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
b. Institute d. None of the Above

3. It is the conflict between entire classes over the distribution of a societys 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 structures 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 others 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)
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2. Ano-ano ang mga simbolong maaaring maglarawan sa pagiging makabayan ng mga Pilipino.
Ipaliwanag ang halaga ng mga simbolong ito. (2pts)
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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 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 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
Economics 2.5 3 various Social Science
Geography 2 2 disciplines and their fields, HUMSS_DIS11- IIIb-d-3
main areas of inquiry, and
History 2 2 methods
Linguistics 2 2
Trace the historical
Political Science 3 4 foundations and social
Psychology 2 2 contexts that led to the HUMSS_DIS11- IIId-4
development of each
Sociology and discipline
5 6
Demography
Structuralism

Determine manifest and

Structural-Functionalism 3 4 HUMSS_DIS 11 -IIIe-f-1
latent functions and
dysfunctions of sociocultural
phenomena
Analyze social inequalities in
Marxism 3 4 HUMSS_DIS 11-IIIg-2
terms of class conflict

Appraise the meanings that

people attach to everyday
Symbolic Interactionism 3 4 HUMSS_DIS 11-IIIh-3
forms of interaction in order
to explain social behavior
Total 34 hours 40 items