DISCIPLINE AND IDEAS IN
APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES
TOPIC 1
MELC/ OBJECTIVES
• 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.
REBOOT YOUR MEMORY!
REBOOT YOUR MEMORY!
• What are the words left
without circle from the list
above. Then read each word
aloud. What cluster of science
does this group of subjects
belong?
Let’s Think!
• The jumbled words will guide
you in identifying the social
science discipline being
described.
Let’s Think!
Study of society, social
institutions, and social
relationship
LOGICOSYO
SOCIOLOGY
Let’s Think!
Study of human origins,
societies, cultures, and races,
PYLOGHANTHOR
ANTHROPOLOGY
Let’s Think!
Branch of social science that
deals with the production,
distribution, consumption, and
management of goods &
services
MOCONIECS
ECONOMICS
Let’s Think!
Study of the natural features of
the earth’s surface, including
topography, climate, soil,
vegetation, etc., and man’s
response to them
GYREOGAHP
DEMOGRAPHY
Let’s Think!
Study of the natural features of
the earth’s surface, including
topography, climate, soil,
vegetation, etc., and man’s
response to them
GYREOGAHP
DEMOGRAPHY
Let’s Think!
Scientific study of language
GLUITINACS
LINGUISTICS
Let’s Think!
Scientific study of all forms of human
and animal behavior, sometimes
concerned with the methods through
which behavior can be modified
SCHOOGLYPY
PSYCHOLOGY
Let’s Think!
Scientific study of human populations
especially with reference to their size,
structure, and distribution
PHOMRAGDIECS
DEMOGRAPHICS
Let’s Think!
Study of government of states and
other political units
SCENIEC LOCLAPILIT
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Let’s Think!
Discipline of recording and interpreting
past events involving human beings
STIROHY
HISTORY
Essential Questions
• What are the similarities and differences
between social sciences and applied social
sciences?
• What is the relationship of between social
sciences and applied social science?
• In which aspects of human life can Applied
Social Sciences be of real value?
• What are the benefits and importance of
Applied Social Sciences?
AGREE OR DISAGREE
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.
AGREE OR DISAGREE
➢ Applied social scientists use and borrow
different 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
AGREE OR DISAGREE
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
SOCIAL SCIENCES
is the branch of science devoted to the
study of human societies and the
relationships among individuals within
those societies. It now encompasses,
anthropology, archaeology, economics,
human geography, linguistics, media
studies,, political science, psychology, and
social history.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
It is about people how they interact with
others in their society and how societies
interact with each other.
BRANCHES OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
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.
BRANCHES OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
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
BRANCHES OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
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
Let’s Think!
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.
Let’s Think!
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.
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.
Applied Social Sciences
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.
Applied Social Sciences
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
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:
o Guidance counselling
o Life coaching
o Career counselling
o Personal growth counselling
Practice Task 2. Illustrate the similarities and differences of SOCIAL SCIENCE AND APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Relationship and Impact of social Sciences and
Applied Social Sciences in the Society
Applied Social
Social Sciences
Sciences
Involved
Involved
creates
Intervention
