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Disciplines and Ideas in the
Applied Social Sciences
Quarter1-Week 1-Module1
Introduction to Social Sciences and Applied
Social Sciences
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Disciplines and Ideas in the Applied Social Sciences – Grade 12
Quarter 1 – Week 1 - Module 1: Introduction to Social Sciences and Applied Social
Sciences
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Writer: HELEN FATIMA R. ANDALIS
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Module 1
Introduction to Social Sciences and Applied Social Sciences
Introduction: (GET STARTED)
This module helps you understand the works of the different disciplines in social sciences
and applied social sciences. This topic introduces the connections, relationships, and
differences between and among Applied Social Sciences such as counselling, social work,
and communication, etc. that will help you explore career opportunities for your postsecondary career track
Learning Objectives: (SET THE DIRECTION)
Generally, at the end of the module, you are expected to explain clearly public
perceptions about the work of social sciences and applied social science practitioners.
Specifically, you are most likely to exhibit the following competencies:
1. Differentiate social sciences from applied social sciences
2. Describe your perspective on the relationship of social sciences and applied
social sciences.
3. Self-assess the benefits and importance of Applied Social Sciences to human
life.
4. Write a survey report on the perspective of the people to the 3 careers of the
applied social sciences.
Self-check
As Humanities and Social Sciences students, are you interested to become a
guidance counsellor, a social worker or work as a journalist? Check one:
 Guidance counsellor
 Social worker
 Journalist or broadcaster
Do you know what kind of work they do?
 Yes
 No
This module will enable you to clearly explain the work of social sciences and applied
social science practitioners.
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Are you excited? Draw inside the box how you feel right now through an emoticon.
REBOOT YOUR MEMORY
I. Which words are not directly related to social sciences? Encircle your
answer.
Sociology
History Linguistics
Psychology
Agriculture
Counseling
Science
communication
Enterprise Education
Chemistry
Molecular Studies
Economics
Geography
Calisthenics
Political
Anthropology
Check your answer, go to last page
What’s your score? Draw a smiley icon inside the appropriate box.
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II.
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Write inside the oblong the words left without circle from the list above.
Then read each word aloud. What cluster of science does this group of
subjects belong?
Your answer here:
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Are you still
ok? Thumbs up – go to the next activity
Thumbs down – have a short break, do some stretching
for few seconds, then proceed.
Vocabulary List: RECALL AND RECONNECT
When you took-up Disciplines and Ideas in Social Sciences, you learned the
different disciplines under social sciences which belong to Pure Social Sciences.
Can you still remember them? Answer the following. The jumbled words will guide
you in identifying the social science discipline being described. Ready, Go and
answer.
1. Study of society, social institutions, and social relationships
LOGICOSYO2. Study of human origins, societies, cultures, and races,
PYLOGHANTHOR3. Branch of social science that deals with the production, distribution, consumption,
and management of goods & services
MOCONIECS4. Study of the natural features of the earth’s surface, including topography, climate,
soil, vegetation, etc., and man’s response to them
GYREOGAHP
5. Scientific study of language
GLUITINACS6. Scientific study of all forms of human and animal behavior, sometimes concerned
with the methods through which behavior can be modified
SCHOOGLYPY7. Scientific study of human populations especially with reference to their size,
structure, and distribution
PHOMRAGDIECS
8. Study of government of states and other political units
SCENIEC LOCLAPILIT9. Discipline of recording and interpreting past events involving human beings
STIROHY-
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Essential Questions
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What are the similarities and differences between social sciences and applied
social sciences?
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What is the relationship of between social sciences and applied social science?
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In which aspects of human life can Applied Social Sciences be of real value?
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What are the benefits and importance of Applied Social Sciences?
Learning Activities: READ AND ANALYZE
I.
If you agree with the statment, circle the entire
statement if you disagree, draw a rectangle.
 Social science is the study of society and the manner
in which people behave and affect the world.
 Social sciences provide diverse sets of lens that help
us understand and explain the different facets of
human society.
 Applied social scientists use and borrow different http://www.sun.ac.za/
concepts, and theoretical models of social sciences
disciplines.
 Guidance counselling is a profession that helps address a person’s specific
projects, business successes, general conditions and transitions in life ,
relationships , or profession
 Applied social sciences provide good theoretical and conceptual
foundations for social work practice.
 Psychology studies how human mind work in consonance with the body to
produce thoughts that lead to individual actions.
GO OVER THIS (Concept 1)
Social Sciences is the branch of science devoted to the study of
human societies and the relationships among individuals within those
societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology,
the original "science of society", established in the 19th century. In addition to
sociology, it now encompasses a wide array of academic disciplines, including
anthropology, archaeology, economics, human geography, linguistics,
management science, media studies, musicology, political science,
psychology, welfare and nursing studies and social history.
