CONTENT

EMERGENCE OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

1. Defining Social Sciences as the study of Society

2. Introducing the Disciplines within the Social Sciences

2.1 Anthropology
2.2 Economic
2.3 Geography
2.4 History
2.5 Linguistics
2.6 Political Science
2.7 Psychology
2.8 Sociology
2.9 Demography

3. Types of Research Design

DOMINANT APPROACHES AND IDEAS Part 1

1. Structural-Functionalism
2. Marxism
3. Symbolic Interactionism
4. Psychoanalysis

DOMINANT APPROACHES AND IDEAS Part 2

5. Rational Choice Theory
6. Institutionalism
7. Feminist Theory
8. Hermeneutical Phenomenology
9. Human-Environment Systems

INDIGENIZING THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

1. Filipino Social Thinkers
2. Institute of Philippine Culture's Study on Philippine Values
3. Sikolohiyang Pilipino
4. Pantayong Pananaw
DISCIPLINE IN SOCIAL SCIENCE
ANTHROPOLOGY
 The study of humans; the social science that seeks to umderstand human
origin and adaptation, and the diversity of cultures and worldviews.
3 Branches
 Archeology
 Anthropological Linguistic
 Ethnology
ETHNOLOGY
 A science that deals with the division of human beings into races and their
origin, distribution, relations, and characteristics.
 Anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of
cultures.

ECONOMICS
 Law of Supply states the quality of good supplies rises as the market prices
rises and falls as the price falls.
 Law of Demand says that the quantity of good supplies rises as the market
prices rises and vice versa.

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

 Is considered by many to be the broadest measure of country's economic
performance.
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
 Measures the level of retail price change.

TYPES OF ECONOMY
1. Traditional Economy
2. Market Economy
3. Mixed Economy
4. Planned Economy

 Traditional economy is an economic system in which traditions, customs, and

beliefs help shape the goods and services the economy produces, as well as the
rules and manner of their distribution. Countries that use this type of economic
system are often rural and farm-based.

 A market economy is an economic system in which the decisions regarding

investment, production and distribution are guided by the price signals created
by the forces of supply and demand.

 A mixed economy is variously defined as aneconomic system blending

 elements of market economies with elements of planned economies, free
markets with state interventionism, or private enterprise with public enterprise.
... This includes healthcare, physical infrastructure and management of public
lands.

 A planned economy is a type of economic system where investment,

production and the allocation of capital goods take place according to
economy-wide economic plans and production plans. A planned economy may
use centralized, decentralized or participatory forms of economic planning.

POLITICAL SCIENCE
Political
 Activities that relate to influencing the actions and policies of a government or
getting and keeping power in a government.
Government
 The group of people who control and make decisions for a country, state, etc.

3 MAJOR FIELDS
1. Clinical Psychology
2. Developmental Psychology
3. Experimental Psychology

SOCIOLOGY
 (Greek word SOCIUS "Friend or Companion" Logos "Study")

DEMOGRAPHY
 (Greek word DEMOS "The People" GRAPHOS "Charting or Mapping")