Effects of Applied Social Science
Effects of Applied Social Science
Effects of Applied Social Science
The importance of the applied social sciences can be explained by understanding its effects to
the different sectors of society. Through the application of the theories, methods, and concepts
from the social sciences, the applied social sciences provide significant benefits to individuals,
grous,and society. This lesson explains the different effects of the applied social sciences to
individual members of society ,groups, or communities and to society in general.
Guide Question
TOPICS
: Effects of the Applied Social Sciences : Structural Change
Activity # 1
Do you think the applied social sciences processes have short term
and long term effects to individuals, groups, and society? Put a check
mark on the column if you think if it has an effect to individuals,
grpups, and society. Use the table to answer the question.
2. Social Work
3. Communication
Activity #2
Analyze the photos and answer the questions.
: Social Workers
Using the photos above as your basis , how do the applied social
sciences help individual members of society , community , and
society in general to become more aware and knowledgeable about
the different problem of society?
Activity #3
Analyze the photos and answer the questions.
: The Economics of Climate Change in Southeast Asia
A Regional Review
Guide Question
ATTITUDE AND VALUE CHANGE
The applied social sciences allows us to understand various social phenomena and becausebof
this , people can make significant changes in their attitudes and values to prevent the
occurrence of various natural and social problems. For eample, risks of disasters can be
prevented and mitigated through the use of the applied social sciences because it can provide
us information on what to do when disasters happen in a community. Community social
workers provide people with information that can help them to make important attitude and
value changes so that the impact of disasters can be reduced.
For example, the impact of climate change to society and its overarching effects on our
country has become clearer and can easily be understood through the information
communication to us by media. Disasters, climate change, and its other adverse effects are
now clear to society because it has been effectively discussed and communicated in different
forms of media like, television . radio, internet, and social media. Applied social scientists can
communicate to the people impact of these social environmental phenomena through their
understanding of the interaction of society ,culture, and environmental. Because of our
knowledge of climate change, people have developed a new perspective and change of
attitudes and values about the importance of climate change.
For example , social workers provide people affected by disaster training on how to become
vulnerable to hazards on what they should do before, during, after a disaster . These trainings
and programs that were done and implemented by applied social sciences practitioners
changed the people’s attitude , values, and ideas towards disasters. Through the help of social
workers , people affected by disaster become more resilient and prepared in times of disasters.