Discipline and Ideas in The Social Sciences
Discipline and Ideas in The Social Sciences
Department of Education
Schools Division Office of Zamboanga City
Region IX, Zamboanga Peninsula
Maria Clara L. Lobregat National High School
Divisoria, Zamboanga City
S. Y. 2020-2021
Directions:
Multiple Choice.
Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Studies the optimum allocation of scarce resources and how individuals interact within the
social structure to address questions regarding the production and exchange of goods and
services.
A. Political Science
B. Social Work
C. Geography
D. Economics
3. Studies changes in population growth through the analysis of statistics on birth, human
movement, morbidity, agedness, and mortality.
A. Geography
B. Demography
C. Economics
D. Statistics
4. Field of study that is focused on the use and application of the different concepts, theoretical
models, and theories of the social science disciplines to help understand society and the
different problems and issues it faces.
A. Social Sciences C. Applied Social Sciences
B. Natural Sciences D. Behavioral Sciences
5. Which of the following is a main discipline/professional track of the applied social science?
A. Political Science c. Demography Studies
B. Guidance Counseling d. Sociological Research
6. A discipline that provides guidance, help and support to individuals through the application
of psychological methods that includes case history data, personal interviews, and aptitudes
tests.
A. Social Work C. Demography
B. Counseling D. Statistics
7. Which career opportunity will mostly need an applied social science practitioner?
A. Journalism C. Computer Science
B. Engineering D. Architecture
8. Field of study where practitioners help individuals, families, groups and communities
enhance peoples’ skills and ability to use their own resources and that of the community to
resolve social and community problems.
A. Life Coach C. Communication Studies
B. Social Work D. Journalism
9. Studies the interaction between people and their environments and explore both the
physical properties of Earth’s surface and their relationship with human societies.
A. Demography C. Sociology
B. History D. Geography
10. Studies how people and groups experience the world through various emotions, ideas and
in different conscious states.
A. Sociology C. Psychology
B. Economics D. Political Science
12. Counselors take an active role in counseling groups and individuals to address
developmental tasks and issues confronting them in the 21st century. What is the role?
A. Developmental classroom specialist
B. Leaders and advocates of academic success
C. Providers of individual and group services
D. Career development specialists
13. In order to address the learning needs of diverse groups, counselors prepare modules and
deliver talks like anxiety, resiliency, stress management and others.
A. School and community collaboration
B. Leaders and advocates of academic success
C. School and Community collaboration specialists
D. Advocates of students with special needs and students-at-risk.
14. Which of the following does follow “School and Community Collaboration”?
A. Allowing yourself to be counselled means that you have a problem only in the school
and have issues in academic success, that is only concern with the school
B. Counselors’ ensures learner’s holistic development and success through barangay,
teacher and parent coordination
C. A counselor’s job is in only to see counseling as its objective and final approach to
student improvement
D. The school is an independent institution, it does not need help from other schools in
improving learner-community engagement.
15. Their functions are no longer limited to the academic success of students, but they also
provide activities that prepare and promote students’ career success. What function of a
counselor is this?
A. Leaders and advocates of academic success
B. Providers of individual and group services
C. Developmental classroom specialists
D. Career development specialists
16. One of their roles is to help students identify barrier to academic success like peer pressure,
family situations, or personal relationship issues. What function of a counselor is this?
A. School and community collaboration specialists
B. Leaders and advocates of academic success
C. Developmental classroom specialists
D. Career development specialists
19. In the modern period, social Science developed as the demand for systematic
understanding of society grew to address the social problems created by the Industrial
Revolution.
a. True
b. False
20. How does anthropology differ from other social sciences such as economics and sociology?
b. The other social sciences are holistic and integrative in their approach.
21.Researchers who study humans by residing in particular societies and observing the
behaviors of the people are:
e. ethnographers.
f. archaeologists.
g. linguists.
h. paleoanthropologists.
22. Which subfield of anthropology could be described as studying 'other people's garbage?'
a. primatology
b. archaeology
c. paleoanthropology
d. linguistics
a. Geography c. Psychology
b. Demography d. sociology
25. Society is came from the Latin word societas that was derived from the noun socius
meaning ___________.
a. tribe c. sole
b. comrade d. social
26. A social science discipline attempts to find answers on so many questions involving
humans.
a. Geography c. Political science
b. Demography d. Anthropology
27. Europe’s powerful states begin to acquire colonies in Marica, Africa and Asia.
a. Ancient Period
b. Medieval Period
c. Early Modern Period
d. Modern Period
29. In the _______________ , the Greeks expanded their influence in areas in the
Mediterranean Sea.
a. Ancient Period
b. Medieval Period
c. Early Modern Period
d. Modern Period
30. ___________ begins with the First Industrial Revolution, the rapid technological
advancement.
a. Ancient Period
b. Medieval Period
c. Early Modern Period
d. Modern Period