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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region VII, Central Visayas
DIVISION OF CITY SCHOOLS
City of Naga, Cebu
ULING SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

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DISCIPLINE AND IDEAS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES (DISS)
Midterm Examination
GAS 11

1. Social Science is different from natural science, true or false.

A. Yes, because social science is studying natural science
B. Yes, because social science is a study related to humanities as natural science does.
C. No, because social sciences are those disciplines that use research and analysis to examine human behavior
whereas natural science is a branch of science concerned with the description, prediction and understanding of
natural phenomena based on evidences for observation and experimentation.
2. If Social Science discipline is using research and analysis in remaining behaviour, which of the following is an
example?
A.Doing experiment in Physical Science subject
B.Counseling and observing client’s behaviour
C.Doing data analysis
D. None of the above
3. Is it necessary to do research in Social Science using respondent’s profile for narrative?
A. Yes, always B. Yes, sometimes C. No D. None of the above
4. From the given meaning of Social Science, Anthropology is one of the disciplines because;
A.It is study of all human aspects of human life and culture
B.Anthropology focus on evolution of man
C.It is anchored by Charles Darwin Theory
D. None of the above
5. Why is Economics a discipline of Social Science?
A. Because it is a study of human behavior in relation between ends and scares.
B. Economics affects human behavior
C.It is between micro and macro in Economics that completes the discipline
D.All of the above
6. Aside from Economics and Anthropology, the following are disciplines in Social Science except;
A.Geography B. History C. Political Science D. Physical Science
7. Discipline of Social Science that study human behavior and mental process.
A. Guidance and Counseling C. Psychology
B. History D. Political Science
8. Which of the disciplines of Social Science focus on human population and socio- economic status;
A. Political Science - Economics C. History - Demography
B.Demography - Economics D. None of the above
9. It is the least focus of Sociology;
A. Relationship among people C. Acculturation of culture
B.Society and culture D. Counseling
10. In Psychology “hersay” is very important;
A.No B. Yes C. Either of the following D. None of the above
11. This discipline focus on political system;
A. Political science B. Politics C. Governance
12. Is it necessary to have Political System in a Democratic Country?
A. Yes B. No C. It depends on the system D. None of the above

13. This discipline in social science verifies past events and relate the present.
A. Demography C. Economics
B. History D. Political Science
14. There are two branches of Economics, what are those?
A. Micro - Micro C. Low class and high class
B. Middle and poor D. Bourgeois and proletariat
15. Psychoanalysis is a school of thoughts in Psychology that is used in explaining and treating mental and emotional
problems. What is the emphasis of this theory?
A. The Unconscious C. Psychosexual Development
B. Childhood experiences D. All of the above
16. Which theory is best used to explain the effects of capitalism?
A. Marxism C. Rationalization
B. Feminist Theory D. Conflict Theory
17. Which of the following is the scientific study of behavior?
A. Philosophy C. Psychology
B. Psysiology D. Pyschiatry
18. What is a common way during the ancient time that explains the behavior of individuals?
A. Phychoanalysis C. Behaviorism
B. Animism D. Structural Functionalism
19. Which sociological theory asserts that individuals in the society interact with other according to their interpretation of
the meaning of their world?
A. Symbolic Interactionism C. Structural Functionalism
B. Conflict Theory D. Rational Choice
20. Which of the following is true about Symbolic Interactionism?
A. People behave based on what they believe.
B. The society is the product of everyday interactions of individual.
C. People behave based on what is objectively true.
D. People interpret one another’s behavior and these interpretations from the social bond.
21. Historian is a person studying _____________________
A. Geography B. History C. Political history D. Archeology
22. The following are the branches of history except ____________________________
A. Law of history B. narrative history C. Gender history D. military history
23. Mary went to Barangay Kamputhaw to study their dominant culture and how people interact their society. Mary is a
________________________
A. Anti Races B. psychiatrist C. Sociologist D. Economist
24. In this discipline the micro business and micro business sector is important;
A. Cooperative B. partnership C. economics D. economist
25. According to our teacher Dr. Jose Rizal is our National Hero but others used his monument inside their churches.
What branch of history tackle this kind of discussion.
A. Military history B. Religious history C. Gender History D. Pre-history
26. Psychology important in studying human behavior according to _______________
A. Karl Marx B. Wilhelm Wundt C. the Historian D. Psychologist
27. Mira is imparting knowledge to her students, Mira’s profession belongs to what discipline?
__________________________
A. Linguistic B. Education C. Archeology D. Historian
28. In history narrative data is important.
A. Yes, because written data is a proof of past events
B. Yes, because the teacher told the students to do so
C. No, oral tradition and sources is most important
29. This discipline is important in dealing with client _____________
A. Community B. Society C. Sociology D. Communication Studies
30. What category of history talks about how artifacts or monuments kept?
A. What is written B. what is physically preserved C. hidden D. what is said
31. Is it necessary to study all of discipline of social science?
A. Yes, because I want to study and pursue social science
B. Yes, it is up to me if needed
C. Yes, because I want to learn
D. I need all of the above
32. Who is the founder of the modern psychology?
A. Wilhelm Wundt B. Karl Marx C. Auguste Comte D. Kurt Marx
33. Describe and explain the human faculty of language.
A. Language formation b. Linguistic c. Arabic language d. Chinese Lang
34-40. Is it necessary to study Discipline and Ideas in Social Science in General Academic Strand? Yes or no. WHY?
( answer this question in two sentences)

