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Disciplines and Ideas in the

Applied Social Sciences
Quarter 2 – Module 12:
Effects of Applied Social
Sciences Processes
 What I Need to Know

MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING COMPETENCY

 analyze the effects of applied social sciences processes on individuals, groups, and
society (HUMSS_DIASS 12-IIe-f-44)

 evaluate the effects of certain program or projects on knowledge, attitude, and

behavior of individuals, groups, and society (HUMSS_DIASS 12-IIe-i-45)

 synthesize the learning from the course and its applications to the learner
(HUMSS_DIASS 12-IIj-46)

At the end of the module, you should be able to:

K: Identify the effects of applied social sciences processes on individuals, groups, and
society;

S: Cite certain programs or projects in your community which has an impact on your
knowledge, attitude, and behavior towards other individuals, groups, and society;
and

A: Value the importance to know the effects of applied social sciences processes.
 What I Know

Directions:
Before the chapter study. Read and understand each item carefully.
Answer whether you agree or disagree with the statement. Put check mark (√) if you agree
and (X) if you disagree.
Answer directly on your notebook.

Statements √ or X
1. Attitude and value change are not one of the effects of
applied social sciences processes.
2. Through the applied social sciences, people have
developed ways to understand one’s self and the other
people around.
3. Counseling allows us to understand one’s personality
including various problems and issues that may affect an
individual.
4. “Bahala na habit” always has a negative implication.
5. Through media, people became more aware on the
different issues faced by the country.
6. Social workers provide people affected by disaster
training on how to become vulnerable to hazards on what
they should do before, during, after a disaster.
7. Risks of disasters can be prevented and mitigated
through the use of the applied social sciences because
it can provide us information on what to do when
disasters happen in a community.
8. Disaster risk reduction is not a completely individual
effort as it can also be fostered by social networks.
9. Earthquake drill does not prepare you to make the
most appropriate decisions to ensure your safety during
earthquake.
10. The applied social sciences allow us to understand
various social phenomena and because of this, people
can make significant changes in their attitudes and
values to prevent the occurrence of various natural and
social problems.
 What’s In

Applied social sciences have different functions that include

Selfdevelopment, Persuasion, Arts and Entertainment, Education, News and
Information, Organizing, Advocacy, and Mobilization and Socialization which can be
used in different careers.

What’s New

Directions:
“Take a few minutes to reflect on your personal experience with any service of social
science practitioners and any function of applied social sciences. How has counseling,
social work, communication channel, or any of the functions in society affected your
personal life? Or how has it influenced your life as a student?”

What is It

Effects of Applied Social Sciences Processes

The applied social sciences have various effects in our lives. Some of these are
discussed as follows:

 Awareness and knowledge: i.e., Social Media

Social Media
Positive Impact

- you can communicate to your friends fast over the internet

- you can search nearly anything online

- you can purchase products online which makes it easier, can

save time, money and effort. Negative Impact

- creates a generation barrier where different generations can

rarely
communicate
- makes people vulnerable to hackers, viruses and identity thefts
Social Media is just like a HALF GLASS of water. It depends on us what we see. In other
words, it’s a matter of choice on how we use it.

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Through the applied social sciences, people have developed ways to understand one’s
self and the other people around.

Counseling allows us to understand one’s personality including various problems and issues
that may affect an individual. The applied social sciences also allow us to understand better
and probe deeper into the different problems and issues affecting an individual, group, and
society through social work.

Social work provides awareness and understanding of community organizing issue and
mobilization. They also inform communities about the important political, social, and economic
issue that is affecting them. Trainings conducted by social workers on community capacity
building provide members with successful strategies and skills for personal and community
development.

The applied social sciences, particularly communication helped people to become more
discerning about the problems of country. Television, radio, and newspaper provide people
information on the different issues faced by the country. Through media, people also became
more aware of the social realities.

 Attitude and value change: i.e., disaster risk reduction and the bahala na habit
Disaster Risk Reduction
- People’s perceptions of natural, spiritual, and social phenomena are socially
constructed.

