Discipline and Ideas in Social Science

Summative test
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: ___________

2. 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

3. The following philosophers and scholars contributed to the development of the discipline of History,
except
a. Herodotus
b. Thucydides
c. Anaximander
d. Ban Gu

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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.
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9. He is known as the father of Modern Economics
a. Karl Marx c. Adam Smith
b. Auguste Comte d. Thomas Malthus

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. The following are the important personalities in the field of Psychology, except
a. Hipporacrates c. Sigmund Freud
b. William James d. Karl Marx

17. In Linguistics, it is the study of the history or origin of a particular word

18. In Geography, the following are the distinct fields of this discipline, except
a. Physical Geography c. Human Geography
b. Artificial Geography d. Geomatics

19. This discipline was conceived as the study of the allocation of resources within the household level

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 a. Economics c. Psychology
b. Sociology d. History

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences – Table of Specifications

NO. OF NO. OF
TOPIC LEARNING COMPETENCIES CODE
HOURS ITEMS
Define Social Sciences as the
study of society HUMSS_DIS 11- IIIa-1
Defining Social Sciences
4 5
as the study of society Distinguish Social and
Natural Sciences and HUMSS_DIS11- IIIa-2
Humanities

Introducing the
disciplines within the
Social Sciences and the
historical context of the
emergence of each
discipline
Anthropology 2 2 Compare and contrast the HUMSS_DIS11- IIIb-d-3
3
 Economics 2 2 various Social Science
Geography 2 2 disciplines and their fields,
main areas of inquiry, and
History 2 2 methods
Linguistics 2 2
Trace the historical
Political Science 2 4
foundations and social
Psychology 2 2 contexts that led to the HUMSS_DIS11- IIId-4
Sociology and development of each
2 4 discipline
Demography
Total 20 hours 25 items