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• Discipline and Ideas in the Applied Social Sciences involve clarifying the relationships between social sciences and applied social sciences.
• The applied social sciences are different from the social sciences in terms of their focus and approach.
• Social sciences explore the historical, cultural, sociological, psychological, and political forces that shape the actions of individuals and their impact on society.
• The disciplines of social sciences include history, economics, geography, psychology, demography, linguistics, anthropology, and political science.
• Economics is a branch of social sciences that studies the allocation of scarce resources and the production and exchange of goods and services in society.
• Anthropology is a scientific study of humans and their cultures in the past and present time.
• History is a systematic study of human past events in order to understand the meaning, dynamics, and relationship of the cause and effects of events in the development of societies.
• Political science primarily studies human behavior in relation to political systems, governments, laws, and international relations.
• Psychology studies how the human mind works in consonance with the body to produce thoughts that lead to individual actions.
• Sociology is a systematic study of people’s behavior in groups.
• Demography is the composition of a particular human population.
• Geography is the study of the interaction between people and their environment.
• Linguistics is the systematic study of human language, lies the crossroads of the humanities and the social sciences.
• In the field of Pure Social Sciences, different disciplines are considered and different issues are tried to solve in society.
• Poverty is a problem that exists because economically there are scarce resources and goods and services are priced high, leading to some people being unable to meet their needs and others being underemployed or unemployed.
• Social scientists are people who study to solve social problems.
• Guidance Counseling is a main discipline or professional track of the Applied Social Sciences.
• Good communication skills are also important in counseling as well as in social work.
• Counseling is one of the fields of applied social sciences as an application of the social sciences, counseling provides guidance, help, and support to individuals who face a diverse set of problems in their lives.
• Teacher-Education is a field of study where practitioners help individuals, groups, families and communities to enhance people’s capabilities and skills to use their own resources and help them solve their own social problems.
• 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.
• Counseling is not a field of Pure Social Science.
• The steps in Scientific Method are: Defining problem, Reviewing the Related Literature, Forming Hypothesis, Collecting and Analyzing Data, Drawing Conclusions and Recommendations.
• Social Work is another professional activity in applied social sciences where practitioners or those who practice a certain work, help individuals, families, and groups, communities to improve their collective well-being.
• The three main career tracks for Applied Social Sciences are: Counseling, Social Work, and Communication Studies.
• Counseling can be done through the following: Guidance counseling, Personal Growth Counseling, Life Coaching, Career counseling.
• Career opportunities that mostly need an applied social sciences practitioner include Agriculture, Journalism, Industrial Technology, and Architecture.
• Applied Social Science focuses 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.
• The importance of knowing the similarities and differences of pure Social Sciences and Applied Social Sciences is that it helps in understanding the different fields of study and their applications.
• 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.
• Discipline and Ideas in the Applied Social Science involve analyzing a picture, guiding questions, and understanding the principles of counseling.
• Communication Studies provides adequate training for careers in the field of journalism and mass communication.
• Guidance Counseling provides guidance, help and support to individuals.
• Counseling is the process of guiding a person during the stage of life when reassessments or decisions have to be made about themselves in their life.
• Counseling provides advice or guidance in decision making in emotionally significant situations by helping clients explore and understand better ways in resolving problems.
• In practical terms, counseling happens when a person who is distressed asks for help and permits another person to enter into a kind of connection with them.
• The scope of counseling includes individual counseling for adolescents, marital and pre-marital counseling, and family counseling.
• Core values of counseling include respect for human dignity, partnership, autonomy, responsible caring, personal integrity, and social justice.
• Principles of counseling, as per Velleman, include developing trust, exploring problem areas, helping to set goals, empowering into action, and helping to maintain change.
• Psychological Goals aid in developing good social interaction skills, learning emotional control, and developing a positive self-concept.