Apostolic Vicariate of Tabuk Catholic Schools System, Inc.

St. William’s Academy Bulanao, Inc.

Senior High School Department
Bulanao, Tabuk City, Kalinga, 3800 Philippines
School Year 2020 – 2021

DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES 11

MIDTERM EXAMINATION

I. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE: Write TRUE if the statement is true and if it is FALSE underline the word/s that
makes the statement incorrect and write the correct answer in the space provided. NO ERASURES

________________1-2. Social sciences focus on the study of society and the relationship among individuals within
society.
________________3-4. Natural Science refers to the study of the ways in which the human experience is processed and
documented.
________________5-6. Both the humanities and social science are concerned with human aspects like, law, politics,
linguistics, economics, and psychology.
________________7-8. Cultural anthropology studies language and discourse and how they reflect and shape different
aspects of human society and culture.
________________9-10. Comparative method refers to the method of comparing different societies, groups or social
institutions within the same society or between societies to show whether and why they are similar or different in certain
aspects.
________________11-12. Geography is the study of the efficient allocation of scarce resources in order to satisfy
unlimited human needs and wants.
________________13-14. Entrepreneurship refers to the ability to organize all the other factors of production in order to
carry out effectively the production process.
________________15-16. Macroeconomics study of the choices made by economics actors such as households,
companies, and individual markets.
________________17-18. Inflation the study of how the cost of goods and services rises as time goes on.
________________19-20. Adam Smith renowned as the Father of Modern Sociology and a major proponent of laissez-
faire.
________________21-22. Physical Geography is the study of the natural environment of the Earth and of how humans
have altered natural systems.
________________23-24. Geomorphology focuses on the creatures and environments of the world’s oceans.
________________25-26. Secondary Source uses primary materials as the source of information.
________________27-28. Social History is the narration of the evolution of the political related matters of the past.
________________29-30. Government the authority or the bureaucracy that provides the system of rule over its territory
and for its people.

