Overview of Applied social sciences in general

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FOREWORD
Dear Learners,
Welcome to a new stage of your journey as a Senior High School Student!
Your subject in this module is Disciplines and Ideas in the Applied Social
Sciences (DIASS) which focuses on the practical application of the different theories
and ideas, methodologies and principles from the social sciences. These include its
major disciplines namely Psychology, History, Anthropology, Economics, Sociology.
Geography, and Demography.
This module is intended to assist you in your understanding about the society
and its different field of studies such as the pure social sciences and applied social
sciences. These set of materials will help you:
 enhance your understanding about the society you live in and the different
theories and principles to be learned from the social sciences including
psychology, sociology, history, geography, demography, political science and
others.
 engage in an interplay with print and non-print materials;
 develop your critical thinking skills;
 enrich your information management skills;
 expose you to a balanced perspective on the society and its different processes.
In this module you will learn to realize how people create and maintain better
social relationships through effective communication skills. In the field of social work
where service to people is the center, good communication skills is important. Aside
from communication, counseling is also an important element in interacting with
people in the field of social work. The quality of services of social work practitioners
depends much on good communication skills and counseling services. These three
disciplines play hand in hand or working together to better address problems in the
society.
Also in this module you will discover the different variety of communication
techniques and skills commonly used in the field of social work and counseling that
bring positive outcomes. This will help you explore and experience society through
social sciences theories and methodologies in real-life settings.
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Do not worry about the different tasks and activities that you will be dealing in this
module because you will be guided and accompanied by us, your partners in your
journey in learning. We hope that you will learn to appreciate the different disciplines
of applied social sciences as you go through the lessons in the next pages.
We hope to help you with these materials and in reaching your dreams in the
near future. We encourage you to take care of this material as this will still be used
by the future generation of learners like you.
Have a fruitful journey!
Your Open High School Partners
for Social Sciences
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Table of Contents
Module 1 Course Introduction
Lesson 1 Applied Social Sciences ................
1.1 Definition of Social Sciences
1.2 Definition of Applied Social Sciences
Module 2 Counseling
Lesson 1 The Discipline of Counseling ...................
1.1. Counseling
1.1.1 Definitions
1.1.2 Goals
1.1.3 Scope
1.1.4 Core values
1.1.5 Principles
Lesson 2 Professionals and Practitioners in Counseling .......
2.1 Roles, functions, and competencies of counselors
2.2 Areas of specialization where counselors work
2.3 Career opportunities of counselors
2.4 Rights, Responsibilities, Account abilities, and Code of Ethics
Lesson 3 Clientele and Audiences in Counseling ........
3.1 Characteristics and needs of various types of clientele and
audiences
3.1.1 Individuals
3.1.2 Groups and Organizations
3.1.3 Communities
Lesson 4 Settings, Processes, Methods, and Tools in Counseling ........
4.1 Settings
4.1.1 Government
4.1.2 Private Sector
4.1.3 Civil Society
4.1.4 Schools
4.1.5 Community
Lesson 5 Counseling services, processes, and methods .............
Module 3 Social Work
Lesson 1 The Discipline of Social Work ...................
1.1 Social Work
1.1.1 Definitions
1.1.2 Goals
1.1.3 Scope
1.1.4 Core values
1.1.5 Principles
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Lesson 2 Professionals and Practitioners in Social Work .........
2.1 Roles, functions, and competencies of social workers
2.2 Areas of specialization in which social workers work
2.3 Career opportunities of social workers
2.4 Rights, Responsibilities, Accountabilities, and Code of Ethics
Lesson 3 Clientele and Audiences in Social Work..................
3.1 Characteristics and needs of various types of clientele and
audiences
3.1.1 Individuals
3.1.2 Groups and Organizations
3.1.3 Communities
Lesson 4 Settings, Processes, Methods, and Tools in Social Work..............
4.1 Settings
4.1.1 Government
4.1.2 Private Sector
4.1.3 Civil Society
4.1.4 Schools
4.1.5 Community
Lesson 5 Social Work Services, Processes and Methods
Module 4 Communication......................
Lesson 1 The Discipline of Communication..................
1.1 Communication
1.1.1 Definitions
1.1.2 Goals
1.1.3 Basic elements of communication process
1.1.4 Levels of Communication(from intrapersonal to mas
communication)
Lesson 2 Professionals and Practitioners in Communication ...............
