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Disciplines and Ideas in the

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Impact of Events in the Emergence of
Social Science Disciplines

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HUMSS – DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
Module 2: Impact of Events in the Emergence of Social Science Disciplines
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Disciplines and Ideas in the

Social Sciences
Module 2:
Impact of Events in the Emergence of
Social Science Disciplines

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 Lesson Emergence of the Social Sciences

1 and the Different Disciplines

Target

Hello there, it’s me again. How are you doing today? Welcome back to
Discipline and Ideas in the Social Sciences (DISS). In our previous lesson, you
were introduced to the emergence of the social science and the different
disciplines. Today, you will connect the disciplines with their historical and
social foundations by tracing the historical foundation and social context that
led to the development of each Social Science disciplines. (HUMSS_DIS 11-
IIId-4) (Department of Education Curriculum Instruction Strand 2020)

At the end of this module, you will be able to:

1. Outline the historical foundation and social context of each Social
Science disciplines;
2. Distinguish the difference between the social sciences, the natural
science and the humanities; and
3. Apply the concept scientific method when studying various human
phenomena.

Jumpstart

Let us begin!
The different social science disciplines may pose different points of
inquiry from one common social phenomenon that goes with our everyday life
events and activities that involved people living together in the society. While
one discipline is different on its perspective with the others, the main purpose
of each discipline of the social science is to characterize the nature of being
human (Tapel 2016).
Let us recall some of the different disciplines in the Social Sciences and try
connect it with their historical and social foundations by tracing its social
context that led to the development of each Disciplines of Social Science.

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Activity 1: Below are sounds like words that talk about the disciplines in the
Social Sciences. Identify the word/s by connecting and combining them. Write
the correct words that you have formed on the space provided.
1. Ant- throw- polo- gym = _______________________
2. Echo- know- mix = _______________________
3. Deo - graph- fee = _______________________
4. His- store- rich = _______________________
5. Lung- go- sticks = _______________________
6. Polite- tickle- Siam = _______________________
7. Seiko- low- jeep = _______________________
8. Them- oh- graph- fee = _______________________
9. This-Simple- line = _______________________
10. Sauce- shall- séance = _______________________

Discover

The Social Sciences are the fields of scholarship that study society.
Social science is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of
fields outside of the natural sciences. These include: anthropology,
archaeology, business administration, communication, criminology, economics,
education, government, linguistics, international relations, political science,
sociology and, in some contexts, geography, history, law, and psychology (Theo
and Baerveldt 2001).
Let us have deeper knowledge what is it all about the Disciplines of
Social Science are. Try to analyze and familiarize everything that you
encounter on the next part.

1. Anthropology

- The study of human societies and cultures and their development.

- The study of human biological and physiological characteristics and their
evolution.

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2. Economics

- It is the scientific study of the ownership, use, and exchange of scarce

resources – often shortened to the science of scarcity.
3. Geography

- is the study of places and the relationships between people and their
environments.
- seeks to understand where things are found, why they are there, and how
they develop and change over time.
4. History

- The study of past events, particularly in human affairs.

- The whole series of past events connected with someone or something

5. Linguistics

- The scientific study of language and its structure, including the study of
morphology, syntax, phonetics, and semantics.

6. Political Science

- The branch of knowledge that deals with systems of government; the

analysis of political activity and behaviour.

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7. Psychology

- The scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those
affecting behavior in a given context.

8. Demography

- The study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of

disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.

Explore

In Social Science, everyday life has gone beyond its usual definition and
usage: it has come to mean a pattern of activities of a group of people within
a society and thus, a good source of information about the structures of their
life’s worldview, and individual decisions and struggles (Villanueva 2016).
Activity 2: Identify what type of discipline is emphasize in the different
situations below. Write your answer after each statement.
Situation What Discipline?

Before going to buy items at the grocery, Jayson

compares the price of one product to another for him
to identify which among the brands has lesser price.

Dennis and Prince are arguing about the evolution of

men, Dennis is convinced that humans came from
Apes but Prince dis- agrees he believes more on religion
and we came from soil.

Robert is a bright student and loves competing to

debates and he wishes to be a lawyer someday and
defends the innocents.

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Mishelle was being bullied by her close friends every
time they are together, at first, she gets offended and
cries until she gets used to it and developed a strong
personality.