II. MULTIPLE CHOICE: On the space provided before the number, write the letter that corresponds to your chosen
answer.

____31. Ideas that all of your need should be met immediately.

a. Id b. Ego c. Superego d. Brain
____32. It is begun with a young physician’s search for the treatment of his patients with emotional problem.
a. Phenomenology b. Psychoanalysis c. Marxism d. Feminism
____33. According to Freud, when the infant is born, the mind has only one part, the _______.
a. Id b. Ego c. Superego d. Brain
____34. He was the proponent of psychoanalytic theory.
a. Karl Marx b. Max Weber c. Sigmund Freud d. Emile Durkheim
____35. The three elements of personality structure are the id, _______, and superego.
a. Ego b. Egg c. Era d. Edo
____36. The act of not allowing a feeling or desire to be expressed, is fall under what level of consciousness?
a. Superego b. Conscious c. Preconscious d. Unconscious
____37. Consist of feelings that are not presently conscious but can easily be brought into consciousness.
a. Superego b. Conscious c. Preconscious d. Unconscious
____38. In what component of personality structure views what is right and wrong?
a. Id b. Ego c. Superego d. Brain
____39. Like an iceberg, the _______ mind is merely the tip visible above the surface.
a. Superego b. Conscious c. Preconscious d. Unconscious
____40.It is the powerful tool in making sense of why people act or behave in the way they do.
a. Symbolic interactionism b. rational choice theory
c. institutionalism d. psychoanalysis
____41.The important element of human existence
a. Gesture b. meaning c. attitude d. Self
____42. Economics: Social Science while Physics: ___________
a. Humanities b. Soft Science c. Natural Science d. Science and Technology
____43. An approach that views institutions as humanly devised constraints that structure political, economic, and social
interactions
a. Institution b. Institutionalism c. Institute d. None of the Above
____44. It is the conflict between entire classes over the distribution of a society’s wealth and power
a. Class conflict b. societal conflict c. Power conflict d. Wealth conflict
____45. 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
____46. The following philosophers and scholars contributed to the development of the discipline of History, except:
a. Herodotus b. Thucydides c. Anaximander d. Ban Gu
____47. 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 b. Social Science c. Anthropology d. Sociology
____48. An approach that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability.
It looks for a structure’s social function.
a. Structuralism b. Macrostructure c. Structural Functionalism d. Microstructure
____49. This discipline was coined by Auguste Comte, which inquiries into social behavior and historical development of
social institution.
a. Social Science b. Sociology c. Society d. Political Science
____50. The distribution of the features of the physical environment and of the people who use those features.
a. Anthropology b. Demography c. Geography d. sociology
____51. The social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
a. Geography b. Economics c. Political Science d. Sociology
____52. Which of the following statements does not apply to social science?
a. deals with human as individuals or group in their relationships with others, institutions and material goods for
cohabitation.
b. body of learning and study recognizes simultaneous and mutual action of physical and non-physical stimuli
which produces social relations.
c. body of knowledge which chemistry, biology, and physics are its core areas.
____53. Which of the following statements is the theory of Herbert Spencer about Structural Functionalism?
a. saw the science of society as essentially similar to natural science.
b. suggested all societies have to resolve 2 sets of problems – instrumental and expressive.
c. certain tasks in society are more valuable than others.
d. Humans define themselves.
____54. Which of the following best describes what social sciences have in common?
a. An interest in studying human beings
b. The study of the human mind
c. A focus on material culture
d. Research that overlaps with genetics
_____55. 1. Which of the following is NOT an example of a social science?
a. Physics b. Economics c. Anthropology d. Psychology
_____56. If you were to explore why one group of people speak the way that they do, which discipline would be the
MOST relevant?
a. Linguistics b. Economics c. Psychology d. Chemistry
_____57. 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”.
a. Language b. Dialect c. Words d. Linguistics
_____58. 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 b. Industrial Revolution c. World War II d. Social Change
_____59. 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.
_____60. He is known as the father of Modern Economics
a. Karl Marx b. Adam Smith c. Auguste Comte d. Thomas Malthus
_____61. It is engaged in the study of phenomena relating to human groups and their socio-physical environment.
a. Social Science b. Society c. Community d. Natural Science
_____62. It examines the human or social aspects of human-related inquiry and generally defined as the study of
describing Earth
 a. Geology b. Geography c. Natural Science d. Cartography
_____63. 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 b. Political Science c. Economics d. Law
_____64. 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
_____65. 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
_____66. 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 b. Community c. Barangay d. Culture
_____67.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 b. Social Science c. Natural Science d. Social Studies
_____68. An approach that sees society as the product of the everyday interactions of individuals
a. Symbolic interactionism c. Structural Functionalism
b. Structuralism d. Symbolism
_____69. The recognized and intended consequence of any social pattern
a. Latent Function b. Latent Dysfunction c. Manifest Function d. Manifest Dysfunction
_____70. The consequence of any social pattern for the operation of a society as a whole
a. Social Dysfunction b. Social Function c. Social Conflict d. Social Structure
_____71. Any social pattern that may disrupt the operation of society
a. Social Function b. Social Dysfunction c. Sociological Function d. Structural Function
_____72. According to Spencer, what causes the evolution or decline of society?
a. The progress or declined of the society will be determined by how it handles constant problems.
b. How individuals affect society through their personalities, attitudes, behaviors, beliefs and other characteristics.
c. Social inequalities are necessary so that society would function.
d. Argued that the study of political systems of different states must be done contextually.
_____73. Which of the following defines the concepts of Marxism?
a. looks at both social structure and social functions.
b. addresses society as a whole in terms of the function of its constituent elements.
c. believed that capitalism is not only an economic system but it is also a political system.
d. relies on the symbolic meaning that people develop and rely upon in the process of social interaction.
_____74. According to functionalism, society tends towards self-maintaining order which is also known as:
a. Social Structure b. Social functions c. Equilibrium d. Latent dysfunctions
_____75. Marxism emphasizes the importance of which of the following factors in explaining the international system?
a. Power b. Cooperation c. Economics d. Microeconomics

III. MATCHING TYPE: Which of the following approaches corresponds to the following set of ideas? Write your
answer on the space provided after each item.

a. Rational choice theory b. Symbolic interactionism

c. Structural functionalism d. Institutionalism
e. Human-environment system

_____76. Game theory, bounded rationality, rank order

_____77. Descriptive-inductive, formal-legal,
_____78.Chicago school, meaning, self
_____79.AGIL, social dysfunction, system
_____80.historical-comparative

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Prepared By: Ms. Lyka Francess S. Balunggay Checked By: Mr. Alexis Luban