Defining Pure Social Sciences

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.
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
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 10 11 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 12 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.

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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

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