DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES (PRELIMS) Flashcards
study of society
social science
stated that social science is an academic discipline that states everything about our life and the society
Bayer
social phenomena, not produced in a laboratory
experential
understanding of natural phenomena
natural science
repeated experiments, laboratory testing
experimental
refer to the study of the ways in which the human experience is processed and document
humanities
the deep understanding that goes beyond knowing to application
wisdom
Kinds of Social Science
pure social science
applied social science
theories and concepts
pure social science
focuses on the search for solutions to practical problems
applied social science
9 SOCIAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES
Anthropology
Economics
Geography
History
Linguistics
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology
Demography
refers to the study of humans and examines all aspects of human life and culture
anthropology
what is the greek word for man
anthropos
greek word for study
logia
Kind of Anthropology
cultural anthropology
linguistic anthropology
archaeology
physical anthropology
studies about the cultural aspects of human societies all over the world
cultural anthropology
studied in cultural anthropology
social and political organizations
marriage patterns
economic patterns
religious patterns
focuses on understanding how people use language and certain culture
linguistic anthropology
are not language teachers but instead they study the human communication process
anthropological linguistics
studies the past, rather than living in it
archaeology
usually study artifacts and the human fossils
archaeologists
TYPES OF ARCHAEOLOGISTS
classical
historical
prehistoric
paleoanthropologists
underwater
zooarchaeologists
focuses on ancient civilization
classical
attempted to recover the unrecovered aspects of life
historical
more ancient preliterate societies
prehistoric
study the periods of the so-called human evolution
paleoanthropologists
endeavor to discover and excavate ancient shipwrecks and submerged cities
underwater
scrutinize the animal remains
zooarchaeologists
non-cultural aspects of human and near-humans
physical anthropology
a British economist
John Maynard Keynes
Eratosthenes described geography as
earth description
term was geography was adopted in the 200s BC by which Greek thinker
Eratosthenes
fields of economics
microecomics
macroeconomics
often dubbed as the science of scarcity; scientific study of the ownership, use, and exchange of scarce resources
economics
study about non-human primates usually in natural setting among wild apes and monkeys
primatologists
FIELDS OF GEOGRAPHY
systematic
regional
examines the behavior of individual and firms in making decisions concerning the allocation of limited resources (small)
microeconomics
deals with the individual physical and cultural elements of the earth
systematic geography
explanation of prosperity and depression around the total or aggregate demand for goods and services by consumers, business, investors and governments (large)
macroeconomics
is a Greek word meaning, literally, “to describe the Earth”; science of place
geography
types of systematic geography
physical
cultural
studies different areas of the earth and the unique combinations of physical and cultural characteristics that represent each region
regional geography
FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY
location
place
region
interaction of human and its environment
movement
where will you see?
location
two types of location
absolute location
relative location
exact place
absolute location
surroundings
relative location
what will you see?
place
THE REGIONS OF THE PHILIPPINES
I - Ilocos Region
II - Cagayan Valley
III - Central Luzon
IVA - CALABARZON (CAvite, LAguna, BAtangas, Rizal, QueZON
IVB - MIMAROPA (MIndoro, MArinduque, ROmblon, PAlawan
V - Bicol
VI - Western Visayas
VII - Central Visayas
VIII - Eastern Visayas
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula
X - Northern Mindanao
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN (South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, General Santos City)
XIII - Caraga
NCR - National Capital Region
CAR - Cordillera Administrative Region
BARMM - Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
it is about the past of mankind scientifically investigated to acquire knowledge about stories of human experience
history
greek word meaning learning, inquiry and/or investigation
historia
Father of History
Herodotus
TWO WAYS OF PRESENTING HISTORICAL PHENOMENON
pre-historic past
historic past
refers to the time before man invented writing
pre-historic past
refers to the period where events are recorded through written documents
historic past
FIVE SOURCES THAT HISTORIANS WILL DIG IN
written sources
orally transmitted materials
artistic production
electronic data
relics and remains
explores and attempts to explain our ability to use language
linguistic
defined as the “study of the state and government”
political science
political comes from the Greek word?
polis
polis means?
city-state
the word science means?
knowledge or study
the word polis come from derivatives meaning “citizen”
polites
the word polis come from derivatives meaning “government official”
politikos
Who is the “Father of Political Science”
Aristotle
What book did he write in the 14th century?
Politics
STAGES IN THE STUDY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
religious
metaphysical
modern
divinely-inspired
religious stage
human institution no longer divine but it was worshipped as a perfect institution
metaphysical stage
What did Aristotle claim?
Man is by nature a political animal.
improved by rulers and subjects
modern stage
Father of Modern Politics
Niccolo Machiavelli
What book did Niccolo write?
The Prince
the study of the soul or mind
psychology
What means “study”?
-ology
What means “soul or mind”?
psyche
it simply means the study of man about his companions or associates
sociology
word that means companion
socious
word that means associate
logos
it is the study of the size, composition, growth and distribution of human populations
demography
a greek word which means the people
demos
a french word which means to write
graphie
study of how people process and document the human experience
humanities
Latin word which means human, cultured, and refined
humanus
everything that people do as an outcome of their interaction with other people within a given social context
social fact
a special methodology in the social sciences that aims to describe what constitutes a particular social phenomenon
ethnography
culture bearer and members of the group being researched on
key informants
are very popular among the disciplines of anthropology, sociology, and linguistics
ethnographic techniques
is the social technique of going to the field to conduct a face-to-face study of the subject matter
fieldwork
is a set of rules about how to establish rules
scientific method
THE SCIENTIFIC METHODS
observing
defining the problem
reviewing the literature
observing some more
developing a theoretical framework and formulating a hypothesis
choosing a research design
collecting the necessary data
analyzing the results
drawing conclusions