11 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Discipline and Ideas in

Applied Social Sciences
Quarter 3 – Module 1:
Social Sciences and Applied Social Sciences;
Disciplines of Counseling

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Discipline and Ideas in Applied Social Sciences – Grade 11
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 3 – Module 1: Social Sciences and Applied Social Sciences; Disciplines
of Counseling
Second Edition, 2021

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Introductory Message
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 What I Need to Know

This Learning Module is designed to maximize your full potential on

improving yourself especially in interacting and relating with other individuals.

This course introduces some Applied Social Sciences which draw their
foundation from the theories and principles of Social Sciences. In this course
you shall be able to demonstrate competencies in interacting and relating with
other individuals, groups, and communities; apply social sciences principles,
practices, and tools in addressing the development areas identified by the
class; and analyze how processes in these applied disciplines work in specific
life situations. The purpose of this course is to prepare you students in the
future to offer help, support, understanding, and possible alternatives that
could lead enjoyment and a more fulfilling and productive life not only for
yourselves but also to other individuals.

What I Know

Directions: Before the chapter study. Read each statement carefully. Place a check
mark (√) if you agree with the statement and cross (X) if you do not agree. Answer
directly in your notebook.

Statements √ or X
1. Social science is defined as a branch
of science which deals with the study
of society and the relationship of
individuals to their environment.
2. Applied social sciences applies social
scientific theories and knowledge
from social sciences to the physical
environment or society.

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 3. Anthropology refers to the study of
humans.
4. History is a study of the past,
principally how it relates to humans.
5. Linguistics is the scientific study of
language and its structure.
6. Counselling is a process which helps
the client (counselee) clarify and
address problems.
7. Individual and Family Counseling are
considered as the goals of
counseling.
8. Facilitate change of behavior to the
client is one of the scopes of
counseling.
9. Listening skills is the number one skill
that a counselor should always
consider in a counseling process.
10. It is important to know counseling
because it helps people navigate
difficult life situations, such as the
death of a loved one, divorce, natural
disasters, school stress and the loss
of a job.

What’s In

Task 1. Picture Analysis:

Review Social Sciences Discipline through picture analysis. Choose

the correct word found inside the box.

Anthropology Economics
Linguistics Psychology
Sociology Political Science
History Geography

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 1. 5.

(Gratisography n.d.) (production, pexels n.d.)

2. 6.

(Vaitkevich n.d.) (Shimazaki n.d.)

3. 7.

(Beliaikin n.d.) (production, pexels n.d.)

4. 8.

(Hazelwood n.d.) (Danilyuk n.d.)

Task 2. WORD MAP:

What do you know about Applied Sciences? Gather as many words associated with
the word Applied Sciences. Write your answer in your notebook.

APPLIED
SCIENCES

Illustrated by Jenny Mae P. Sojor

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 What’s New

Directions: Briefly answer each question in your notebook.

1. How can the disciplines of Social Science and Applied Social Science be useful
in your development as a student?
______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
2. Which among the Social Sciences and Applied Social Sciences do you find
interesting? Why?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

What is It

A branch of science which deals with the study of society and the relationship of
individuals to their environment is called Social Sciences or pure social sciences. It
has many branches which include: Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History,
Linguistics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Demography.
 Anthropology refers to the study of humans. As a social science discipline, it
examines all aspects of human life and culture. It seeks to understand human
origins and adaptation, and the diversity of cultures and worldviews.
 Economics studies the production, distribution, exchange, and consumption of
goods and services. It deals with the optimum allocation of scarce resources
among its alternatives to satisfy the unlimited human wants and needs of the
people.
 Geography is the science of place. It is the social science that studies the
distribution and arrangement of all elements of the earth’s surface. Geography
studies not only the surface of the earth but also the location and distribution of its
physical as well as cultural features, the patterns that they form, and the
interrelation of these things as they affect people.

