DISS - Prelim
DISS - Prelim
Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Encircle the letter that
Corresponds your answer.
1. It’s broadest sense is the study of society and the manner in which people behave
and influence the world.
a. Anthropology
b. Political science
c. Social science
d. Sociology
4. The ________ which begin with Nicolaus Copernicus refers to the historical
changes.
a. Industrial revolution
b. Information revolution
c. Scientific revolution
d. Technological revolution
5. It is a backbone of humanities.
a. History
b. Language
c. Numbers
d. Poetry
7. Ledoux (2002) defines __________ as the discipline that deals only with natural
events (i.e. independent and dependent variables) using scientific methods.
a. Anthropology b. Biology c. Natural sciences d. Social sciences
9. The following is the reason why people need the field of social sciences.
a. Social sciences can help us make sense of our finances
b. Social sciences can broaden you horizon.
c. Social sciences help imagine alternative figures
d. All of the above
10. It is a social sciences that deals with the optimum allocation of scarce resources.
a. Economic b. Philosophy c. Political science d. Sociology
12. This refers to the discipline in the social sciences which focuses on the theory and
practices of government and politics at the local , state, national, and international
level.
a. Earth science b. economics c. natural sciences d. political science
14. It is the study of human populations in relation to the changes brought about by
the interplay of births, death and migration.
a. Demography b. Psychology c. Sociology d. Statistics
15. It is the oldest branch sociolinguistics and the study of regional difference in
language.
a. Dialectology b. Language planning c. ethnography d. variation1
III- What have you learned about social sciences, natural sciences, and humanities?
State the differences of this three branches of sciences. (not less than 200
words ) 45 pts.