Discipline and Ideas in

the Social Sciences

Quarter 1 – Module 2:
Emergence of the Social
Science Disciplines
Discipline and Ideas in the Social Sciences – Grade 11
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Quarter 1 – Module 2: Emergence of the Social Science Disciplines
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Discipline and Ideas in
the Social Sciences
Quarter 1 – Module 2:
Emergence of the Social
Science Disciplines
Introductory Message

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Welcome to the Discipline and Ideas in the Social Sciences – Grade 12

Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Emergence of the Social Science

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 What I Need to Know

Hi, it’s me again. How are you doing today?

Welcome back to Discipline in the Social Sciences ( DISS ). In our previous

lesson, you were introduced to differentiate the nature and functions of Social
Science disciplines with the natural sciences and humanities.

Today, you will connect the disciplines with their historical and social
foundations by tracing the historical foundation and social context that lead to the
development of each Social Science disciplines. (HUMSS_DIS 11- IIId-4) (Department
of Education Curriculum Instruction Strand 2020)

At the end of this module, you will be able to:

1. outline the historical foundation and social context of each Social Science
disciplines;

2. distinguish the difference between the social sciences, the natural science and
the humanities; and

3. apply the concept scientific method when studying various human

phenomena.

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 What I Know

Let us begin!

The social sciences are the fields of scholarship that study society. Social
science is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside
of the natural sciences. These include: anthropology, archaeology, business
administration, communication, criminology, economics, education, government,
linguistics, international relations, political science, sociology and, in some contexts,
geography, history, law, and psychology (Theo and Baerveldt 2001).

Let us recall some of the different disciplines in the Social Sciences and
connect their historical or social foundations accordingly.

In the field of Economics, they started even before the ancient time in early
civilizations because during that time, people have needs to be satisfied; while
producing goods at the same time, exchange goods with others.

Now, it’s your turn to complete the following statements by answering the
question: when and how did these social science disciplines started? Use a separate
piece of paper to write your answers.

1. Economics started during _________________________ in _____________________

2. Anthropology started during _______________________ in _____________________

3. Psychology started during _________________________ in _____________________

4. Geography started during _________________________ in _____________________

5. Sociology started during ___________________________ in ____________________

II. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. In Anthropology, why can’t we study the humans from the future?

a. They are non-existent
b. They are already dead
c. They are not responding
d. They exist but we cannot see them

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 2. I want to study about the how a particular language is used by individual
members in a community. I should pursue _________.
a. Linguistics
b. Linguistic Anthropology
c. Cultural Anthropology
d. Biological Anthropology

3. I want to know how come we have five fingers while other mammals have less. I
should pursue _________.
a. Archaeology
b. Linguistic Anthropology
c. Cultural Anthropology
d. Biological Anthropology

4. I want to know about the way of living of an individual within a community. I

should pursue _________.
a. Archaeology
b. Linguistic Anthropology
c. Cultural Anthropology
d. Biological Anthropology

5. _________is the study of the ancient and recent human past through material
remains
a. Archaeology
b. Linguistic Anthropology
c. Cultural Anthropology
d. Biological Anthropology

III. Fill in the blanks.

Economics seeks to understand people’s activities concerning

1. ___________, 2. _______________ and 3. _______________ of goods and services.

The two branches of Economics is 4. _________________ and 5. ________________.

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 Lesson
Emergence of the Social
1 Science Disciplines

The different social science disciplines may pose different points of inquiry
from one common social phenomenon. This also goes with our everyday life events
and activities that involved people living together in the society. While one discipline
is different on its perspective with the others, the main purpose of each discipline of
the social science is to characterize the nature of being human (Tapel 2016).

What’s In

Hi! It’s me again! I hope you are doing just fine.

Today, we will help you trace down historical foundation and social context
of each Social Science disciplines. But before that, let us first check if you
remember the different social science disciplines. Here you go:

ANTHROPOLOGY HISTORY POLITICAL SCIENCE

PSYCHOLOGY GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMICS

SOCIOLOGY LINGUISTICS DEMOGRAPHY

To further know if it was a lesson learned, answer the activity in the next
page.