2.1 Roles, functions, and competencies of communicators and
journalists
2.2 Areas of specialization in which communicators and journalists
work
2.3 Career opportunities of communicators and journalists
2.4 Rights, Responsibilities, Accountabilities, and Code of Ethics
Lesson 3 Clientele and Audiences in Communication....................
3.1 Characteristics and needs of various types of clientele and
audiences
3.1.1 Individuals
3.1.2 Groups and Organizations
3.1.3 Communities
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Lesson 4 Settings, Processes, Methods, and Tools in Communication
4.1 Settings
4.1.1 Government
4.1.2 Private Sector
4.1.3 Civil Society
4.1.4 Schools
4.1.5 Community
Lesson 5 Communication media channels ...................
5.1 Mass media
5.2 New Media and Social media
5.3 Telecommunications
Module 5 Importance of Social Sciences
Lesson 1 Functions of Applied Social Sciences 6.................
1.1 Self-development
1.2 Persuasion
1.3 Art and Entertainment
1.4 News and Information
1.5 Organizing advocacy and mobilization
1.6 Education
1.7 Socialization
Lesson 2 Effects of Applied Social Sciences processes ....................
2.1 Awareness and knowledge
2.2 Attitude and value change,
2.3 Behavioral change
2.4 Structural Change
Module 6 Course Synthesis ...........................
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Module 1 Course Introduction
Applied Social Sciences
Lesson 1 Understanding Pure Social
Sciences and Applied Social
Sciences
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In youth we learn; in age we understand.
M. Ebner Eschembach
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What is the relationship between pure social sciences and applied social sciences?
GUIDE QUESTION:
Pure
Social Sciences
Applied
Social Sciences
Learning Competencies:
1. clarify the relationships between pure social sciences and applied social
sciences (HUMSS_DIASS 12-Ia-1)
2. cite differences among the applied social sciences (HUMSS_DIASS 12-Ia-2)
What I Need to Know
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Welcome to Lesson 1! Here you will explore on the nature of Social Sciences
and how does it differ with the Applied Social Sciences. This lesson explains the
nature of social sciences and its different disciplines. In this lesson you will be
dealing on questions such as:
1.What are the main concerns of Social Sciences and Applied Social
Sciences?
2.How do social scientists and applied study society?
A. IS IT TRUE?
Directions: Read and understand the statements very carefully. Write TRUE if the
statement is true and FALSE if it is incorrect.
_____________1. Natural science is the study of society and the manner in which
people behave and influence the world around us.
_____________2. Social science is the study of how natural phenomena around us
work which includes biology, botany and zoology etc.
_____________3. Geography studies the allocation of scarce resources and how
individuals interact with social structure to address questions
about production.
_____________4. Counseling is a a field of Applied Social Science.
_____________5. Demography studies the analysis of statistics of birth, human
movement, morbidity, and mortality.
_____________6. Applied Social Science is focused on the use and application of
the different theories of social science disciplines to understand
society and solve social problems.
_____________7. Political Science is a main discipline of applied social science.
_____________8. Counseling is a field that focuses on providing guidance, help
and support to individuals by applying some psychological
methods which involve processes such as case history data,
personal interviews and aptitude tests.
_____________9. Social work is a field of Applied Social Science where
practitioners help families, groups and communities enhance
people’s skills and ability to help themselves in resolving their
own social and community problems.
_____________10. Engineering is a discipline of Social Science.
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B. MY BEST OPTION.
Directions: Read carefully the following statements. Encircle the letter of the correct
answer.
1. The following are approaches to self-development except __________.
A. career counseling B. hypnotherapy
C. life coaching D. selflessness
2. It is a packaged of information about current events happening somewhere else.
A. news B. media
C. deceptions D. gossip
3. It studies how people and groups experience the world through various emotions,
ideas and different conscious states.
A. sociology B. psychology
C. economics D. political Science
4. When Ben studies ancient societies and their cultural traditions. He is a/an
____________.
A. sociologist B. anthropologist
C. demographer D. geographer
5. The study of language context.
A. syntax B.semantics
C. pragmatics D. phonetics
Defining Pure Social Sciences
Social Science is a field of knowledge which aims in predicting and
explaining human behavior.
Humanities seeks to understand human reactions to events and the
meanings impose on experience as a function of culture, historical era and Life
History.
Natural Sciences aims to predict natural phenomena and its studies are
based on experimentally controlled existence.
Social Sciences explore the historical, cultural, sociological, psychological, and
the political forces that shape the actions of individuals and their impact on society.
