St. Teresita’s Academy of Aritao, Inc.

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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

Pangalan:_____________________________ Discipline Ideas in Social Science

Grade at Section: _______________________ 1st Grading Exam
Date: __________________ Prepared by: Mharjun C. lampa
Score: ___________________ LRN_____________________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
DIRECTION: CHOOSE THE RIGHT ANSWER, AND THEN SHADE THE CIRCLE THAT
STATES YOUR RIGHT ANSWERS
ABCD
O O O O 1. If economics is to social science, physics is to?
a. Humanities c. Soft Science
b. Natural Science d. Science and Technology
O O O O 2. An approach that views institutions as humanly devised constraints that structure political,
economic, and social interactions
c. Institution c. institutionalism
d. Institute d. None of the Above
O O O O 3. It is the conflict between entire classes over the distribution of a society’s wealth and power
a. class conflict c. societal conflict
b. power conflict d. wealth conflict
O O O O 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
O O O O 5. The following philosophers and scholars contributed to the development of the discipline of History,
except one. Who is he?
a. Herodotus B. Thucydides C. Anaximander D. Ban Gu
O O O O 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
O O O O 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
O O O O 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
O O O O 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
O O O O 10. In 1760-1849, a non-violent source of social change happened. 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. What do we call this process?
a. French revolution c. industrial revolution
 b. world war ii d. social change
O O O O 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
O O O O 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.
O O O O 13. He is known as the father of Modern Economics.
a. Karl Marx c. Adam Smith
b. Auguste Comte d. Thomas Malthus
O O O O 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
O O O O 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
O O O O 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
O O O O 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
O O O O 18. Public Administration is one of the current applications of Political Science, what is public
administration?
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
O O O O 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
O O O O 20.The following are the important personalities in the field of Psychology, except
a. Hipporacrates c. Sigmund Freud
b. William James d. Karl Marx
O O O O 21. In Linguistics, it is the study of the history or origin of a particular word.
 a) ethnology c. etymology
b) etylography d. etymolography
O O O O 22. In Geography, the following are the distinct fields of this discipline, except
A. physical geography c. human geography
B. artificial geography d. geomatics
O O O O 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
O O O O 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
O O O O 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
O O O O 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
O O O O 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
O O O O 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
O O O O 29. 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
O O O O 30. 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
A. III. Below are some research problems. Identify is the study falls under the natural sciences, the social
sciences, or both. Explain your answer.(2pts each)
1. Why do students engage in school bullying?
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2. What are the effects of K-12 Basic Education Program in the Philippine collegiate level?
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3. How is MERS or Middle East Respiratory Syndrome’transmitted?
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4. Why is there an increased number of typhoons that hit the Philippines every year?
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5. Is tap water safe for human consumption?
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II. APPLICATION
SCIENTIFIC METHOD(10pts each)
B. Topic: Population
C. Problem:_______________________________________________________________________________
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D. Hypothesis:_____________________________________________________________________________
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E. Data
gathering:______________________________________________________________________________
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F. Analysis:_______________________________________________________________________________
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Conclusion:________________________________________________________________________________
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