Diss Exams

OUR LADY OF THE SACRED HEART COLLEGE OF GUIMBA, INC. Guimba, Nueva Ecija Senior High School Department Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences NAME: ______________________________ ___________________________________________ _____________

SECTION: __________________ __________________ DATE: ________________________ ________________________

Part 1: Multiple Choices. On the space provided before the number, write the letter that corresponds to your chosen answer. 1. Economics: Social Science while Physics: ___________ a. Humanities c. Soft Science b. Natural Science d. Science and Technology 2. An approach that views institutions as humanly devised constraints that structure political, economic, and social interactions a. Institution c. Institutionalism Institutionalism b. Institute d. None of the Above 3. It is the conflict between entire classes over over the distribution of a society’s wealth and power a. Class conflict c. Societal conflict b. Power conflict d. Wealth conflict 4. Who among the following are the important personalities in the field of Anthropology a. Edward Burnett Tylor, Lewis Henry Morgan, Franz Boas b. Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, Alfred Marshall c. Anaximander, Eratosthenes, Strabo d. Herodotus, Thucydides, Ban Gu 5. The following philosophers and scholars contributed to the development of the discipline of History, except a. Herodotus b. Thucydides c. Anaximander d. Ban Gu 6. It is a discipline which includes everything about humans, from their biological and evolutionary past, to ways of life and traditions that they uphold. a. Economics c. Social Science b. Anthropology d. Sociology 7. An approach that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote soiidarity and stability. It looks for a structure’s social function a. Structuralism c. Macrostructure b. Structural Functionalism d. Microstructure 8. This discipline was coined by Auguste Comte, which inquires into social behavior and historical development of social institution. a. Social Science c. Sociology b. Society d. Demography

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9. It is a discipline which allows us to express and understand each other’s thoughts, ideas and feelings. It is defined as “the institution whereby humans communicate and interact with each other by means of habitually used oral-auditory symbols” c. Language c. Dialect d. Words d. Linguistics 10. In 1760-1849, a non-violent source of social change happen. It witnessed a shift from human labor dependence to machine dependence as the technological advancements in this period paved the way for manufactured products and production of surplus. This is called a. French Revolution c. Industrial Revolution b. World War II d. Social Change 11. Who among the following are the important personalities in the field of Anthropology a. Edward Burnett Tylor, Lewis Henry Morgan, Franz Boas b. Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, Alfred Marshall c. Anaximander, Eratosthenes, Strabo d. Herodotus, Thucydides, Ban Gu 12. In Economics, positive economics is viewed as the descriptive form of economics wherein its chief aims is to describe and explain economic phenomena or behavior, while normative economics is a. Associated with welfare economics and is focused on providing explanations and arguments on how economic policies should be b. Not in any manner, associated with the welfare economics but focus on giving explanations and arguments on how economic policies should be c. Focus on dealing with quantitative form since positive economics is in the descriptive form d. Dealing with what is observable in the environment. 13. He is known as the father of Modern Economics a. Karl Marx c. Adam Smith b. Auguste Comte d. Thomas Malthus 14. It is engaged in the study of phenomena relating to human groups and their socio-physical environment. a. Social Science c. Society b. Community d. Natural Science 15. It examines the human or social aspects of human-related inquiry and generally defined as the study of describing Earth a. Geology c. Geography b. Natural Science d. Cartography 16. This discipline is the study of political power relations, behavior, and activities as well as system of government from domestic, international, and comparative perspective. a. Politics c. Political Science b. Economics d. Law 17. Demography is the study of human population and its trends. It allows us to study the different aspects of people, communities, and societies across borders. a. Both statement are false c. The first statement is true, the second statement is false b. Both statements are true d. The first statement is false, the second statement is true

