The Discipline and Ideas in Social Sciences Module # 1
The Discipline and Ideas in Social Sciences Module # 1
Ideas in Social
Sciences
MODULE # 1
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Learning Objectives
1. Define Social Sciences as the study of
Society.
2. Distinguish Social and Natural Sciences and
Humanities.
3. Analyze the various Social Science disciplines and
their fields, main areas of inquiry, and methods.
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INSTRUCTION:
A. Write True if the statement is correct and False if not.
1. Social science can be used to study and understand
society.
2. Socialization affects the overall cultural practices of
a society, but it does not shape one’s self-image.
3. Most social scientists believe heredity is the most
important factor influencing human development.
4. Social sciences perspective can be used to address
issue or problem.
5. Society refers to a group of people who share a
cul- ture and a territory.
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Introduce yourself and by completing this sentence.
Example:
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ETYMOLOGY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
The history of the social sciences has origin in the common stock of
Western philosophy and shares various precursors, but began most
intentionally in the early 19th century with the positivist philosophy
of science. Since the mid-20th century, the term "social science"
has come to refer more generally, not just to sociology, but to all
those disciplines which analyze society and culture;
from anthropology to linguistics to media studies.
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Distinguish Social and Natural Sciences and
Humanities.
The Social Sciences are statistical — that is, they are addressed by
surveys of large populations, as well as by empirical evidence. For
example, anthropology compares social groups in so-called primi-
tive economic conditions with social groups in more advanced eco-
nomic conditions. It also includes Archaeology, Psychology, Poli-
tics, Economics and History. Though most observations of Social
Science can be verified, some observations are matters
of opinion — subject to a cultural bias of the scientist.
The Natural Sciences are empirical that is, they are addressed by
using our five senses of sight, sound, touch, taste and smell.
Their facts can be verified “empirically,” that is, with the five sens-
es. Everybody can verify them.
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Microeconomics– the part of economics concerned with single fac-
tors and the effects of individual decisions.
Mikroekonomiya- ay isang sangay ng ekonomiya na nag-aaral
sa pag-uugali ng mga indibidwal at mga kumpanya sa paggawa
ng mga desisyon tungkol sa paglalaan ng mga mapagkukunan at
ang mga pakikipag-ugnayan sa mga indibidwal at kumpanya.
Examples: Demand. How demand for goods is influenced by
income, preferences, prices and other factors such as expec-
tations.Supply,Prices,Elasticity,Opportunity Cost,Labor Eco-
nomics,Competition, and Competitive Advantage.
Geography- is the study of the features of the earth and the location
of living things on the planet. It is divided into two main branches-
the Physical Geography and Human Geography.
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SOURCES OF HISTORY
Primary Source & Secondary Source
What is a Primary Source?
Primary sources include documents or artifacts created by a wit-
ness to or participant in an event. They can be firsthand testimony
or evidence created during the time period that you are studying.
Primary sources may include diaries, letters, interviews, oral histo-
ries, photographs, newspaper articles, government documents, po-
ems, novels, plays, and music. The collection and analysis of prima-
ry sources is central to historical research.
Note about primary sources: While there are many digital primary
resources available, it is very important to remember that the
majori- ty of primary sources have not yet been digitized.
EXAMPLES:
Some examples of primary source formats include:
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Secondary sources analyze a scholarly question and often use
primary sources as evidence.
Secondary sources include books and articles about a top-
ic. They may include lists of sources, i.e. bibliographies, that may
lead you to other primary or secondary sources.
Databases help you identify articles in scholarly journals or books
on a particular topic.
HERODOTUS—The father of history
EXAMPLES:
Bibliographies
Biographical works
Reference books, including dictionaries, encyclopedias, and atlases
Articles from magazines, journals, and newspapers after the event
Literature reviews and review articles (e.g., movie reviews, book
re- views)
History books and other popular or scholarly books
Works of criticism and interpretation
Commentaries and treatises
Textbooks
Indexes and abstracts
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ORIGINS
ECONOMICS
Origin of the term “economics” Two Greek roots of the word eco-
nomics are oikos-meaning household and nomus- meaning system
ofmanagement. Oikonomia or oikonomus means“management of
household.” With the growth of the Greek society until itsdevelop-
ment into city-states, the word became known as“state manage-
ment.” The term, “management of household” pertains tothe microe-
conomic branch of economics while “statemanagement” refers to the
macroeconomic branch ofeconomics.
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GEOGRAPHY
Its separate identity was first formulated and named some 2,000
years ago by the Greeks, whose geo and graphein were combined
to mean “earth writing” or “earth description.” However, what is
now understood as geography was elaborated before then, in the
Arab world and elsewhere. Ptolemy, author of one of the disci-
pline’s first books, Guide to Geography (2nd century CE), defined
geography as “a representation in pictures of the whole known
world together with the phenomena which are contained therein.”
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HISTORY
The term history entered the English language in 1390, with the
meaning of "relation of incidents, story" via the Old
French historie, from Latin historia, "narrative, account." This itself
was derived from the Ancient Greek ἱστορία, historía, meaning
"a learning or knowing by inquiry, history, record, narrative,"
from the verb ἱστορεῖν, historeîn, "to inquire."
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SOCIAL SCIENCES - A science which deals with human behav- ior
in its social and cultural aspects.
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Instruction: Answer the following problems in the separate sheets
provided.
A.
1. If you are an anthropologist, what specific Filipino tradition
will you be interested into?
2. List down 10 things which you can’t live without. Explain briefly
(maikli lang) why.
3. Search the internet/ gather information by any means for a
sig- nificant event that happened during the day of your birth.
4. Complete the sentence prompts.
History is the study of . Among the fields of History, I am
interested at History because I’m fascinated with
. An example of primary sources that I will deal
with History are . An example
of secondary source that I will deal with _ History
are .
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Multiple Choices. encircle the correct letter
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7.a discipline which allows man to understand themselves
and make sense of the world. It came from the Greek
word that means “knowledge acquired by
investigation”
A.Anthropology C. Geography
B.History D. Sociology
8.The study of the ways in which the human experience is
pro- cessed and documented; the fields of philosophy,
literature, religion, art, music, history and language
A. Humanities C. Social Sci-
ence
B. Natural Science D. Social
Stud- ies
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