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SOCIAL
SCIENCES
TWO DIVISIONS
Pure Social Sciences – concern with
the pursuit of knowledge and truth
without considering its practical use.
(Economics, Political Science,
Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology)
Applied social Sciences – search for
solution to practical problems. (Social
Work, Public Administration,
Management, Education and ethics)
ANTHROPOLOGY
from Greek word “anthropas” meaning man,
mankind or humanity and “logia” meaning
study
developed in 19th century in the West during
the colonial encounter between Western
people and colonized people.
It was Dieserud Juul (1908) who was the first
to use the word anthropology
It is a discipline of infinite curiosity about
human beings.
It is simply the study of mankind.
ANTHROPOLOGY
Anthropologist are curious about the typical
characteristics of human population – how and
why such populations and their characteristics
have varies throughout the ages
When, where and why human have changed,
and how and why modern population vary in
certain physical features.
In essence, anthropology studies human and
analyzes the behavior of the individual as a
member of the society who is different from
animals.
CLASSIFICATION:
Biological/Physical
Anthropology – how humans
emerged and evolved through
time
Cultural Anthropology – studies
past culture through tangible or
material remains
ECONOMICS
from Greek words “oikonomos”, meaning manages the
household (oikos-house) and “nemein” which means to
manage.
Its history is traced back from two schools of thought
Mercantilism and Physiocracy. which prevailed in
Europe in 18th century.
It is the study how people choose to use resources (time,
talent, land, buildings, equipment and tools, and
knowledge of how to combine them to create useful
products and services.
Important choices: how time to devote to work, school,
and to leisure, how much to save everyday, how to
combine resources and produce, how to vote
ECONOMICS
It includes the study of labor, land, and
investment, of money, income, and productive and
of taxes and government expenditures.
It is concerned with GNP, per capital income,
savings, credit, investments, trade, balance or
imbalance
Economist looks at human activities’ relationship
to production, consumption and distribution of
goods, services and wealth within societies. They
are concerned with why the world is what it is
Topics dealt by economics are Production,
Distribution and consumption
MAJOR FIELDS
MICROECONOMICS –
focuses on individuals and small
organizations in the system of
allocating resources
MACROECONOMICS –
focuses on broader sense of
economics. It analyzes the whole
economy
LAW OF SUPPLY AND
DEMAND
Determine the economic equilibrium
for price and quantity based on
supply and demand
If demands increases, and supply
remains unchanged a shortage occur
If demands decreases and supply
remains unchanged a surplus occurs
DIVISIONS OF GEOGRAPHY:
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
human population and the impact of its activities on
the planet (agriculture, urbanization and land
reclamation)
How people use the resources available to them and
how they cultivate their environment to suit to their
needs
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
natural features of the earth like climate, vegetation
and soil.
Looking at the physical environment as the provider
of natural resources (food and water) and hazardous to
human life
GEOGRAPHY
Studies the interaction between the
NATURAL environment and the
PEOPLE living in it.
Bridge between natural science and
social science
GEO – Earth
GRAPHOS – charting or mapping
Explains the relationship the things on
earth to other people, places and thins
Erastosthenes of Cyrene
Father of Geography
Wrote the first three volume book
Geograpika
Compilation data accumulated for
three centuries of the nature of the
surface of the earth and the people
living in it.
GEOGRAPHERS BELIEVE THAT EARTH
HAVE:
Location – very starting point when studying
geography (absolute location and relative
location)
Directions – identified by cardinal points
(NEWS)
Distance – how much kilometer separates two
points
Size – all places of the earth have a specific size