Are you ready? Let’s go!

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WHICH IS WHICH: Determine which among the disciplines of the social sciences
best represents the following pictures.

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 What’s New

In Social Science, everyday life has gone beyond its usual definition and usage:
it has come to mean a pattern of activities of a group of people within a society and
thus a good source of information about the structures of their lives worldview, and
individual decisions and struggles (Villanueva 2016).

Examine the pictures provided below. Rank (1st , 2nd, 3rd, 4th ) each of the
pictures representing the different disciplines of social sciences according to when it
has emerged as a discipline. Write your answers in the blanks.

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 What is It

Let us begin by travelling in time and unravelling the historical foundations of

the different disciplines of the social sciences.

In 1760, there have been much effort to study man and society. For instance,
the birth of social sciences was triggered capitalism, the fast-growing socio-economic
system during those times. Along with urbanization is the increase in the population.
These events set the pace to work multiplication. It also led to the creation of different
fields of study, which has been the response to the societal problems during those
times.

In the early 19th century, liberal ideas spread across Europe. Auguste Comte
coined the term, Sociology and eventually become accepted by thinkers. Various
disciplines of the social sciences were established and institutionalized to a high
degree.

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 Many of these disciplines has become subjects for research in the 20th century.
However, because of the young disciplines, there arise much debates about the limits
and boundaries of each social science disciplines. For instance, there have been a lot
of transitions from one social science discipline to the others to different field of
studies. Eventually, the institutionalization has bridge the differences and set the
pace towards further progress of the disciplines.

It is essential that you compare and contrasts the events and make further
conclusions about the emergence of each of the disciplines of the social sciences. In
this lesson, you will be able to trace the historical foundations and social context of
each discipline that lead to their development (Tapel 2016).

Anthropology Economics

Initially, Anthropology as the study of human life and culture, started during
the 17th and 18th century in Europe because of the European Age of Enlightenment,

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where people based their thoughts on scientific and rational philosophical thoughts
rather than religious beliefs. Accordingly, Economics, which is the study of the
production, distribution and consumption of food and services started during the
16th century in Europe because of the need to establish economic policy that
encourage national self-sufficiency (Tapel 2016).

Geography Linguistics

Moreover, Geography, which deals with the distribution, and arrangement of

all the elements of the earth’s surface started way back in the ancient times in China
and Egypt because the earlier geographers aims to explore other areas and describe
the observable features of different places. Linguistics, the study of language, started
during the early 20th century because early linguist aimed to study the rapidly
banishing unwritten languages (Tapel 2016).

Political Science Sociology

The study of Political Science started during the ancient times in Europe
because people in the early times aimed to exercise and resist power imposed to
them. Psychology on one hand, started during 600 to 300 BC because early
philosophers were curious with the nature of knowledge. On the other hand,

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sociology is a newer discipline established during the 19 th century because
philosophers back then aimed to examine nature of human society (Tapel 2016).

Emergence of Social Science Disciplines

Discipline of the Social Date Place

Science

Anthropology 17th -18th century Europe

Economics 16th century Europe

Geography Ancient times China and Egypt

Political Science Ancient times Europe

Psychology 600-300BC Europe

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 What’s More

SOCSCI TIMELINE: Complete the following timeline by determining which social

science discipline comes first. Write your answers in the blanks.

Timeline

Ancient 600-300 16th 17th -18th

times BC century century

What I Have Learned

INSIGHT ESSAYS: Compose a 10-sentence essay regarding the following:

1. Which of the disciplines is the most essential among other disciplines?

2. Why can’t it be part of the natural sciences

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 RUBRICS FOR THE ESSAY WRITING
SCORE HANDWRITING CREATIVITY RELEVANCE OF THE
CONTENT
4 Handwriting is neat Awesome! Very Contains the most
creative ideas and relevant ideas to the
comparisons topic
3 Handwriting is mostly Has many creative Contains the many
neat ideas and relevant ideas to the
comparisons topic
2 Handwriting is Has some creative Contains somehow
somewhat neat ideas and relevant ideas to the
comparisons topic
1 Handwriting needs Shows little or no Relevance of the
improvement creativity content to the topic
needs improvement
TOTAL SCORE: _____________

What I Can Do

FIVE DISCOVERIES: Write 5 scientific discoveries that that have changed your
community. Determine which of the disciplines of the social sciences is most
affected by these discoveries

EVENT
• 1.