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 History is a study of the past, principally how it relates to humans. It describes or
narrates and analyzes human activities in the past and the changes that these had
undergone. In its broadest sense, history is the totality of all past events.
 Linguistics is the scientific study of language and its structure. It involves the
description of languages, the investigation of their origin, the inquiry of how
children acquire language, and how individuals learn languages other than their
own. Linguistics also deals with the relationships between or among languages
and with the manner languages change over time.
 Political science is a social science discipline that studies systems of
government, and the analysis of political activity and behavior. It is the systematic
study of politics.
 Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. It is “the
scientific study of behavior and the mind.” These cannot actually be seen, only
inferred from observable behavior.” The term psychology comes from two Greek
words: ‘psyche,’ which means “breath, spirit, or soul,” and ‘logos,’ 'the study of.'
 Sociology is the scientific study of human social relations or group life. It primarily
deals with social interaction or the responses of persons to each other.
 Demography is the interdisciplinary study of the size, growth, and distribution of
human populations. It examines statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the
incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.
Main areas of inquiry include human population dynamics and human population
change. It also involves the study of the structure of populations and how
populations change over time due to births, deaths, migration, and aging.

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Applied Social Sciences also called as practical social sciences are social sciences
that apply social scientific theories and knowledge from social sciences to the physical
environment or society. For instance, counseling applies the theories of Psychology
and other helping professions to empower individuals to make wise career choices.
Both basic or applied social science are required for human development. However,
applied social sciences cannot stand on their right but instead, relies on basic social
sciences progress. In reality, the industry and private organizations tend to focus more
on applied social sciences given their practical value, while Higher Education
Institutions study both basic and applied social sciences. There are three disciplines
under Applied Social Sciences, namely: Counseling, Social Work, and
Communication.

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Counseling
Counseling comes from the Latin word “Consilium” meaning plan, council,
wisdom and advice. Counseling is a profession and a helping relationship that
facilitates the development of individuals, groups and families that are based on the
principle of empowerment that helps achieve personal, social, educational and career
development. This is contrary to our shared definition of counseling which focused
advice giving, but it more of a process which helps the client (counselee) clarify and
address problems.

People who use Counseling in their work

A list of professionals who used counseling in their work are the following:
❖ Counseling / Clinical Psychologists
❖ Welfare Workers
❖ Teachers
❖ Nurses, Health visitors, and midwives
❖ Occupational and speech therapists
❖ Social workers
❖ Physiotherapists
❖ Ministers of Religion
❖ Voluntary and Youth workers

Goals of Counseling
Different individuals have various issues and concerns in life. Their reason for
consulting a Counselor or a Counseling Psychologist differs based on their problems
and concerns. Why are people coming to see a counselor or a counseling
psychologist? What is the goal of counseling?
The following are some goals of counseling:
a. Facilitate change of behavior - counseling has specific goals, this specific goal
will help both of the client and the counselor understand what specific change of
behavior is desired.

b. Promote decision making - this enables individual make critical decisions but
not to decide which decisions the clients should make to acquire understanding
not only of their abilities, opportunities, and interests but also their emotions,
behavior, and attitudes that could interfere their choices and decisions.

c. Enhance coping skills and adjustment - There are a lot of pressures in life that
a person will face in his/her lifetime. It is the goal of counseling to empower
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 individuals that can enhance coping skills and adjustment to be able to adapt and
survive in this complex society we are living.

d. Improve relationship skills - Many people go to a counselor because of poor

self-esteem or inadequate social skills, some of them might be bullied by
classmates, and it is the goal of counseling to help the client improve the quality
of life by becoming more effective in teaching life skills and interpersonal skills to
improve relationships.
e. Facilitate counselee or client potential - one of the counseling goals is to help
an individual maximize his freedom and seek individual’s effectiveness by giving
him or her control over his environment and/or overcome. Counselors are working
with people with excessive smoking, depression, and aggression they help them
to take care better of their clients holistically: physical, psychological and spiritual.

In summary, it is the ultimate goal of counseling to help individuals realize their full
potential or become self-actualized, maintain an adequate level of development and
encourage them to verbalize an unexpressed feeling.

Scope of Counseling
Since all professions have scopes and limitations, counseling also a profession has a
scope which will be based on the law which regulates its practice. This practice may
be done individually, by the group and in the community by the provision of the law.
➢ Individual Counseling
Identity problems, relationships, anxiety, depression, family problems, behavior
management, gender (identity and sexuality), grief/bereavement, relationships, sexual
abuse recovery, workplace stress and relationships, drug abuse, eating disorders,
HIV, spirituality, status and middle age syndrome.
➢ Marital and Pre-marital Counseling
Marital and relationship dynamics, Relationship and fertility issues
➢ Family Counseling
Children and adult behaviors, divorce/annulment and separation problems and
adjustments, family problems, life stages, transitions, parenting and remarriage
relationship counseling.

