DISCIPLINES

IN SOCIAL
SCIENCES
CONTENTS:
 Anthropology
 Economics
 Geography
 History
 Linguistics
 Political Science
 Psychology
 Sociology
LINGUISTICS
linguistique
 science of language
study of recorded and
unrecorded languages
 effect of language to
culture and vice versa
 insights and
understanding on
people’s perception
about themselves and
the world around them
BRANCHES OF
LINGUISTICS
EVOLUTIONARY
LINGUISTICS
 traces the development
of a language
HISTORICAL
LINGUISTICS
 language changes
 relationship of language
spoken by different ethnic
groups
SOCIO
LINGUISTICS
 linguistic variation and
social structures
PSYCHO
LINGUISTICS
 imaginative functioning of
language in the mind
NEURO
LINGUISTICS
 representation of
language in the brain
APPLIED
LINGUISTICS
 language-related issues
 language policies on
lexicography and translation
ANTHROPOLOGICAL
LINGUISTICS
 interaction of language
and culture for the beneficial
of development
BIO
LINGUISTICS
 natural communication
system of animals
CLINIC
LINGUISTICS
 application of linguistic
theory in the field of speech-
language pathology
LINGUISTIC
TYPOLOGY
 common properties of
diverse unrelated languages
STYLISTICS
 style of writing
 manner of speaking
METHODS OF
INQUIRY
DESCRIPTIVE
LINGUISTICS
 describes and explains
features of language
PRESCRIPTIVE
LINGUISTICS
 promote particular
linguistics usages over
others
 POLITICAL
SCIENCE
 polis
scire
 state and government
 deals with relations
between/among:
a.men and groups as
subject of the state
b.men and groups to the
state
c.the state to other states
 association of human
being into a “body
politic” or a political
community
systematic analysis on:
a.political attitudes of
people and their leaders
b.controversial issues
c.State’s operation,
powers and functions
 government and
political process
 institutions
behavior
BRANCHES OF
POLITICAL
SCIENCE
 PUBLIC LAW
 law
 organization of the government
 limitation of upon government
authority
 rules of government offices and
public officials
POLITICAL
THEORY
 development of varying political
doctrines or thoughts relating to
the basis, origin, form and
structure, political culture or
behavior of the people in a state
INTERATIONAL
RELATIONS
 power relationship
between or among
states
 PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
 system, processes and
dynamics of the
management, operation or
administration of the affairs
of the state
POLITICAL
PHILOSOPHY
 standards or principles of
behavior
accepted code
policy
 POLITICAL
DYNAMICS
 forces at work in
government and
politics
COMPARATIVE
GOVERNMENT
 surveys of the
governmental and
political systems
METHODS OF
INQUIRY
 HISTORICAL
METHOD
 observes and
analyzes
COMPARATIVE
METHOD
 established correlations of
institutional factors working
hand-in-hand with the state
that affect a political
phenomena
 SCIENTIFIC
METHOD
formulation of general
theory based on tested
hypothesis
 INDUCTIVE
METHOD
 draws political
generalization from
basic or given facts
 DEDUCTIVE
METHOD
 deduces conclusions
or explanations
THEORITICAL
METHOD
 uses political theories
of ancient philosophers
OBSERVATIONAL
METHOD
 critical observation of a
political situation
interprets it based on
philosophical reflection
BEHAVIORAL
METHOD
 social, economic, and
political forces rather
than political
institutions
PSYCHOLOGY
 psyche
logus
study of the mind
human behavior
BRANCHES OF
PSYCHOLOGY
 GENERAL
PSYCHOLOGY
 explains why and
how people behave in
a certain situation
 CLINICAL
PSYCHOLOGY
 scientific solution
to psychological
problem
 ABNORMAL
PSYCHOLOGY
determines
abnormalities
EVOLUTIONARY
PSYCHOLOGY
 psychological
stimuli in human
being
 COGNITIVE
PSYCHOLOGY
 capability to
solve problems
 LEGAL
PSYCHOLOGY
handling
psychology issues
on legal matters
EDUCATIONAL
PSYCHOLOGY
 student
problems
DEVELOPMENTAL
PSYCHOLOGY
 human
growth and
changes
PERSONALITY
PSYCHOLOGY
 personality
 I.Q.
METHODS OF
INQUIRY
INSPECTION
METHOD
 feelings and
experiences
OBSERVATION
METHOD
 examines, records and
analyze the subject
laboratory, classroom or
institution
EXPERIMENTAL
METHOD
 test theory
 SURVEY
METHOD
 utilizes
questionnaire
 EMPIRICAL
METHOD
 direct or
indirect
experience
SOCIOLOGY
 socius
 logos
 society

 concerns with
a. social institutions
b. social life
c. community living
d. human interaction
e. group interaction & dynamics
f. social roles & functions
g. social hierarchy
h. interrelationships
i. interdependence of men
 collective human
behavior and social
influence
 man’s behavior
 human society, its origin,
structure, function and
direction
BRANCHES
OF
SOCIOLOGY
SOCIAL
ORGANIZATION
 social institutions
 social stratification and mobility
 social groups
 social relationships
SOCIAL
PSYCHOLOGY
 collective and deviant
behavior
 socialization
 social influences
SOCIAL
CHANGE
 underlying principles,
processes and dynamics
of social change and its
social implications
HUMAN
ECOLOGY
relationship and
integration of human
population with the
natural environment
POPULATION
STUDIES/
DEMOGRAPHY
 characteristics and
growth of population and
its social implications
APPLIED
SOCIOLOGY
 utilization of sociological
research in solving social
problems and improving
social conditions
SOCIAL
THEORY &
METHOD
 social theories and
explains social phenomena
for applications
METHODS OF
INQUIRY
EVOLUTIONAARY
APPROACH
 offers application how
human groups come to exist,
grow and develop
 looks for patterns of change
INTERACTIONIST
APPROACH
 suggest no grand theories of
society since society and social and
political institutions are conceptual
abstractions and only people and
their interactions can be studies
directly.
FUNCTIONALIST
THEORY
 views society as an
organized network of
cooperating groups operating
orderly according to generally
accepted norms.
CONFLICT
APPROACH
 views society as one
that is held together
through the power of
dominant groups.