Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education (DepEd)

Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)
School Division of Leyte
JUGABAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Mabini St. Jugaban Carigara, Leyte

Quarter 1/ Week 4/Day 1-4

DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCE

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Subject Teacher: NICAR JESSA I. PARENA
Subject: Discipline and Ideas in the Social Sciences

Week 4 Day1-4
MELC: Analyze the basic concepts and principles of the major social science ideas:
a. Psychoanalysis b. Rational Choice c. Institutionalism d. Feminist Theory e. Hermeneutical Phenomenology
f. Human-Environment Systems

Objective:
a. Analyze the basic concepts and principles of the major social science ideas
b. Interpret personal and social experiences using relevant approaches in the Social Sciences

EXPLORE:

Matching Type:
Directions: Match Column A to Column B. Write the letter of the correct answer in the blank before each
number.

COLUMN A COLUMN B
_______ 1. Psychoanalytic Theory a. This refers to the framework for understanding the impact of the
_______ 2. Id unconscious on thoughts, feelings, and behavior.
_______ 3. Preconscious b. The material that we have no immediate access to, and we
_______ 4. Ego cannot bring into consciousness. It includes repressed feelings,
_______ 5. Conscious hidden memories, habits, thoughts, desires, and reactions.
_______ 6. Superego c. It contains those thoughts of which you are currently aware.
_______ 7. Sigmund Freud d. It is concerned only with satisfying personal desires
_______ 8. Unconscious e. Individuals choose their actions optimally, given their individual
_______ 9. Structure preferences as well as the opportunities or constraints with which
_______ 10. Individualism the individuals face.
_______ 11. Optimality f. It is the most predominant assumption of the rational choice
_______ 12. Self-regarding Interest theory.
_______ 13. Rationality g. It is the ability of individuals to ultimately take actions.
_______ 14. Predictive h. This assumption states that the actions of an individual is
_______ 15. Parsimony concerned entirely with his/her own welfare.
i. Bids the psychic apparatus to pursue idealistic goals and
perfection.
j. These structures and norms that dictate a single course of action
are merely special cases of rational choice theory.
k. The center of reason, reality-testing, and common sense.
l. It stores all the thoughts of which you could bring into
consciousness fairly easily if you wanted to; thoughts that can be
easily recalled without special techniques.
m. Father of Psychoanalysis
n. The common knowledge of rationality assumption.
o. Used to produce a wide variety of decisive theories, whose
predictions about the measurable real world phenomena rule out a
much larger set of outcomes that what is already general

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LEARN:
Dominant Approaches and Ideas of Social Sciences – Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis is defined as a set of psychological theories and therapeutic techniques that have their origin in the
work and theories of Sigmund Freud. The core idea at the center of psychoanalysis is the belief that all people possess
unconscious thoughts, feelings, desires, and memories (Cherry 2020).

Sigmund Freud (Source: (WGBH 1998)

- Father of Psychoanalysis
- Jewish background, though avowed atheist.
- He had a medical background wanted to do “neurophysiologic research”.
- He had a private practice in nervous and brain disorders.

Table 1.1: Levels of Mental Life

Levels of Mental Description

Life
1. Unconscious The material that we have no immediate access to, and we cannot bring into
consciousness. It includes repressed feelings, hidden memories, habits, thoughts,
desires, and reactions.
2. Preconscious It stores all the thoughts of which you could bring into consciousness fairly easily
if you wanted to; thoughts that can be easily recalled without special techniques.
3. Conscious It contains those thoughts of which you are currently aware (e.g. logic and
reasoning).