Principles of Counseling
There are principles of counseling that should be observed in a counseling relationship
and process. These basic principles are essential requirements for the counseling
relationship to be efficient and to achieve its goals. The basic principles are the
following:
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a. Listening skills - This is the number one skill that a counselor should always
consider in a counseling process. When listening attentively to the client to show
that we are interested and we respect him/her whatever situation he/she have right
now. This will result in emphatic understanding and can exploit develop a positive
and healthy interaction with the client.
b. Resistance - human behavior is very complex, and people respond to things
differently. It is important for counselors not to take client’s resistance personally
since some resistance to therapeutic change is natural.
c. Respect - Counselor should have respect for his/her client no matter how weird,
strange, peculiar, different the customer is with you. A counselor should be neutral
and must be objective no matter what. There are times that the counselor do not
like the customer, in that case, a counselor must put away personal feelings and
treat the client with respect. A counselor should always see him/herself on the
client’s situation, trying to put his shoe on the shoes of his/her client.
d. Empathy or Unconditional Positive Regard - This is based on the writings of Carl
Rogers, these two principles go along with particular and effective listening skills.
Empathy requires listening and understanding client’s feeling and their
perspective. This principle should be part of the counselor’s characteristics since
the success of counselee-counselor relationship will depend on the quality of
rapport built along the process.
e. Clarification, confrontation, and interpretation - These principles are techniques of
therapeutic intervention that are advanced. Clarification is an attempt by the
therapist to restate what the client is either saying or feeling so the client may learn
something or understand the issue better. Confrontation is a skill that can assist
clients to increase their self-awareness that can be used to highlight discrepancies
that clients have been previously unaware of while interpretation is when the
counselor tries to interpret the client’s situation based on noting and reflection of
their story.
f. Transference and Counter-transference - a process somewhat related to
projection. It is important to understand transference reactions for this help the
client gain more understanding of important aspects of their emotional life.
Counter-transference refers to the emotional and perceptional reactions the
counselor has towards the client.

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 What’s More

Task 3: EMPOWER ME!

1. In our discussion on counseling goals, counseling aims to empower the client by

helping him/her to change his/her behavior, make wise decisions in life, ability to
cope to his/her environment and improve relationship skills.
What do you think about this statement? Do you accept or support it? How will it
empower you? Explain your answer.
2. If you will be given the chance to be one of the practitioners of counseling, how are
you going to assist individuals, groups, or communities involved in difficult situations
like post-disaster, court hearing about separation of celebrity couple and cyber
bullying?
Show through writing your understanding of the basic concepts of counseling and
apply it to only one situation stated above. Write your thoughts in your notebook
with at least one paragraph containing not less than 100 words.

Task 4: NAME THAT PRINCIPLE!

Directions.
1. Among the six principles that we discussed namely; listening skills, resistance,
respect, empathy or unconditional positive regard, clarification, confrontation, and
interpretation, transference and counter-transference, which will you choose to
represent the most? Briefly, explain your notebook.

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 What I Have Learned

After studying this chapter, what have you learned or realized?

1. Write your answers in your notebook by completing the following statements.

I have learned that _______________________________________

I have realized that _______________________________________
I will apply ______________________________________________
What is the importance of counseling? _______________________
If given a chance to become a counselor, what are the characteristics do you
think that a counselor should have? Why? ____________________

What I Can Do

Task 6: Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizer

Directions: Copy and complete the chart below. Classify the following disciplines and
categorize them if they belong to the Social Sciences or to the Applied Social
Sciences. Write your answer in your notebook.