Etheil loves Korean songs as well as Korean shows that

she went to a point of learning their language and how
was it originated, now she goes to different places
studying different languages to different nations

Every vacation, Loren spends his time at National

Statistics Office doing field works and went to different
houses to ask important details to the head of the
family, like how many of them stay there, and others.

Mark and his family always had a feud to his relatives

because of the fence they have put up, their relatives
claims that it is beyond their territory and it is part of
their jurisdiction.

After Ely had his internship in Tondo, he learned that

Macario Sakay was born in Tondo and from his
dedication and sacrifices he quickly emerged as the
leader of Tondo’s “Dapitan Council” of the Katipunan.

Deepen

Activity 3: Determine which among the disciplines of the social sciences

best represents the following pictures.

1. ________________ 2. _______________ 3. _______________ 4. ________________

Function: Function: Function: Function:

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5. ________________ 6. ______________ 7. _______________ 8. _________________

Function: Function: Function: Function:

Lesson Historical Context of the

2 Emergence of Each Discipline

Today, you will be able to identify what are the different Emergence of
the Social Science and the different disciplines. (HUMSS_DIS 11- IIId-4)
(Department of Education Curriculum Instruction Strand 2020)

At the end of this module, you will be able to:

1. Establish that study of Social Science includes disciplines like History,
Geography, Economics, Political Science and Sociology;
2. Appreciate that all these subject areas are interconnected and together
form the knowledge mass of Social Science;
3. Discuss the different stages through which human societies evolved;
and
4. Identify opportunities and challenges of our present-day society.

Jumpstart

Let us begin!
Among the disciplines that formed the social science. There were two
powerful tendendencies that dominate them. First, was the drive toward
unification on a single master social science, and the second is toward the
specialization of the individual social sciences.
Let us recall some of the different disciplines in the Social Sciences
Activity 1: MULTIPLE CHOICES. Write the CAPITAL LETTER of the correct
answer on the line before the number
_____ 1. Which of the following best describes what social sciences have in
common?

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 A. An interest in studying human beings
B. The study of the human mind
C. A focus on material culture
D. Research that overlaps with genetics
_____ 2. Which of the following is NOT an example of a social science?
A. Anthropology B. Economics C. Physics D. Psychology
_____ 3. If you were to explore one group of people and speak the way that
the do, which discipline would be the MOST relevant?
A. Chemistry C. Linguistics
B. Economics D. Psychology
____ 4. One would study this to learn about past events & how we are
affected by them.
A. Anthropology C. Political Science
B. History D. Social Sciences
_____ 5. With this Social Science one would study voting patterns, and the
formation of politically based groups?
A. Economics C. Political Science
B. History D. Sociology

Discover

Let us have deeper knowledge what is it all about the Historical Context
of the emergence of each discipline. Try to analyze and familiarize everything
that you encounter on the next part.

Let us begin by travelling in time and unravelling the historical context

of the different disciplines of the social sciences.

DISCIPLINE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE:

1. Anthropology is the study of human life and culture, where people based
their thoughts on scientific and rational philosophical thoughts rather than
religious beliefs. Took place in Europe on 17- 18th Century key personalities
were Franz Boas, Bronislaw Malinowski. Under Anthropology were Physical
Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology and Archeology

Physical Anthropology or Biological anthropology is its other name,

Centers primarily on the human biological origins and the variations in
human species

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 Cultural Anthropology includes religion, ritual, myth, technology,
gender roles, kinship forms, economic and political structures; music and
folklore.
Archaeology Involves the study of earlier cultures and ways of life by
previous human societies

2. Economics, is the study of the production, distribution and consumption

of food and services, took place in 16TH Century and Became a separate
discipline with the publication of Adams Smith’s The Wealth of Nations in
1776 Key personalities are Adams Smith, Karl Marx, Branches were
Macroeconomics and Micro economics
Macroeconomics Analyses how the economics functions as a whole or
its basic subdivisions such as the government or the business sectors. It also
studies inflation and unemployment because some nations are well-off while
some others under huge dept.
Microeconomics focuses on the behavior of individual agents, like
household, industries and firms
3. Geography, which deals with the distribution, and arrangement of all the
elements of the earth’s surface started took place in China and Egypt and
happened in 16th Century (became academic discipline in Europe while many
geographic societies were founded). Key personalities were Immanuel Kant,
Alexander von Humboldt, Carl Ritter
4. Linguistics is the study of language, started during the early 20th century
because early linguist aimed to study the rapidly banishing unwritten
languages it happened in the Ancient Times in Europe. The key personalities
were Ferdinand de Saussure, Jacques Derrida, Hans Georg- Gadamer,
Jurgen Habermas. The branches are General Linguistics, Micro Linguistics
and Macro Linguistics.
General Linguistics examines the diversity of language structures and
use in the languages of the world.