EVENT
• 2.

EVENT
• 3.

EVENT
• 4.

EVENT
• 5.

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 Assessment

MODIFIED CHECK OR X: Examine the following scenarios. Put a check √, if the

following statements are correct. Put an X and the appropriate word in replacement
for the underlined word, if the statements is incorrect. Use a separate sheet of
paper to write your answers.

_____1. The different disciplines of social sciences may pose different points of
inquiry given a common social phenomenon.

_____2. Sociology is the study of human life and culture

_____3. Demography started way back in the ancient times in China and Egypt
because the earlier geographers aims to explore other areas and describe
the observable features of different places.

_____4. Psychology started during 600 to 300 BC because early philosophers were
curious with the nature of knowledge.

_____5. Linguistics is the study of language.

_____6. Economics is the study of the production, distribution and consumption of

food and services.

_____7. Geography deals with the distribution, and arrangement of all the elements
of the earth’s surface

_____8. Psychology emerged as discipline of social science to examine nature of

human society.

_____9. Philosophers aimed to explore other areas

_____10. Anthropology is the study of human life and culture.

_____11. Linguist aimed to study the rapidly banishing unwritten languages

_____12. People in the early times aimed to exercise and resist power imposed to
them

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_____13. Anthropologists back then has the curiosity to the nature of knowledge

_____14. There is a need to establish economic policy that encourage national self-
sufficiency, that is why the discipline of Economics have emerged

_____15. Political Science emerged during the European Age of Enlightenment

Additional Activities

MY DIAGRAM: Make you own visual representation of the emergence of the

different disciplines of social sciences. Put labels on your diagram.

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 Answer Key

microeconomics
Macroeconomics, What’s In:
consumption
distribution,
1. Psychology 4. Anthropology
Production,
A 5.
2. Economics 3. Economics
C 4.
D 3.
3. Anthropology
B 2. 2. Psychology
A 1. 2nd 3rd
4. History
Geography
5. Geography 4th
1st

6. Linguistics Science/
Rank:
7. Political 1. Political
What is It:
Science
What I Know: What’s More:

Assessment: Additional

What I Can Do: 1. check

2. Anthropology Activities:
3. Geography
It depends on the
4. Check
- it depends on the
learner’s output (5 5. Check
6. Check
discoveries) learner’s output
7. Check
8. Sociology
9. Geographers (visual
10. Check
11. Check representation
12. Check
13. Check
14. Check
15. Anthropology

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References
Department of Education Curriculum Instruction Strand. 2020. k to 12 Most Essential Learning
Competencies ( MELC ). Department of Education.

Tapel, Carlos, Jr. P. 2016. Discipline and Ideas in the Social Sciences. Manila: REX
Bookstore.

Theo , Verheggen, and Cor Baerveldt . 2001. "From Shared Representations to

Consensually Coordinated Actions: Toward an Intrinsically Social
Psychology." Edited by John R. Morss, Niamh Stephenson and Hans van
Rappard. Proceedings of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology
1999 Conference. New York: Springer Science+Business Media. 59 - 68.
Accessed July 15, 2020.
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/bfm%3A978-1-4757-6817-
6%2F1.pdf.

Villanueva, Penn. 2016. How did the Social Sciences emerge? How does it link to the
Natural Sciences? July 27. Accessed July 14, 2020.
https://www.slideshare.net/PennVillanueva/hon-did-the-social-sciences-
emerge-hon-does-it-link-to-the-natural-sciences?next_slideshow=1.

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