- Disaster risk reduction is not a completely individual effort as it can also be

fostered by social networks.

The Bahala na Habit

It’s a habit of Filipinos to say it especially when they don’t have a choice left to
gain that boosts their ego to do something that you need, and most of the times it is
effective.

Positiveness of “Bahala Na”

- highlighting one’s courage to willingly face difficulty and possible

failure
 - it leads to hope, optimism, self-efficacy, and courage

- willing to accept responsibilities in situations which he cannot

control

- unstructured situations where the person has to have a strong

sense of
pakiramdam as well

Negativeness of “Bahala Na”

- For some, it may just be a lame excuse to do nothing

- a sign of laziness for some students who refuse to prepare for

upcoming exams out of fear or laziness.

In summary, “bahala na” mentality has two meaning among Filipinos. For
hardworking Filipino, this mentality reflects an optimistic attitude that good things will come
since they have done their best. If not, they will not worry so much about the result. The attitude
revolves around a healthy dose of faith in God and a realistic acceptance that life is not perfect.

The applied social sciences allow us to understand various social phenomena and because
of this, people can make significant changes in their attitudes and values to prevent the
occurrence of various natural and social problems.

Example, risks of disasters can be prevented and mitigated through the use of the applied
social sciences because it can provide us information on what to do when disasters happen
in a community. Community social workers provide people with information that can help them
to make important attitude and value changes so that the impact of disasters can be reduced.

Another example is the impact of climate change to society and its overarching effects on
our country has become clearer and can easily be understood through the information
communication to us by media. Disasters, climate change, and its other adverse effects are
now clear to society because it has been effectively discussed and communicated in different
forms of media like, television. radio, internet, and social media. Applied social scientists can
communicate to the people impact of these social environmental phenomena through their
understanding of the interaction of society, culture, and environment. Because of our
knowledge of climate change, people have developed a new perspective and change of
attitudes and values about the importance of climate change.

Social workers provide people affected by disaster training on how to become vulnerable to
hazards on what they should do before, during, after a disaster. These trainings and programs
that were done and implemented by applied social sciences practitioners changed the
people’s attitudes, values, and ideas towards disasters. Through the help of social workers,
people affected by disasters become more resilient and prepared in times of disasters.
 What’s More

SELF-EVALUATION!
Directions.
1. You will write in your notebook your most significant learning about the topic discussed.
2. You are going to evaluate the learning you have gained from the topic discussed where:
“5” as the highest “1” as the lowest
(5 – outstanding to 1 – poor or no learning at all)

Most Significant Learning Rating

(write your understanding regarding the

effects of applied social sciences
processes on individuals, groups, and
society here)

(cite certain programs or projects in your

community (barangay/town), explain the
program or project and its impact on your
knowledge, attitude, and behavior
towards other individuals, groups, and in
your society)

(write the importance of knowing the

effects of applied social sciences
processes and its application in your
lives)

What I Have Learned

Directions.
1. Reflect on yourself after studying this chapter.
2. Copy and answer the following in your notebook.
 I have learned that _________________________________________.

I have realized that _________________________________________.

I will apply ________________________________________________.

“EXIT SHARING”
Directions.
1. After studying the course, Disciplines and Ideas in the Applied Social Sciences, you will
write your thoughts and learnings in color coded papers.
GREEN: Best Learning
YELLOW: Best Feelings
WHITE: Personal Realizations
ORANGE: Further Questions
2. Each paper must contain at least 3 paragraphs and must contain not less than 300 words.
3. Your performance will be graded using the rubrics for individual work attached below.
4. Note: 5% of the total score will be automatically deducted if your essay is less than 300
words.

