Prepared by: Maseille Fransquat Bayumbon

Subject Teacher
The Discipline of the Social
Sciences

QUARTER 1 | LESSON 2
SOCIAL SCIENCE
• It is concerned about society. It aims at understanding all aspects of
society as when as finding solutions to deal with social problems It is a
broad area of knowledge and includes several different disciplines under
its domain.
• The social sciences have a critical contribution to make, in helping us
understand, imagine, and craft a more sustainable future for all.” –
UNESCO
Different Social Science
Disciplines
1. Anthropology-

Derived from the Greek words

“Anthropos” meaning human, and
“logos” meaning word or study of.

Anthropologist attempt to find answers on

so many questions involving humans.
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BRANCHES OF ARCHEOLOGY
ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTHROPOLOGY

Study of human biology/ Study of earlier cultures

analyze human fossil and ways of life.
remains.

Study and comparative

CULTURAL
analysis of pre-literate
ANTHROPOLOGY
societies.
2. Economics-

Derived from the Greek word “oikos”

meaning house and “nomos” meaning
custom or law. The term “oikonomia”
means management of a household.

Study of production, distribution and

consumption of goods and services.
3. Geography-

Derived from the Greek word

“geographia”, from geo meaning earth
and “graphe” meaning to describe.
Literally means to describe the earth.

Study of the features of the earth and the

location of living things on the planet.
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HUMAN
GEOGRAPHY BRANCHES OF
GEOGRAPHY
GEOGRAPHY

From the perspective of earth Focuses on the human

sciences. It includes the aspect of geography that is
study of soil, landforms, marked by a strong
water, minerals, climate. commitment to the concept
of culture.
4. History-
Derived from the Greek word “historia”
meaning inquiry.

Historians will unfold, discover, and

interpret human thoughts and actions
that are ever changing.

Historians have also tried to be

scientific in their methods of writing
historical accounts or historiography.
5. Political Science

Study of politics, government and the

need for the institution, its form and its
processes.

Political scientists deal with both

theory and practices of politics, including
the analysis on public policies.
6. Sociology-

Derived from the Greek word “socious”

meaning companion and “logos” meaning
word or study of.

It is the science of society.

Sociologist attempt to unravel patterns in group

behavior and not on specific expressions of
individual being.
7. Psychology-
Derived from the Latin word “psychologia”
combining “psych” meaning spirit or soul,
and “logia” for study of.

From the social sciences, it obtains

information about the social world such as
motivation, emotions, behavior and attitude.

It has 4 main goals: describe, explain, predict

and change behavior.