Disciplines to be categorized:
Anthropology Psychology Communication
Political Science Social Work Sociology
Counselling History Demography
Geology Economics
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 Social
Sciences

Applied
Social
Sciences

Illustrated by Jenny Mae P. Sojor

Task 7:
Directions: Copy the questions and answer comprehensively in your notebook.
1. How do Social Sciences and Applied Social Sciences resemble and differ
from one another?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
2. What is the importance of knowing the differences and similarities between
Social Sciences and Applied Social Sciences?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________

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 Assessment

Direction: After the chapter study. Read each statement carefully. Place a check mark
(√) if you agree with the statement and cross (X) if you do not agree. Answer directly
in your notebook.

Statements √ or X
1. It is not important to know counseling
because it helps people navigate
difficult life situations.
2. Listening skills is the number one skill
that a counselor should always
consider in a counseling process.
3. Facilitate change of behavior to the
client is one of the goals of
counseling.
4. Individual and Family Counseling are
considered as the scopes of
counseling.
5. Counselling is a process which helps
the client clarify and address
problems.
6. Linguistics is the scientific study of
language and its structure.
7. Psychology is a study of the past,
principally how it relates to humans.
8. History refers to the study of humans.
9. Applied social sciences applies social
scientific theories and knowledge from
social sciences to the physical
environment or society.
10. Social science is defined as a branch
of science which deals with the study
of society and the relationship of
individuals to their environment.

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Glossary

The following terms used in this module are defined as follows:

✓ Anthropology - refers to the study of humans.

✓ Applied Social Sciences - also called as practical social sciences are social
sciences that apply social scientific theories and knowledge from social sciences
to the physical environment or society
✓ Clarification - to make understandable
✓ Confrontation - the act of confronting
✓ Counselee - one who is being counseled
✓ Counseling - is a process which helps the client clarify and address problems.
✓ Counselor - a person who gives advice or counseling
✓ Countertransference - the complex of feelings of a psychotherapist toward the
patient
✓ Demography - the interdisciplinary study of the size, growth, and distribution of
human populations.
✓ Economics - studies the production, distribution, exchange, and consumption of
goods and services.
✓ Empathy - refers to the ability to relate to another person’s pain vicariously, as
if one has experienced that pain themselves
✓ Family Counseling - this help children and families who need help how to resolve
family issues
✓ Geography - the science of place.
✓ History - study of the past, principally how it relates to humans.
✓ Individual Counseling - one-on-one counseling
✓ Interpretation - the act or the result of interpreting
✓ Linguistics - the scientific study of language and its structure.
✓ Marital Counseling - also called as couples’ therapy
✓ Political science - a social science discipline that studies systems of government,
and the analysis of political activity and behavior.
✓ Pre-marital Counseling - type of therapy that helps couples prepare for marriage.
✓ Psychology - the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
✓ Resistance - a means of resisting
✓ Social Sciences - simply called as pure social sciences is defined as a branch of
science which deals with the study of society and the relationship of individuals to
their environment.
✓ Sociology - the scientific study of human social relations or group life.
✓ Transference - the redirection of feelings and desires and especially of those
unconsciously retained from childhood toward a new object (such as a
psychoanalyst conducting therapy)
✓ Unconditional Positive Regard - is a technique that involves showing complete
support and acceptance of psychotherapy clients.

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ASSESSMENT: WHAT I CAN DO:
1.
Social Sciences (in any
2.
order)
3. 1. Anthropology
4. 2. Psychology
5.
3. Political Science
4. Geology
6. 5. History
7. 6. Economics
8.
7. Sociology
9. 8. Demography
10.
Applied Sciences (in any
order)
ADDITIONAL 1. Counselling
ACTIVITIES 2. Social Work
Answer may vary 3. Communication
WHAT’S NEW: WHAT’S IN: WHAT I KNOW:
Answers may vary
1. Anthropology 1.
WHAT’S MORE: 2. Economics
3. Geography 2.
Answers may vary
4. History 3.
Answers may vary
5. Linguistic 4.
6. Political
5.
WHAT I HAVE Science
7. Psychology 6.
LEARNED:
8. Sociology 7.
Answers may vary
8.
9.
10.
Answer Key
References

BOOK:
Ritchel B. Bernardo and Christian Ranche (2016). Discipline and Ideas in the Applied
Social Sciences (1st ed.) JFS Publishing Services. pp. 5-26. ISBN: 978-621415-
005-2.

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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary, accessed July 15, 2020.

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