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18. Public Administration is one of the current applications of Political Science, public administration is a. The discipline which tackles the management and implementation of government policies b. The discipline which is responsible for the governance of a country or state c. The discipline that deals with the development of state policies and regulations d. The discipline that deals with the application of rules and policies 19. Who among the following scholars/philosophers contributed to the development of the discipline of Economics a. Edward Burnett Tylor, Lewis Henry Morgan, Franz Boas b. Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, Alfred Marshall c. Anaximander, Eratosthenes, Strabo d. Herodotus, Thucydides, Ban Gu 20. The following are the important personalities in the field of Psychology, except a. Hipporacrates c. Sigmund Freud b. William James d. Karl Marx 21. In Linguistics, it is the study of the history or origin of a particular word a. Ethnology c. Etymology b. Etylography d. Etymolography 22. In Geography, the following are the distinct fields of this discipline, except a. Physical Geography c. Human Geography b. Artificial Geography d. Geomatics 23. This discipline was conceived as the study of the allocation of resources within the household level a. Economics c. Psychology b. Sociology d. History 24. August Comte argued that there are three stages in the development of reason, this includes a. Theoretical, Philosophical, and Scientific b. Scientific, Political, and Theoretical c. Philosophical, Theological and Scientific d. Sociological, Theological, and Philosophical 25. In essence, it is the study of the soul, but some would define this discipline as the “study of behavior and mental processes” a. Psychology c. Politics b. Linguistics d. Physiology 26. It is a discipline which allows man to understand themselves and make sense of the world. It came from the Greek word that means “knowledge acquired by investigation” a. Anthropology c. Geography b. History d. Sociology 27. This discipline describes the composition of population according to its basic socio economic features which includes sex, age, family and household status a. Economics c. Sociology b. Demography d. History

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28. In Political Science, it is the concept which means, the capacity to influence another, it may be a state, a non-state, or an individual actor a. Power c. Leadership b. Politics d. President 29. The unrecognized and unintended consequence of any social pattern a. Latent Function c. Latent Dysfunction b. Manifest Function d. Manifest Dysfunction 30. In Sociology, this is a concept which is defined as a “group of people who share in one form or another distinct commonality a. Society c. Community b. Barangay d. Culture 31. The study of the ways in which the human experience is processed and documented; the fields of philosophy, literature, religion, art, music, history and language a. Humanities c. Social Science b. Natural Science d. Social Studies 32. An approach that sees society as the product of the everyday interactions of individuals a. Symbolic interactionism c. Structural Functionalism b. Structuralism d. Symbolism 33. The recognized and intended consequence of any social pattern a. Latent Function c. Latent Dysfunction b. Manifest Function d. Manifest Dysfunction 34. The consequence of any social pattern for the operation of a society as a whole a. Social Dysfunction c. Social Function b. Social Conflict d. Social Structure 35. Any social pattern that may disrupt the operation of society a. Social Function c. Social Dysfunction b. Sociological Function d. Structural Function Essay: 1. Sa iyong pananaw, ano-ano ang mga dahilan ng hindi pagkakaunawaan sa isang grupo ng mga tao sa isang lipunang kanilang ginagalawan? (2pts) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Ano-ano ang mga simbolong maaaring maglarawan sa pagiging makabayan ng mga Pilipino. Ipaliwanag ang halaga ng mga simbolong ito. (2pts) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Ano ang halaga ng pag-aaral ng Social Sciences  sa iyo bilang isang mag-aaral ng Senior High School. (1pt) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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OUR LADY OF THE SACRED HEART COLLEGE OF GUIMBA, INC. Guimba, Nueva Ecija Senior High School Department Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences – Table of Specifications

NO. OF HOURS

TOPIC

NO. OF ITEMS

LEARNING COMPETENCIES Define Social Sciences as the study of society

Defining Social Sciences as the study of society

4.5

5

Distinguish Social and Natural Sciences and Humanities

CODE

HUMSS_DIS 11- IIIa-1

HUMSS_DIS11- IIIa-2

Introducing the disciplines within the Social Sciences and the historical context of the emergence of each discipline Anthropology

2

2

Economics

2.5

3

Geography

2

2

History

2

2

Linguistics

2

2

Political Science

3

4

Psychology

2

2

Sociology and Demography

5

6

Compare and contrast the various Social Science disciplines and their fields, main areas of inquiry, and methods Trace the historical foundations and social contexts that led to the development of each discipline

HUMSS_DIS11- IIIb-d-3

HUMSS_DIS11- IIId-4

Structuralism Determine manifest and latent functions and dysfunctions of sociocultural phenomena

Structural-Functionalism

3

4

Marxism

3

4

Analyze social inequalities in terms of class conflict

HUMSS_DIS 11-IIIg-2

3

4

Appraise the meanings that people attach to everyday forms of interaction in order to explain social behavior

HUMSS_DIS 11-IIIh-3

34 hours

40 items

Symbolic Interactionism

Total

HUMSS_DIS 11 -IIIe-f-1

5