Micro Linguistics studies the structure of language systems like

Phonetics that studies of correct pronunciations of words, Phonology studies
on sounds of the language, Morphology studies on language form, Syntax
studies on how words form into phrases and Semantics studies on the
meanings of words or terms.

Macro Linguistics the study of broad influences on language.

5. Political Science is the study of politics and power from domestic,

international and comparative perspective, it entails understanding political
ideas, ideologies, institutions, policies, processes and behavior, as well as
groups, classes, government. Diplomacy, law strategy and war took place from
600- 300 BC in Europe. The key personalities were Plato, Aristotle, Augustine
of Hippo, Niccolo Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke. Political theory,

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public law, and public administration are the three main branches of
political science.

Political theory is the study of political ideas and values like justice, power
and democracy that we use to describe, understand and assess political
practices and institutions

Public law is the law of relationships between individuals and the

government.

Public administration is a broad field that covers the administrative services

needed to help build and strengthen society. Typically, public administration
programs cover public policy management, legislative relations, public
budgetary processes and financial management, labor relations and ethics.

Let us have a Recapitulation

Activity 2: Complete the table and give what is asked.

When Where Who

1. Economics

2. Anthropology

3. Linguistics

4. Geography

5. Pol Sci

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 Explore

Let us travel like Dora, so that travel will be fun, I want you to study
the timeline and try to familiarize on the date, and from that date below are
the different disciplines of Social Sciences and below them are their branches,
Ready to go back time? If you are ready then turn to next page and explore…

Time Line

Ancient Times 600- 300 BC 600- 300 BC 600- 300 BC

1. Political Science 3. Linguistics 4. Economics 5. Anthropology

a. Country a. General Linguistics a. Macro- a. Physical
b. Democracy b. Micro Linguistics economics Anthropology
c. Macro Linguistics b. Micro- b. Cultural
economics Anthropology
c. Archeology

2. Geography

2. Geography

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 Deepen

Going back from the Activity 2 where we have identified what are the
dates, place and personalities of the different disciplines to exploring the
timeline on our next activity let us try to apply it on our daily life experience
or we base it from our knowledge.

Activity 3: Read and understand each item. Write the CAPITAL LETTER of
the best answer in the space provided.

Anthropology (1-4)
A. Physical Anthropology B. Cultural Anthropology
C. Archaeology

_____ 1. Beliefs of Voodoos, Vampires, Folklores, mermaids, tikbalangs,

dwarfs.
_____ 2. Children will inherit certain genes to counsel families about some
medical conditions, like heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer
and others.
_____ 3. They implement excavation projects, informally known as digs,
preserve archaeological remains and collect data that informs their
understanding of the past.
_____ 4. They put their works and discoveries on the museums and help to
change what is in the history.

Economics (5-8)
A. Macroeconomics B. Micro- economics

_____ 5. They observe and study the price levels of the products
_____ 6. They explain what to expect if certain conditions change on the
economy.
_____ 7. They watch the rate of employed and unemployed
_____ 8. They study incentives and behaviors of the consumers

Linguistics (9- 12)

A. General Linguistics B. Micro Linguistics C. Macro Linguistics

_____ 9. They study of the development of linguistic ability in an individual,

particularly the acquisition of language in childhood
_____ 10. Helps you to be effective Public Speakers, or to be a talented Host.
_____ 11. They believe that different languages came out when the Tower of
Babel had collapsed.
_____ 12. They went to different places and study the languages of the
remaining tribes and native languages from other countries

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Political Science (13-15)
A. Public Administration B. Public Law
C. Political Theory

_____ 13. What shows relationships between individuals and the

government?
_____ 14. What covers the administrative services needed to help build and
strengthen society?
_____ 15. What understands and assess political practices and institutions?

