HUMSS112 - Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences

WEEK 10 - Quarterly Exam

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Anthropology comes from two Greek words:

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d. anthropos and logos

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“Workers are forced to pay attention to the production only. Thus they will have no time to interact
with fellow workers, whose main focus too is to do labor in exchange for salaries. Workers are
alienated from this experience to make way for an undivided attention for the production of goods.”

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a. Alienation of Worker from Other Workers

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What does the word scarcity mean?

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b. lack of resources
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Which of the following is/are aspects covered by the social sciences?

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b. specific aspects of human behavior and life

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Social Science is not only composed of one science or one subject. Since it concerns itself with all
aspects of society and human behavior, it is naturally divided into _____, all of which share an
interest in human behavior.

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c. disciplines
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History can be derived from two Greek terms: _____ meaning “learned or wise man,” and ____
meaning “finding out.”

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d. histōr and histōria

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This social world was not always understood. But in the last 200 years, disciplines have originated
with the goal of examining it with the exact same ____ that the sciences use.

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d. scientific methodology

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In 1895, Freud and his colleague Josef Breuer published:

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b. Studies in Hysteria
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To which discipline does physics fall under:

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b. Natural Science
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When one speaks of a _____, it means that it is a philosophical movement that includes those who
claim that an ideology or proposition is true if it works satisfactorily, that the meaning of a proposition
is to be found in the practical consequences of accepting it, and that unpractical ideas are to be
rejected. (McDermid, 2009)

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b. pragmatic philosophy

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Which pragmatic thinker did Mead transfer with to Chicago and was greatly influenced by?

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a. John Dewey

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According to Stephen Thornton, “Freud’s psychoanalytic theory was initially not well received – when
its existence was acknowledged at all it was usually by people who were, as Breuer had foreseen,
scandalized by the emphasis placed on sexuality by Freud.” (Thornton, 2010)

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b. True

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The Natural Sciences is a branch of science that deals with the ____.

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c. physical world
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What is another term for the working class?

d. proletariat

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_____ is a method for analyzing language, narratives, and cultural phenomena that uncovers basic
elements that form structures (often binary oppositions).
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a. structuralism

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“Symbolic interaction is an entire process of ___: meaning, speaking, and thinking.”

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a. dialogue

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Each newly born human being enters a ____ that has been shaped by those born previously and is
continually reshaped by each new generation. (Perry & Perry, 2003)

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b. social world
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Parsons doctoral dissertation was entitled ____ with his main focus on the work of Werner Sombart
and Max Weber.
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c. The Concept of Capitalism in the Recent German Literature
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Behaviorist approaches tend to focus more on the empirical or outward observation of the subjects.

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a. True
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“Simply put, structuralism is understanding human culture and elements in terms of their relationship
with a larger, overarching system.”

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a. True
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Talcott Parsons was greatly influenced by which thinker:

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d. Vilfredo Pareto

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The term “symbolic interactionism” was coined by which of Mead’s students:

b. Herbert Blumer
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“The history of linguistics is a branch of intellectual history, for it deals with the history of ideas –
ideas about language – and directly with language itself.”

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a. True
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It is a movement in psychology and philosophy that emphasized the outward behavioral aspects of
thought and dismissed the inward experiential, and sometimes the inner procedural, aspects as well.

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d. behaviorism

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His academic interests were broad, but he settled for ____ at the University of Vienna in 1873 and
obtained his degree in 1881.

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a. medicine
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Freud places no emphasis on the sexual formation of an individual, and how rooting out these past
experiences in psychoanalysis will be a good form of treatment.

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a. False
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When Mead mentions the ‘taking the role of the other,’ he implies that through language, human
persons could interpret the _____ of the individual he is communicating with.

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a. symbolic nature
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Private property is replaced with ____, and man becomes friend once more to fellow man. It is in a
communist setting, Marx envisions, that society will flourish.

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b. military possession
c. common ownership
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Which of the following is NOT a communist country?

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c. Russian Federation
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Freud was a mentor to two other major psychologists:

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b. Adler and Jung

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This consists in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing,
and modification of hypotheses.

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b. Scientific Method
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Behaviorist approaches tend to focus more on the empirical or outward observation of the subjects.

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a. True
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This consists in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing,
and modification of hypotheses.

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c. Scientific Method
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The very basic principle of the id is to attain pleasure and avoid pain.

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a. True
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Economics comes from the Greek ta oikonomika meaning “____“ Oikonomika itself comes from the
Greek word oikos meaning --- or ---).

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d. science of the household

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This is what makes social science a science.

b. none of the choices

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Social science is the study of ____.

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b. society and human behavior
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It is a source of motivation that encompasses sexual energy.

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c. libido
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It includes a person’s moral code, the main concern being whether action is good or bad, right or
wrong. It represents the ideal rather than the real, and strives not for pleasure but for perfection. The
rewards are feelings of pride and self-love; the punishments are feelings of guilt and inferiority.”
(Corey, 2009)

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c. superego
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Which of the following is NOT an example of natural science?

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d. all of the choices
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“The most concrete origin, however, can be found in Ancient China with the writings of Fan Li (also
known as Tao Zhu Gong) who wrote a _____ for businessmen. (Wang, 2012)

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b. golden laws for businessmen
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Geography is concerned with:

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a. structure of the planet earth
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The Natural Sciences are divided into two groups:

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b. physical and life science
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Which aspect of society does social science concern itself with?

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b. all aspects of society including human behavior
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Thought is based on language. While in a conversation, your mind is imagining or thinking about the
different points of view or meanings to what the other person is saying to you.

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b. True

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The following are disciplines of the humanities except:

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c. Political Science
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Which of these disciplines is part of the humanities?

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c. Philosophy
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Science may be briefly defined as a method using a system of rational inquiry dependent on the
_____.

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c. empirical testing of facts
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“The Freudian view of human nature is basically ____. According to him, our behavior is determined
by irrational forces, unconscious motivations, biological and instinctual drives, as these evolve
through key psychosexual stages in the first six years of life. (Corey, 2009)

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b. deterministic
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What makes social sciences “social”?

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d. both choices