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DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS
IN APPLIED SOCIAL
SCIENCES
Dennis T. Ubenia, LPT,MPA
LEARNING OUTCOMES
❑ Clarify the relationships and differences
between social science and applied
sciences;
❑Identify the goals and scope of
counselling;
❑Explain the principles of counseling.
ACTIVITY 1. GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
COMPLETION
Applied Pure Social

Social Siences
Sciences
INSTRUCTION
•Using the bubble map on the next page, classify
whether the following the disciplines are Pure Social
Sciences or Applied Social Sciences. Disciplines to be
categorized:
• Economics Political Science
• Counseling History
• Geography Social Work
• Psychology Anthropology
• Sociology Communication
• Demography
SOCIAL SCIENCES
VS
APPLIED SOCIAL
SCIENCES
SOCIAL SCIENCES…
❑Social sciences are investigating human society and
the different forces that operate within it. The
different disciplines of the Social Sciences look at
human societies and divest perspectives and focus on
an area of expertise for analysis.
❑Economics, Political Science, Sociology, Geography,
Anthropology, Psychology, Demography and History
are all branches of the Social Sciences.
SOCIAL SCIENCE…
❑Such areas provide social scientists with specific

expertise, tools and skills that can help them
better understand social phenomena.
SOCIAL SCIENCES…
❑Through a body of empirical knowledge, the social sciences

offer a complex collection of lenses that allow us to
understand and clarify the various aspects of human
society. Varieties of lens that the social sciences study refer
to the various areas of the social sciences that research
human society.
SOCIAL SCIENCES…
❑That field of social science uses a diverse collection of

lenses made up of a body of ideas, theories, structures and
methodologies that allow us to understand and research
the multi-faceted forces that make up and influence human
society.
APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES
❑The Applied Social Sciences, on the other hand,

focuses on the practical application of the various
theories, frameworks, concepts, and methodologies
learned from the Social Sciences in real-life
settings.
APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES…
❑The applied social sciences were developed as a response
to the highly segmented and compartmentalized division
of social science disciplines that dominated western
research training in the late 1990s and until the end of
the twentieth century.
❑Scholars from the social sciences argued that there is a
need for more collaboration in the various fields of the
social sciences. This suggests that the various areas of
social sciences need to work together effectively to
resolve problems.
APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES
❑ This multidisciplinary approach to the study of various social
problems has become the focus and the beginning of applied social
sciences.
❑ Similar to social sciences, which concentrate on theoretical studies

of society, applied social sciences concentrate on the use and
application of the various ideas, theoretical models and
hypotheses of social science disciplines to better explain society
and the various challenges and issues it faces.
❑ The applied social sciences were used to provide possible

approaches to the complex problems of society (Gouldner, 1989).
COUNSELLING
• Counselling is one of the areas of social sciences applied to it. As an

application of the social sciences, counselling provides guidance,
assistance and support to individuals who are distracted by a range
of problems in their lives.
• Professional guidance is provided to the individual through counseling,

and this is done through the application of psychological methods such
as the collection of case history data, personal interviews and skills tests.
• Counseling may be provided by psychologists, life coaches, job

psychologists and personal development counselors.
SOCIAL WORK
• Social research is another technical practice in the social

sciences related to it. Having been trained in social sciences
to interact and understand social realities, an applied social
sciences practitioner has a good theoretical and conceptual
foundation for social work practice.
• Through social work, professionals are supporting people,
families, associations and neighborhoods to strengthen
their individual and mutual well-being.
COMMUNICATION STUDIES
• Applied social sciences provide appropriate instruction for employment in the
communications field. One example of a career in the advertising industry is in
the field of mass media. For example, in the news and current affairs department
of major television and radio networks, practitioners stress the importance of
balance, objective, truthful and creative reporting of news and other important
events as they have happened.
• Practitioners in applied social sciences have ample experience in this field as they
are equipped with communication theories and principles that allow them to
understand and educate the public about the social, political, cultural, and
economic realities. Communication professionals have the skills to write, create
and deliver news accurately and creatively to the public.
BRANCHES
OF SOCIAL
SCIENCES
ECONOMICS
❑It studies the allocation of scarce resources and the
production and exchange of goods and services within
society. The two primary divisions of the economics are
microeconomics, which focuses on the actions of
individual consumers and producers, and macro-
economics, which explores the actions and output of
the aggregate economy.
SUBFIELDS OF ECONOMICS
CONT…
ANTHROPOLOGY
❑ Anthropology 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.
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" or
"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.
SUBFIELDS OF HISTORY
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•
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.
•
•
PSYCHOLOGY
• It 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.
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•
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.
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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.
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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.
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DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS

Applied Pure Social

❑Such areas provide social scientists with specific

❑Through a body of empirical knowledge, the social sciences

❑That field of social science uses a diverse collection of

❑The Applied Social Sciences, on the other hand,

❑ Similar to social sciences, which concentrate on theoretical studies

❑ The applied social sciences were used to provide possible

• Counselling is one of the areas of social sciences applied to it. As an

• Professional guidance is provided to the individual through counseling,

• Counseling may be provided by psychologists, life coaches, job

• Social research is another technical practice in the social

❑ Anthropology is a scientific study of human beings and their

• In a social science, history focuses on the interpretation and analysis of

• Political science focuses on human actions in

• It is researching how the human mind functions in

• Sociology is a systematic study of people’s behavior in groups.

• As a discipline of the social science, it attempts to understand

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