II TRUE or FALSE
1. Anthropology studies the physical and cultural characteristics of peoples and societies that existed in the distant past.
2. Power is part of the culture or the way of life of a people.
3. Governments possess authority, exercise power over all individuals and institutions in society.
4. Authority refers to power that is exercised legitimately.
5. Classic liberalism accepts governmental power as a positive force in freeing people from poverty, ignorance,
discrimination, and sickness.
6. Modern liberalism asserted the dignity, worth, and freedom of the individual
7. Psychology is the recording, narrating, and interpreting of human experience.
8. Sovereignty is an authority over internal affairs, freedom from outside intervention, and political and legal recognition
by other nations.
9. Powerlessness is a sociopsychological condition of hopelessness, indifference, distrust, and cynicism.
10. An Authoritarian society must exercise police powers to protect its citizens, yet it must not unduly restrict individual
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region VII, Central Visayas
DIVISION OF CITY SCHOOLS
City of Naga, Cebu
ULING SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

DISCIPLINE AND IDEAS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES (DISS)

TABLE OF SPECIFICATIONS
S.Y 2022-2023

COMPETENCY EASY AVERAGE DIFFICULT ITEM NO. TOTAL

 Define Social Sciences as

the study of society
1,2,3,4,5,
 Identify the key concept and 5 5 3 11,12,13,14,15, 13
approaches in Social Science 24,25,26

 Compare and contrast the 6,7,8,9,10

various Social Science 21,22,23
disciplines and their fields, 8 4 16,17,18,19 12
main areas of inquiry, and
methods

20,27,28,29,30,
 Analyze social inequalities 31,32,33,34,35
5 6 4 15
in terms of class conflict 36,37,38,39,40

 Determine the historical

foundations and social
contexts that led to the
development of each 41,42,43,44,45,
5 3 8
discipline 46,47,48

TOTAL 48
ANSWER KEY
1.A
2.B
3.A
4.A
5.D
6.D
7.C
8.B
9.D
10.B
11.A
12.A
13.B
14.A
15.A
16.A
17.C
18.B
19.A
20.C
21.B
22.A
23.C
24.C
25.A
26.A
27.B
28.A
29.C
30.B
31.D
33.B
34-40- Personal Explanation
41.T
42.T
43.T
44.T
45.F
46F
47.F
48.T
49.T
50.F