QUARTER 1
Module 2
Lesson 2
Nature and Functions
of Social
Sciences Disciplines
At the end of the lesson the learners
Lesson should be able to:
OBJECTIVE/S:
define the nine disciplines of Social Sciences;
and
identify the natures and functions of each
disciplines.
Etymologies
of Social Science Disciplines and Definitions
Etymologies
of Social Science Disciplines and Definitions
Functions Nature
Anthropology
- Essentially to understand as - The aim of modern social
many aspects of human life as anthropology is just not to study
can possibly be studied, to human society but also to
record its findings, and understand the complex issues
contribute to both historical of modern human life.
understanding as well as to
ascertain current states of the
human condition in an attempt
to better understand and/or act
upon those findings.
Functions Nature
Geography
- To understand basic physical - Geography is concerned to
systems that affect everyday life provide an accurate, orderly, and
(e.g. earth-sun relationships, rational description of the
water cycles, wind and ocean variable character of the earth's
currents). surface.
- To learn the location of places
and the physical and cultural
characteristics of those places in
order to function more
effectively in our increasingly
interdependent world.
Functions Nature
History
- A useful for work. Its study helps - A study of the present in the
create good business people, light of the past: The present has
professionals, and political evolved out of the past.
leaders. The number of explicit
professional jobs for historians is
considerable, but most people
who study history do not
become professional historians.
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Functions Nature
Sociology
- Can study society with a wide - Sociology belongs to the family
variety of focuses. From studying of Social science. As a social
the power elite, to the science it concentrates its
interaction of the economy, attention on man, historical
society and the environment, to behavior, activities and social
the examination of various rights life. In other words, it studies
movements, Sociology examines man as a social being.
the way different aspects of
society behave and function.
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Functions Nature
Political Science
- A social study concerning the - Politics is not only a mere
allocation and transfer of power institution of governance but
in decision making, the roles and also a mechanism for achieving
systems of governance including societal goals.
governments and international
organizations, political behavior
and public policies.
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Functions Nature
Economics
- The three most important - Economics is a science: Science is
functions of economics are as an organized branch of
follows: Just as feeding, digestion knowledge that analyses cause
and growth are the vital and effect relationship between
processes of living beings; economic agents.
similarly, production,
consumption and growth are the
essentials of economies.
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Functions Nature
Linguistics
- Refer to the general social uses - A social science – a field of
of language, such as requesting academic scholarship that
objects and activities, initiating explores aspects of human
social interactions, expressing societies related to the
personal feelings, describing languages they speak.
aspects of the world, requesting
information, and pretending
Functions Nature
Psychology
- According to earlier - Psychology is the scientific study
psychologists, the function of and practical application of
psychology was to study the observable behavior and mental
nature, origin and destiny of the processes of organisms.
human soul. But soul is
something metaphysical. It
cannot be seen, observed and
touched and we cannot make
scientific experiments in soul.
Functions Nature
Demography
- To know the population of a - Demography is the scientific
particular area; To ascertain as to study of human populations. It
which factors are influencing the focuses on the size, structure,
population of that particular and distribution of populations
area; over time and space.
- To explain the factors relating to
changes in population; and To
study the population trends on
the basis of the above three
factors.
