11 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Trends, Networks and Critical

Thinking in the 21st Century
Quarter 4 – Module 6:
Parallelism between Neural
and Social Networks
Trends, Networks and Critical Thinking in the 21st Century Culture– Grade 11
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Quarter 4 – Module 6: Parallelism between Neural and Social Networks
First Edition, 2020

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 What I Need to Know

Hello learner!!! Welcome to this another exciting module on parallelism

between neural and social networks.

As you have noticed in our daily lives, we are always confronted with
situations that crack a part of our brain and we wonder why things happened
that way. If we could not identify or recognize the pattern in that situation,
we could not be able to understand and even tell what would probably happen
next. This approach has become very useful in social sciences.

In your previous module, you have illustrated how our brain or neural
network works, right?

This module will surely be an exciting one because you will discover
more of your networks in your community where you belong. Are you ready?

Most Essential Learning Competencies

At the end of this module you are expected to:

1. Compare neural networks with social networks

(HUMSS_MCT12-IIg-i-3)
2. Establish linkages between self and the social networks
(HUMSS_MCT12-IIg-i-4)

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 What I Know

Activity 1

Instructions: Read each statement and write the letter of the correct answer
in your activity notebook. Do not write anything on this module.

1. What are the two types of Neural Networks?

a. Biological Neural network and Artificial Neural Network
b. Chemical Neural Network and Biological Neural Network
c. Geological Neural Network and Artificial Neural Network
d. Chemical Neural Network and Geological Neural Network

2. What is the main function of ANNs?

a. Reproduce Human Spinal Functions
b. Reproduce Human Foot Functions
c. Reproduce Human Nervous System
d. Reproduce Human Brain Functions

3. What are the Three Parts of a Neuron?

a. Dendrite, Saxon, Aoma
b. Gamio, Saxio, Dendrition
c. Dendrite, Soma, Axon
d. Dęndrìtē, Âxòn, Sómä

4. Which of the following is beyond the control of ANNs?

a. Geometric problems
b. Science problems
c. Industry problems
d. Financial problems

5. What futuristic actions cannot be performed by ANNs? ANNs is

capable of performing the following futuristic actions except _______.
a. Pattern Recognition
b. Function Approximation
c. Pattern Classification
d. Facial Recognition

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 What’s In

Activity 2

Instructions. In your activity notebook, create a social map showing your

own social network. Follow the sample map of AJ in Figure 1.

Johnlou jenny Ma’am Cynth

Ton
Ma’am
Shelly

Ma’am
Char
Ma’am
Nestor Sheila
Mae
Ann

AJ
Kyla
Neriss

Janice Leah

Erlin
John
Nikki

Nonoy
Cheng
James
Pastor

Figure 1. A sample illustration of Social Network of a High School Student

whose mother is a teacher

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 What’s New

Activity 3.

Instructions: Refer to Figure 1 in answering the following:

1. Identify at least three (3) people from your network who have similar
interests with one another.
2. Are some of those interests beneficial for the society? Support your
answer.

What is It

NEURAL NETWORK

Neural networks referred to as connectionist systems (Garson, 2018) are

a computational approach, which is based on a large collection of neural units
(AKA artificial neurons), loosely modeling how the brain of a human solves
problems with a large clusters of biological neurons connected by axons
(Garson, 2018).

Each neural unit is linked with many others, and links can be enforcing
or inhibitory in their effect on the activation state of connected neural units.
Each individual neural unit may have a summation function which combines
the values of all its inputs together. There may be a threshold function or
limiting function on each connection and on the unit itself; such that the
signal must surpass the limit before propagating to other neurons. These
systems are self-learning and trained, rather than explicitly programmed, and
excel in areas where the solution or feature detection is difficult to express in
a traditional computer program.

Neural networks typically consist of multiple layers or a cube design, and

the signal path traverses from front to back. Back propagation is where the
forward stimulation is used to reset weights on the "front" neural units and
this is sometimes done in combination with training where the correct result
is known. More modern networks are a bit freer flowing in terms of stimulation
and inhibition with connections interacting in a much more chaotic and
complex fashion. Dynamic neural networks are the most advanced in that they
dynamically can, based on rules, form new connections and even new neural
units while disabling others.

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 The goal of the neural network is to solve problems in the same way that
the human brain would, although several neural networks are more abstract.
Modern neural network projects typically work with a few thousand to a few
million neural units and millions of connections, which is still several orders
of magnitude less complex than the human brain and closer to the computing
power of a worm.

