Republic of the Philippines
JAMIATUL PHILIPPINE AL-ISLAMIA
Sumndad Street, Bangon, Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, 9700
DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
PRELIM EXAM
NAME: ______________________________SECTION: _________________DATE: _____________
Part 1: Multiple Choices. Encircle 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. A standardized set of techniques for building scientific knowledge, such as how to make valid
observations, how to interpret result and to generalize results.
a. Social Science c. Research Methodology
b. Scientific Method d. Research Design
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. The disciplines study the nature of language through an examination of the formal properties of
natural language, grammar, and the process of language acquisition.
a. Economics c. Language
b. Anthropology d. Sociology
8. This discipline was coined by Auguste Comte, which inquiries into social behavior and historical
development of social institution.
a. Social Science c. Sociology
b. Society d. Demography
9. A study of how words are categorized or formed.
a. Phonetics c. Morphology
b. Phonology d. Syntax
10. His most famous work “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of Wealth of Nations” contributed
to the theory of price formation, the relationship of market outcomes and public interest.
a. Auguste Comte c. John Locke
b. Aristotle d. Adam Smith
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
18. A framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together
to promote solidarity and stability.
a. Rational Choice Theory
b. Symbolic Interactionism
c. Structural Functionalism
d. Institutionalism
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 how words are combined to form a sentence.
a. Phonetics c. Morphology
b. Phonology d. Syntax
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
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
PART II. ENUMERATION
A. Principle of Symbolic Interactionism (3)
B. The steps in scientific method (5)
C. Two branches of Geography (2)
PART III. ESSAY. Answer the following question briefly.
1. What is a social science and how can it be used to study and understand society?
2. As Senior High School learners, how do you use the social science in your daily living?
3. What is the difference between Social Science and Natural Sciences?