Table 1.2: Provinces of the Mind

Provinces of the Mind Description

It is the oldest and most primitive psychic energy;
• Representing the biological foundations of personality;
• Is concerned only with satisfying personal desires; and
• The actions taken by the id are based on the Pleasure Principle (motivate the
organism to seek pleasure).
1. Id
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 2. Ego The “executive”;
• The primary job of the ego is to mediate/ balance the demands of the Id and the outer
forces of reality;
• The center of reason, reality-testing, and common sense; and
• Governed by the Reality Principle
3. Superego
• The “ideal”;
• • Consequence of the oedipal drama (sexual desire [child] toward the parent
of the opposite sex – jealous feelings [child] toward the parent of the same sex);
• • The moral arm of the personality, it corresponds to one’s conscience; and
• • Bids the psychic apparatus to pursue idealistic goals and perfection.

Dominant Approaches and Ideas of Social Sciences – Rational Choice

Rational Choice Theory

It is the view that people behave as they do because they believe that performing their chosen actions has more
benefits than costs. That is, people make rational choices based on their goals, and those choices govern their
behavior. (Berroya 2017)
• Cost - an amount that has to be paid or spent to buy or obtain something.
• Benefit - an advantage or profit gained from something.

Table 2.1: Assumptions of Rational Choice Theory - Source: (Pasion 2018)

Assumptions of Rational Choice Description
Theory
1. Individualism It is the ability of individuals to ultimately take actions. (independent, self-
reliant)
2. Optimality Individuals choose their actions optimally, given their individual
preferences as well as the opportunities or constraints with which the
individuals face. (best or most effective)
3. Structures These structures and norms that dictate a single course of action are merely
special cases of rational choice theory.
4. Self-Regarding Interest This assumption states that the actions of an individual is concerned
entirely with his/her own welfare.
5. Rationality It is the most predominant assumption of the rational choice theory.

Table 2.2: Strengths of Rational Choice Theory - Source: (Pasion 2018)

Assumptions of Rational Choice Description

Theory
1. Generality This means that one set of assumptions relating to each type of actor in a
given circumstance is compatible w/ any set of assumptions about the
environmental setting in which the actor is present.
2. Parsimony (cheapness) The common knowledge of rationality assumption.
3. Predictive Used to produce a wide variety of decisive theories, whose predictions
about the measurable real world phenomena rule out a much larger set of
outcomes that what is already general.

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ENGAGE:

A. Direction: Look at the pictures and describe what you see on them by determining the significant ideas that they
convey.

Psychoanalysis Rational Choice

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APPLY:

Fill in the Blanks

Directions: Read each statement or question below carefully and fill in the blank(s) with the correct answer.
1. The primary job of the ego is to mediate/ balance the demands of the ___________ and the outer forces of reality.
2. _________________ is the most predominant assumption of the rational choice theory.
3. It is the view that people behave as they do because they believe that performing their chosen actions has more
_________________ than 4. _________________.
5. The material that we have no immediate access to, and we cannot bring into _________________.

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ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY:

ASSESSMENT:

Identification : Directions: Choose the word of the correct answer.

1. This refers to the framework for understanding the impact of the unconscious on
thoughts, feelings, and behavior.
2. The material that we have no immediate access to, and we cannot bring into
consciousness. It includes repressed feelings, hidden memories, habits, thoughts,
desires, and reactions.
3. It contains those thoughts of which you are currently aware.
4. It is concerned only with satisfying personal desires.
5. Individuals choose their actions optimally, given their individual preferences as
well as the opportunities or constraints with which the individuals face.
6. It is the most predominant assumption of the rational choice theory.
7. It is the ability of individuals to ultimately take actions.
8. This assumption states that the actions of an individual is concerned entirely with
his/her own welfare.
9. Bids the psychic apparatus to pursue idealistic goals and perfection.
10. These structures and norms that dictate a single course of action are merely special
cases of rational choice theory.
11. The center of reason, reality-testing, and common sense.
12. It stores all the thoughts of which you could bring into consciousness fairly easily
if you wanted to; thoughts that can be easily recalled without special techniques.
13. Father of Psychoanalysis.
14. The common knowledge of rationality assumption.
15. Used to produce a wide variety of decisive theories, whose predictions about the
measurable real world phenomena rule out a much larger set of outcomes that what
is already general

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