NEURAL NETWORK

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SOCIAL NETWORK

A social network is a social structure made up of a set of social actors

(such as individuals or organizations), sets of dyadic ties, and other social
interactions between actors. The social network perspective provides a set of
methods for analyzing the structure of whole social entities as well as a variety
of theories explaining the patterns observed in these structures. The study of
these structures uses social network analysis to identify local and global
patterns, locate influential entities, and examine network dynamics.

Social networks and the analysis of them is an inherently

interdisciplinary academic field which emerged from social psychology,
sociology, statistics, and graph theory. Georg Simmel authored early
structural theories in sociology emphasizing the dynamics of triads and "web
of group affiliations". Jacob Moreno is credited with developing the first
sociograms in the 1930s to study interpersonal relationships. These
approaches were mathematically formalized in the 1950s and theories and
methods of social networks became pervasive in the social and behavioral
sciences by the 1980s. Social network analysis is now one of the major

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paradigms in contemporary sociology, and is also employed in a number of
other social and formal sciences. Together with other complex networks, it
forms part of the nascent field of network science.

What’s More

Activity 4

Instructions: Give the difference in terms of network in the given illustrations

below. Write your comparison in your Activity Notebook.

https://tinyurl.com/yxhuhh8p
vs https://tinyurl.com/2sf76v9a

What I Have Learned

Activity 5.

Instructions: Answer the following questions in your activity notebook.

1. What have you learned from this module?

I learned that ____________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

2. For you, what is the most challenging part in this module?

The most challenging part is ______________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

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 3. Is there anything you want to say to your teacher for him/her to know
about your experience in answering the activities in this module?

I would like to tell my teacher that _________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

What I Can Do

Activity 6.

Instructions. Name one person in your community that you wish to imitate
or make as your inspiration in the near future. Give a few details on the
process on how you are going to achieve or achieve more of what he/she has
achieved in life. Include in your brief essay the social networks that you would
be most likely to tap with.

Assessment

Activity 7.

Instructions. Give what is asked for in each item. Write your answers in your
notebook.

1. ______________________ is referred to as connectionist systems.

2. Each _________________is linked with many others, and links can be

enforcing or inhibitory in their effect on the activation state of connected
neural.

3. _______________________are the most advanced- in that they

dynamically can, based on rules, form new connections and even new
neural units while disabling others.

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 4. The goal of the neural network is to _______________in the same way
that the human brain would.

5. A ___________________is a social structure made up of a set of social

actors (such as individuals or organizations), sets of dyadic ties, and
other social interactions between actors.
6-10. Compare the neural networks with social networks. (5 POINTS).

Additional Activities

Activity 8.
Instructions: Provide a brief discussion on how COVID-19 affected your community,
the country and the world as a whole. Use your activity notebook to write your
answer.

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Activity 1.
1. a
2. d
3. d
4. a
5. d
Activity 2. Answers may vary.
Activity 3. Answers may vary.
Activity 4. Answers may vary.
Activity 5. Answers may vary.
Activity 6. Answers may vary.
Activity 7.
1. Neural networks
2. neural unit
3. Dynamic neural networks
4. solve problems
5. social network
6-10. Neural Networks and social networks are both systems that are used to
discover patterns and extract meanings from emerging trends. Both are used in
analyzing scenarios that will challenge us to formulate our own stances on issues
or concerns in our community and society.
Activity 8. Answers may vary.
Answer Key
Glossary
Neuron- The neuron is the basic working unit of the brain, a
specialized cell designed to transmit information to other
nerve cells, muscle, or gland cells. Neurons are cells within
the nervous system that transmit information to other nerve
cells, muscle, or gland cells.
Artificial neural network- An artificial neural network (ANN) is the piece of a
computing system designed to simulate the way the human
brain analyzes and processes information.
Behavioral science- A branch of science (such as psychology, sociology, or
anthropology) that deals primarily with human action and
often seeks to generalize about human behavior in society.

References

Chen, J. (ed.) (2020). Neural Network. Investopedia.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/neuralnetwork.asp

Garson, James (27 November 2018). Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). The Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford
University – via Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Pérez Sánchez, Rolando. (2011). Between neural networks and social

networks: Between recognition and discrimination. Actualidades en
Psicología. 22. 131. 10.15517/ap.v22i109.22.

https://tinyurl.com/yxhuhh8p

https://tinyurl.com/2sf76v9a

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