INDIVIDUAL WORK RUBRICS

Exemplary 4 Sufficient 3 Minimal 2 Beginning 1

points points points point
Reflection on Critically reviews Active and Makes use of Automatic/superf
Existing existing careful existing icial responses
Knowledge knowledge, consideration of knowledge with little
questions existing without an attempt conscious
assumptions, and knowledge and to thought or
articulates new articulates new evaluate/appraise reference to
perspectives as a understanding of knowledge; existing
demonstrates knowledge;
result of knowledge as a
understanding but responses are
experience result of
does not relate to offered without
experience
other experiences attempting to
or personal understand them
reaction

Connection to Demonstrates Demonstrates Connects Connections are

Academic superior clear connections experience with not drawn
Concepts connection between class content between
between experience and (concepts/theorie experience and
experience and class content s) but remains class content
class content (concepts/theori superficial or (concepts/theori
(concepts/theories es); evidence of abstract es) or literature
) and literature; application of
evidence of theory.
application of
theory and
reconstruction of
perspective

Evidence of Articulates Articulates new Limited/superficial No evidence of

Development transformation of understanding/in insight about self insights about
their perspective of sights about self or particular self or particular
themselves or or particular issue/concept/ issue/concept/
about a particular issue/concept/ problem as a problem as a
issue/concept/ problem as a result of result of
problem as a result result of experience experience
of experience experience

Clarity Consistently Mostly detailed Some words are Consistently

accurate and clear and mostly clear inaccurate or inaccurate or
wording and writing and ambiguous. ambiguous
sentence structure. sentence Confusing wording,
structure. sentence confusing
structure. sentence
structure.
Adapted from: https://brocku.ca/pedagogical-innovation/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/Critical-
Reflection-Rubric.pdf

What I Can Do
Directions.
Do you think applied social sciences processes have effects to individuals, groups, and
society? Put a check mark  on the column if you think that it has an effect to individuals,
groups, and society.
Copy and answer on your notebook.

Does it have an Does it have an Does it have an

Applied Social effect on the effect on groups/ effect on the
Sciences Processes individual/person? communities? society?
1. Counseling
2. Social Work
3. Communication

Assessment

Directions:
After the chapter study. Read and understand each item carefully.
Answer whether you agree or disagree with the statement. Put check mark (√) if you agree
and (X) if you disagree.
Answer directly in your notebook.

Statements √ or X
1. Attitude and value change is not one of the
effects of applied social sciences processes.
2. Through the applied social sciences,
people have developed ways to understand
one’s self and the other people around.
3. Counseling allows us to understand one’s
personality including various problems and
issues that may affect an individual.
4. “Bahala na habit” always has a negative
implication.
5. Through media, people became more
aware on the different issues faced by the
country.
6. Social workers provide people affected by
disaster training on how to become
vulnerable to hazards on what they should do
before, during, after a disaster.
7. Risks of disasters can be prevented and
mitigated through the use of the applied
social sciences because it can provide us
information on what to do when disasters
happen in a community.
8. Disaster risk reduction is not a completely
individual effort as it can also be fostered by
social networks.
9. Earthquake drill does not prepares you to
make the most appropriate decisions to
ensure your safety during earthquake.
10. The applied social sciences allows us to
understand various social phenomena and
because of this , people can make significant
changes in their attitudes and values to
prevent the occurrence of various natural and
social problems.

Additional Activities

Answer the question below in your notebook.

As a member of the community, what can you contribute to make it a better place and worth
living?
Glossary
The following terms used in this module are defined as follows:

Attitude - a feeling or emotion toward a fact or state

Awareness - knowledge and understanding that something is happening or exists
Bahala na Habit - it can mean” living it all up to God”, “come what may”, “whatever will
be will be”.
Disaster - a sudden calamitous event bringing great damage, loss, or destruction
Disaster Risk Reduction - aims to reduce the damage caused by natural hazards like
earthquakes, floods, droughts and cyclones, through an ethic of prevention
Impact - a significant or major effect
Knowledge - the fact or condition of having information or of being learned
Social Media - forms of electronic communication such as websites through which users
create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and
other content (such as videos)

References

WEBSITES
https://prezi.com/r3ltyf4rcjui/applied-social-sciences/ accessed August 5, 2020.

https://www.scribd.com/document/370042062/Effects-of-Applied-Social-Science accessed
August 8, 2020.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary, accessed August 8, 2020.