It is about people how they interact with others in their society and how
societies interact with each other. (www.quora.com)
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Branches of the Social Sciences
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Economics studies the allocation of scarce resources and the production
and exchange of goods and services in society.
Anthropology is the scientific study of humans and their cultures in the
past and present time.
History is systematic study of human past events in order to understand
the meaning, dynamics, and relationship of the cause and effects of
events in the development of societies.
Political Science primarily studies human behavior in relation to
political systems, governments, laws, and international relations.
Psychology studies how the human mind works in consonance with the
body to produce thoughts that lead to individual actions.
Sociology a systematic study of people’s behavior in groups
Geography is the study of interaction between people and their
environments.
Demography according to the Max Planck Institute for Demographic
Research (2016) demography is the scientific study of human
populations across time.
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Applied Social Sciences branch of study that applies the different concepts,
theoretical models, and theories of the social science disciplines to help
understand society and the different problems and issues. The applied social
sciences is utilized to provide alternative solutions to the diverse problem of the
society. These are those social science disciplines, professions and occupations
which seeks to use basic social science research and theory to improve the daily
life of communities, organizations and persons. This is about putting theories in to
practice and interfacing directly with the public.
Three main career tracks for applied social scientist:
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Counselling is one of the fields of applied social sciences as an application of
the social sciences, counselling provides guidance, help, and support to
individuals who are distraught by a diverse set of problems in their lives.
Counselling can be done through the following:
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Guidance counselling
Life coaching
Career counselling
Personal growth counselling
Social work practitioners help individuals, families, and groups, communities
to improve their individual and collective well-being.
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Communication Studies- Applied social science provide adequate training for
careers in the field of journalism and mass communication because of
multidisciplinary knowledge and skills that graduates learn from social
sciences.
Drink water- Dehydration can cause drowsiness and
impaired learning.
21st Century Skills to develop in this lesson:
- Communication, creativity, critical thinking
Values: Patience and persistence
Water
break
Practice Task 1: Which words do not belong to the rest of the words inside the
rectangle? Identify those words and write them inside the circle. Write the remaining words
inside the triangle.
Economics
Counselling
Geography
Psychology
Sociology
Demography
History
Social Work
Political science
Anthropology
Communication
Social Sciences
Applied Social Sciences
Practice Task 2: Do you still remember your VENN DIAGRAM? Illustrate the
similarities and differences of SOCIAL SCIENCE AND APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE.
SociAL Sciences
Applied SocIAL Sciences
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Practice Task 3.1: Go back to your answer in “Read and Reconnect”. Write the
statements you agreed on inside the shape based from what you have learned.
Practice Task 3.2 Choose one statement that you understand well.
Practice Task 4: Give me your thoughts. You may answer both or choose 1:
A. Social sciences are applicable both in the academe and in the
workplace (5 points)
Your name here!
B. Applied Social Sciences is the application of social science theories,
concepts, methods and findings to problems identified in the wider
society ( D. Jarry and J.Jarry 2000) {10 points}
How do you feel
with your answer?
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Practice Task 5: Which among the 3 Applied Social Science Career would you like
to have? Why?
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Essential Questions
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What is the connection between social sciences and applied
social sciences?
What is the relationship between social sciences and applied
social sciences?
What is the impact of social sciences and applied social science
in the society?
With the pandemic brought by
COVID 19, there are a lot of social
problems that surface. One is the
Mental Health issues caused by
isolation and social restrictions.
People are experiencing anxieties
attack.
from mild to panic
Psychologists,
Guidance
Counselors, Social Workers and
communication practitioners’ role in
addressing these issues are given
importance, thus, different social
interventions, psychosocial therapy
through webinars and social media
posts are evident as ways to
address the matter on Mental
Health.
The study of social sciences will
help us to understand the
relationship between man and his
interaction with his society. It is to
understand the social dynamics to
achieve the actualization of every
human in the society. The different
disciplines under social science are
essentials in studying what it
means to be human in a humane
society. The
Applied Social
Sciences are specific discipline
which is the application of social
science in the real-life context. Part
of this is identifying problems and
create evidence-based ways to
resolve the problems. The social
scientists
like
psychologists,
sociologists, anthropologists are
the ones involved and focused in
carrying out such works.
-Helen Fatima R. Andalis, LPT
Social
Science
involve:
Applied Social
Science involve:
Counseling
Social Work
Communication
Psychology
Sociology
creates
Interventions
Counseling
Establishes Linkages
Promote awareness through social media and
other communication platforms.
Social issues
Mental Health
Social
Problem
Anxieties,
depression
suicide
Water
Break
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Practice Task 1:
Identify one social issue during the COVID 19 pandemic and create a
graphic organizer to illustrate the relationship and impact of social science
and applied social science in the soc
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