The different disciplines under social sciences all help us in providing better
understanding and appreciation of the complex issues that we face society. Take a
look in the diagram below.
What is It?
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Figure 1. Social Sciences & Its Disciplines
In the field of Pure social sciences, we consider in the study the different
disciplines as we face the different issues we try to solve in the society. For example,
the problem of poverty, we consider these disciplines as to how they see the
problem. How does it exist? And why poverty continue to exist? In the field of
Economics, perhaps you could say that it exists because economically there is
scarce resources and that goods and services are priced high and some people
cannot attend or meet these needs and also some are underemployed or
unemployed. People who study to solve social problems are called social scientist.
In their study, they solve these social problems systematically in a process called
scientific method.
Scientific method refers to standardized ways of techniques for building
scientific knowledge systematically such as how to interpret and generalize results
which start from identifying problems and ends with conclusions and
recommendations.
Steps in Scientific Method:
1. Defining the problem
2. Reviewing the related Literature
3. Forming Hypothesis
4. Collecting and Analyzing Data
5. Drawing Conclusions and Recommendations
PURE SOCIAL
SCIENCES
DISCIPLINES
economics
history
geography
psychology
political
science
anthropology
linguistics
demography
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Early Pregnancy
Environmental
Problems
Out of School Youth
Poverty
Over-Population
Computer Addiction
Think about this...
Activity B. FILL ME
Directions: Write your opinion on the PANTAWID PAMILYA PILIPINO PROGRAM
(4P’S) of the government as a solution to poverty in our country.
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Defining the Applied Social Sciences
To trace the history of Applied Social Sciences, this began as a result of the
reaction during late 1990’s when the different disciplines of social sciences, the
history, psychology history, political science, demography and others were seen as
highly segmented or divided. Scholars argued that these disciplines should work
together to solve social problems. This approach of working together, like combining
the different disciplines in solving different social problems became the focus of the
applied social sciences.
As a youth in
the society,
how do you
look at these
issues?
Activity A. THINKING TIME
After you learned about Pure Social Sciences, in your notebook write the
importance of studying Pure Social Sciences.
What’s More
What’s New
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Applied Social Sciences focus on the use and application of the different
concepts, theoretical models, theories from Pure Social Sciences to help understand
people and the society including the different problems and issues it faces.
Applied Social Scientists can use his/her training in different work settings and
use the different theories in analyzing social problems and help to solve these.
Figure 2. Applied Social Sciences & Its Disciplines
Disciplines of Applied Social Sciences
1. Counseling is a field/discipline of applied social sciences which provides
guidance, help and support to individuals who experience a diverse set of problems
in their lives. In this discipline you can learn about how important it is to listen to
some problems of other people and provide guidance to them to help them solve
their own problems.
2. Social Work is another professional activity of the applied social sciences. Here
practitioners or those who practice a certain work, help individuals and families to
improve their collective being. In the succeeding lessons, you will surely learn about
this discipline.
3. Communication Studies provide adequate training for careers in the field of
journalism and mass communication. If it happened you see news in TV, those
people who work to provide us information through any media or means fall in this
discipline. Good communication skills are also important in counseling as well as in
social work.
Remember that through the application of good journalism together with the
correct knowledge of the different disciplines in the social sciences, applied social
scientists have enough skills to be able to write, produce, report and deliver news
accurately and creatively to the viewing public.
Communicatio
n Studies
Social Work
Counseling
Disciplines in the
Applied Social
Sciences
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Activity B. ANONG MERON SIYA NA WALA AKO?
Directions: Accomplish the organizer by answering the question below. Inside the
boxes write three statements stating the similarities and differences of Pure Social
Sciences and Applied Social Sciences.
1. What is the relationship between pure social sciences and applied social
sciences?
Similarities
1.
2.
3.
Pure Social Sciences VS Applied Social Sciences
Differences
1.
2.
3.
Activity A. “ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT”
Directions: Try to complete this statement about Applied Social Science
and write it in your notebook.
1. I learned that Applied Social Science is about:
2. ____________________________________________________________
3. I know why it is important to study because:
____________________________________________________________
4. As a student I can use this knowledge to:
____________________________________________________________
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Pure Social Sciences are the fields/disciplines such as Psychology, Economics,
Demography, Linguistics, Anthropology, Sociology, Political Science and the like
which ideas or theories in these disciplines are used to understand people and
society. On the hand, the application of Pure Social Science disciplines ideas like
combining these disciplines in solving problems in the society is the focus of Applied
Social Sciences which include the disciplines of counseling, social work and
communication.
