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Module 1: Social

Sciences
Ana Patricia M. Magtuto
• Social sciences are vast fields of scientific study which
investigate human societies and the different forces within
them.
• These diverse fields examine how people interact and
develop their culture.
• Social sciences are comprised of several disciplines,
including history, political science, sociology, psychology,
economics, geography, demography, anthropology and
linguistics.
BRANCHES OF THE SOCIAL
SCIENCES
1.Economics It is a study of allocation of scarce resources and the
production and exchange of goods and services within society.
The two primary divisions of the economics are
2. microeconomics, which focuses on the actions of individual
consumers and producers, and
3.macro-economics, which explores the actions and output of the
aggregate economy.
2. Anthropology

It is a scientific study of human beings and their cultures in


the past and present.
Anthropology’s systematic approach to human research, the
importance of fieldwork and participant observation, and its
focus on cross-cultural comparison, make it special in the
social sciences.
3. History
• History is a systematic study of past human events in order to understand the
meaning, dynamics and relationship of the causes and effects of events in the
development of societies.
• This is derived from the Greek word past, which means "investigation. In a social
science,. history focuses on the interpretation and analysis of historical events, as
they have historically occurred with the use of primary and secondary sources.
• Primary sources refer to eyewitness reports or historical accounts of the incident.
They often use secondary sources or facts that are not eye-witness accounts and
are based on primary sources.
4. Political Science

• Political science focuses on human actions in relation to


political processes, states, rules and international affairs.
• This explores the relationship between citizens and politics
at all levels, from the citizen to the national and
international levels.
5. Psychology

• Psychology is researching how the human mind functions


in consonance with the body to generate thoughts that
contribute to individual actions.
• Psychology analyzes how individuals and communities
view the world through various feelings, thoughts and
states of consciousness.
6. Sociology
• Sociology is a systematic study of people’s behavior in groups. It
is derived from the Latin word socio which means “people
together” and Greek word logos which means “the study of.” As
a discipline of the social science, it attempts to understand why
and how people interact with each other and how the function
as a society or social subgroups.
• Applied sociology focus on the use and proper application of
sociological theories, methods and skills to examine data.
7. Geography

• Geography is a study of the relationship between people and their


environment. Geography was derived from Greek words: geography
means "world" and “graphos” means "charting or drawing."
• Geography examines both the physical features of the Earth's surface
and its interaction with human societies. This also explores how
human society communicates with the natural world and the effect
of environments and places on people.
8. Demography
• Demography is a statistical study of human populations over
time, according to the Max Planck Center for Demographic
Science (2016).
• This explores trends in population growth through the study of
birth, human activity, and morbidity, aging and mortality
statistics.
• Population studies or social demography are an important sub-
field of sociology. Social demographers analyze demographic
data to identify, describe and forecast social phenomena. This
also studies the composition of social class and population
distribution.
Thank you!

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