Gauge

Assessment: MODIFIED TRUE or FALSE: Examine the following scenarios.

Put a check ✓, if the following statements are correct. Put an X and the
appropriate word in replacement for the underlined word, if the statements
are incorrect. Use a separate sheet of paper to write your answers.
_____1. The different disciplines of social sciences may pose different points
of inquiry given a common social phenomenon.
_____2. Sociology is the study of human life and culture
_____3. Demography started way back in the ancient times in China and
Egypt because the earlier geographers aim to explore other areas and
describe the observable features of different places.
_____4. Psychology started during 600 to 300 BC because early philosophers
were curious with the nature of knowledge.
_____5. Linguistics is the study of language.
_____6. Economics is the study of the production, distribution and
consumption of food and services.
_____7. Geography deals with the distribution, and arrangement of all the
elements of the earth’s surface

Numbers 8- 15
MULTIPLE CHOICES: Write the CAPITAL LETTER of the correct answer on
the line before the number.

_____ 8. What branch of linguistics that the structure of language influences

how its speakers perceive the world around them?
A. General Linguistics C. Micro Linguistics
B. Major Linguistics D. Macro Linguistics

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_____ 9. What gathers information about cultures in order to construct
theories about cultural patterns; uses ethnography and ethnology?
A. Anthropology C. Physical Anthropology
B. Cultural Anthropology D. Archaeology
_____ 10. They preserve the remains and collect data that informs their
understanding of the past.
A. Anthropology C. Physical Anthropology
B. Cultural Anthropology D. Archaeology
_____ 11. Who among the following personalities below is not a Geographer?
A. Alexander von Humboldt C. Immanuel Kant
B. Carl Ritter D. Thomas Hobbes
_____ 12. When is the rise of western imperialism that prompted interest in
the study of culture of the colonies?
A. 16th 17th century C. 600 B.C.
B. 18th and 19 century
th D. Ancient Times
_____ 13. With the publication of Adams Smith’s, The Wealth of Nations,
When did it become a separate discipline?
A. 16th- 17th century C. 600 B.C.
B. 18th and 19 century
th D. Ancient Times
_____ 14. When did modern linguistic started to develop with philosophy in
teaching?
A. 16th 17th century C. 600 B.C.
B. 18th and 19 century
th D. Ancient Times
_____ 15. When Geography did become an academic discipline in Europe?
A. 16th 17th century C. 600 B.C.
B. 18th and 19 century
th D. Ancient Times

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ACTIVITY 2: Activity 1:
When Where Who
1. Economics 16th Europe Adam Smith 1. A
2. Anthropology 17th- 18th Europe Franz Boas,
Bronislaw 2. C
Malinowski
3.Linguistics 600- 300 Bc Ancient Ferdinand De
3. A
Saucer
4. Geography 600- 300 Bc Ancient China
Immanuel Kant 4. B
5. Pol Sci Ancient Europe Plato
5. C
LESSON 2:
Activity 3: Practical answer, base from their knowledge and from
situations basing from their community.
Activity 1:
1. Anthropology
Activity 2:
2. Economics
1. Economics
3. Geography
2. Anthropology
4. History
3. Political Science
5. Linguistics
4. Psychology
6. Political Science
5. Linguistics
7. Psychology
6. Demography
8. Demography
7. Geography
9. Discipline
8. History
10. Social Science
LESSON 1:
Answer Key
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GAUGE: Activity 4:
1. Check 1. B
2. Anthropology 2. A
3. Geography 3. C
4. Check
4. C
5. Check
5. B
6. Check
6. A
7. Check
7. B
8. A
8. A
9. B
9. B
10. D
10. A
11. C
11. C
12. D
13. D
12. A
14. D 13.B
15. D 14.C
15.A
References:
Printed Materials
Jose, Mary Dorothy et al. (2016) Disciplines and Ideas in the Social
Sciences: Quezon City, Philippines: Vibal Group, Inc.

Tatel Jr., Carlos, P. (2016) Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences:
Manila, Philippines: Rex Book Store, Inc.

Links
Cherry, Kendra (2020). The Influence of Psychoanalysis on the Field of
Psychology. Retrieved from September 14, 2020 from
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-psychoanalysis-2795246

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