Try to research in the internet about the problem of Depression. Write a short
report on the existence of Depression in our country, its causes and effects to
people. Then write your short recommendation on how are we going to fight
against depression and why we need to solve this problem.
What I’ve Learned
What I Can Do
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Test A. Arrange me
Directions: Arrange the following in chronological order. Write 1 to 7 on the lines
basing on the steps of scientific method or stages of a research process.(46-52)
__________Conclusion
__________Formulation of Hypothesis
__________Defining the Problem
__________Review of the related Literature
__________Collect & analyze the data
__________ Interpretation of Results
Test B. Understanding Check
Directions: Identify what concept is asked in the following statements. Choose your
answer from the choices provided inside the box below. Write the answer on the
space before each number.
_____________1.The study of ancient societies and their cultural traditions.
_____________2. A social science discipline that mainly specified to understand
how people think and why they behave in a certain way.
_____________3. A field/branch of Anthropology that seeks to investigates the
cultural features of the societies like language, kinship pattern and
marriage customs.
_____________4. The study of human population.
_____________5. The study of the efficient allocation of scarce resources in order
to satisfy unlimited human needs and wants.
_____________6. The study of the recorded past.
(Choose your answer still from the box. Understand carefully what social
science discipline is portrayed in the following situations. )
_____________7. Peter wants to scientifically study language, how words came to
be , letters & its sounds and etc.
_____________8. Jhonalyn studies of how words are categorized or formed.
_____________9. Vember, a grade 11, HUMSS student,studies the behavior and
performance of the economy of our country; the impact of export
and import relationship, the peso and dollar exchange and etc.,
creating his own Blog on the net for the readers to know our
present economic situation.
_____________10. Jericho studies the behavior of individuals, households and
individual firms in the market of his municipality.
Anthropology History Geography
Semantics Cultural Anthropology Archaeology
Pragmatics Economics Psychology
Linguistics Microeconomics Morphology
Macroeconomics Political Science Demography
Assessment
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Test C. Choose Me
Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided before each
number.
_______1. Which of the following is not a field of Pure Social Science?
A. Counseling B. Demography
C. Political Science D. Sociology
_______2. Which of the following is a main discipline/professional track of the
applied social science?
A. Political Science B. Demographic Studies
C. Guidance Counseling D. Sociological Research
_______3. A discipline that provides guidance, help and support to individuals
though the application of psychological methods and procedures.
A. Political Science B. Demographic Studies
C. Guidance Counseling D. Sociological Research
_______4. Which career opportunity will mostly need an applied social science
practitioner?
A. Journalism B. Architecture
C. Agriculture D. Industrial Technology
_______5. Field of study where practitioners help individuals, groups, families and
communities to enhance people’s capabilities and skills to use their own
resources and help them solve their own social problems.
A. Guidance Counseling B. Communication Studies
C. Teacher-Education D. Social Work
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ANSWER KEY
What do I know
Test A. Test B.
1. False 6. True 1. d
2. False 7. False 2. a
3. False 8. True 3. b
4. True 9. True 4. b
5. True 10. False 5. c
Assessment
Test A Test B Test C
6 1. Anthropology 6. History 1. a
3 2. Psychology 7. Linguistics 2.c
1 3. Cultural Anthropology 8. Morphology 3.c
2 4. Demography 9. Macroeconomics 4. a
4 5. Economics 10. Microeconomics 5. d
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References:
Myla M. Arcinas Ph. D., “Discipline and Ideas in the Applied Social Sciences”
(Phoenix Publishing House, Inc. 2016 ),
Arleigh Ross D. Dela Cruz, Ph. D., Carl G. Fernandez, RSW, MSW, Ma. Lourdes F.
Melegrito. Ph. D. and iolet B. Valdez, Ph. D., “Discipline and Ideas in the Applied
Social Sciences” (Phoenix Publishing House, Inc. 2016)
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Different Settings of Social Work and Examples
a. Government- foster care agencies (Children and Families), health care
settings, including community-based clinics and hospitals, schools
federal, state or local correctional facilities, settings that serve older adults
(nursing homes)
b. Private Sectors- (advocacy consultancy services, employee assistance
program, counselling, policy and program development).
c. Civil Society- (child caring and child placing social welfare agencies,
offering services for adoption, foster care, etc.).
d. School- public and private schools
e. Community- LGU’s on each barangay, local council, church, people’s
organization.
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