SOCIAL SCIENCE is made up several disciplines and these include history, political science, sociology, psychology, economics, geography, and demography, and anthropology, and linguistics.

1. DISCIPLINE IN APPLIED
SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEFINING SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEFINING APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES
THE BRANCHES OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

2. SOCIAL SCIENCES
• is made up several disciplines and
these include history, political
science, sociology , psychology,
economics, geography, and
demography, anthropology and
linguistic.
• As a body of scientific knowledge ,
the social sciences provide diverse
set of lens that helps us to
understand and explain the
different facets of human society.

3. THE BRANCHES OF
SOCIAL SCIENCES
 ECONOMICS – the study of
production, and
consumption of goods and
services.
*subfields: environmental
economics, labor
economics, business
economics, monetary
economics.

4. THE BRANCHES OF
SOCIAL SCIENCES
 ANTHROPOLOGY –
the study of people
past, and present.
*Anthropologist in
different areas:
cultural anthropology,
physical anthropology,
archeology.

5. THE BRANCHES OF SOCIAL
SCIENCES
 HISTORY - is systematic study
of human past events in order
to understand the meaning,
dynamics, and relationship of
the cause and effects of events
in the development of
societies.
*subfields: political history,
economic history, social history,
environmental history.

6. THE BRANCHES OF SOCIAL
SCIENCES
 POLITICAL SCIENCE –
the study of political
systems and government.
*subfields: domestic
politics, comparative
politics, international
relations, public
administration, public
law.

7. THE BRANCHES OF SOCIAL
SCIENCES
 PSYCHOLOGY - studies how the
human mind works in
consonance with the body to
produce thoughts that lead to
individual actions.
*subfields: experimental
psychology, developmental
psychology, personality psychology,
environmental psychology.

8. THE BRANCHES OF SOCIAL
SCIENCES
 SOCIOLOGY – the study of
human society, relationship
and social change.
*subfields: applied
sociology, urban sociology,
cultural sociology, rural
sociology, medical sociology,
sociology of education,
political sociology, military
sociology.

9. THE BRANCHES OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
 GEOGRAPHY - is the study of
interaction between people
and their environments.
*subfields: physical geography,
human geography, demography.
*major subfield: population
studies, or social demography.
• Demography according to the Max Planck
Institute for Demographic Research (2016) is
the scientific study of human populations
across time.

10. • a branch of study that applies
the different concepts,
theoretical models, and
theories of social science
disciplines to help understand
society and the different
problems and issues .
• The applied social sciences is
utilized to provide alternative
solutions to the diverse
problem of the society.
APPLIED SOCIAL
SCIENCES

11. • COUNSELING
- is one of the fields of
applied social sciences as
an application of the social
sciences ; counseling
provides guidance, help,
and support to individuals
who are distraught by a
diverse set of problems in
their lives.
THREE MAIN CAREER
TRACKS FOR A.S.S

12. 1. Guidance counseling
and life coaching
• Life coach
• Career counseling
• Personal growth
counseling
2. Social Work
3. Communication studies
COUNSELING CAN BE
DONE BY THE FF.

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15. SHORT QUIZ 1
1. The allocation of scarce resources and the
production and exchange of goods and services in
the society is known as ________________?
A.Anthropology
B.Economics
C.History
D.Psychology

16. SHORT QUIZ 1
2. Persons who study humans and their
cultures in the past and present time are
called_______________?
A.Anthropologists
B.Environmentalists
C.Geologists
D.Historians

17. SHORT QUIZ 1
3. They are the experts in helping individuals who needed
guidance or advice pertaining to their business successes,
general conditions and personal life transitions,
relationships and career is being referred to
__________________________?
A.Advisor and entrepreneur
B.Guidance counselor and life coach
C.Social worker and administrator
D.Teacher and administrative aide

18. SHORT QUIZ 1
4. Demography according to the
_________________________ is the scientific study of
human populations across time.
A. CEA Grenoble center
B. Centre de la reserche scientific
C. International school for advanced studies
D.Max Planck Institute

19. SHORT QUIZ 1
5. International Relations, Public
Administration, and Public Law are under the
umbrella of __________________.
A.Geography
B.Political Science
C.Psychology
D.Sociology

20. SHORT QUIZ 1
6. It refers to the study of human society, relationship and
social change.
7.What is the study of production, and consumption of goods
and services.
8. A body of scientific knowledge , the social sciences
provide diverse set of lens that helps us to understand and
explain the different facets of human society.
9.It refers to the study of political systems and government.
10. It refers to one of the fields of applied social sciences as
an application of the social sciences

21. ANSWER KEY!
1.B 2.A 3.B 4.D
5.B 6.Sociology 7.Economics
8.Social
Sciences
9.Political
Science
10.Counseling

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