.

9. 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.

10. 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

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 5Linguistic – study of Language. It deals with the
study of particular languages and the search on
what general languages have in common.

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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?

18. 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

19. THANK
YOU…
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