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DISS Module 3 Historical Context
DISS Module 3 Historical Context
Ideas in the
Social Science
Quarter 1 – Module 3:
Historical Context of the
Emergence of Social Science
Disciplines
What is It
Just like an identical twin, the different disciplines of social science have
similarities despite of their differences.
According to Quexbook, 2018 People with a certain word choice, syntax, and
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pronunciation are revealed to be members of a particular speech community; a
group of people who share social conventions about language use. Some features
are noticeable (salient) and are recognized within the community as having a
particular social meaning. Other features are sociolinguistic indicators that can be
associated with certain social characteristics. Different speech communities may
reflect subsets of the same language called dialects.
According to Quexbook, 2018 Although sociology has its roots in the works
of philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, and Confucius, it is a relatively new academic
discipline. It emerged in the early nineteenth century in response to the challenges
of modernity.
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According to Quexbook, 2018 The Demographic Transition Model
(DTM) is based on historical population trends of two demographic characteristics -
birth rate and death rate - to suggest that a country’s total population growth rate
cycles through stages as that country develops economically.
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6. Political Science: Aristotle (384 - 322 B.C) According to Neonatal, 2016
Political scientist
Laid down the foundation of governance and leadership
He said “man by nature is a political animal”.
He wrote “The Politics”.
9. Demography
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on epic nationalistic narratives, which often tended
to glorify the nation or great men, to more objective
and complex analyses of social and intellectual
forces.
Recently, the field of digital history has begun to
address ways of using computer technology to pose
new questions to historical data and generate digital
scholarships.
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the ranks of leaders with the power to make laws,
judge and execute laws.
The chiefdom become a state
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