Table of Specifications

Discipline and Ideas in the Social Sciences (HUMSS)

FIRST QUARTER EXAMNIATION

Number of
Topic Objectives meetings Number of Item Percentage
taught Items placement

1. Defining a. define Social 4 6 1-6 17.14%

Social Sciences as the study
Sciences as of society
the study of HUMMS_DIS 11-IIIa-
society 1

2. Introducing the b. identify various 10 14 7 - 20 40.00%

disciplines within social science
the Social Sciences disciplines and their
2.1. Anthropology fields, main areas of
2.2. Economics
inquiry and methods
2.3. Geography
HUMMS_DIS 11-IIIb-d-
2.4. History
3
2.5. Linguistics
2.6. Political
Science
2.7. Psychology
2.8. Sociology and
Demography

3. Historical context c. recognize the 2 3 21 - 23 8.57%

of the emergence importance of social
of each discipline contexts that led to the
development of each
discipline
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4.Structural- d. identify 8 12 24-35 34.29%

Functionalism structuralism, theories
and early structuralists
e. determine manifest
latent functions and
dysfunctions of socio-
cultural phenomena
HUMMS_DIS 11-IIIe-f-1

Total 24 35 100%

Prepared by: Noted: Approved:

ELMER D. LUMAGUE AMOR V. MACANDILI AGNES J. BUMACOD, Ed.D.

TEACHER III MT II Assistant Principal

FLORDELIZA M. MACATANGAY, Ph.d.

MTII
 FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION
DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

I. Read and analyze the questions carefully then choose the letter of your answer. Write your answer on the provided
answer sheets.

1. What term denotes a body of knowledge characterized by an objective to understand what society is and what does it
do to people living inside it?
A. Humanities C. Arts and Sciences
B. Social Science D. Ethnography
2. Which of the following is called the core of the study of the disciplines in the social sciences?
A. society C. science
B. sociology D. fundamentalist
3. What is the word regarded as the key idea in the said rubric of disciplines?
A. human C. science
B. scientific tradition D. government
4. At some point, social science is also fused and aligned with the following academic endeavors except one.
A. arts C. humanities
B. natural or physical sciences D. mathematics
5. Which of the following is not mostly associated with humanities?
A. Psychology `C. History
B. Anthropology D. Linguistics
6. Which of the disciplines below is a social science subject area which is one of the most associated with empirical
research and aims.
A. Psychology C. Government
C. Economics E. Public Service

FOR NOS 7-20 (Identify what discipline is implied in each of the following statements. Write A for Anthropology, B for
Demography, C for Economics, D for Geography, E for Linguistics, F for History, G for Political Science H for Sociology)
7. It deals with how people behave and interact with one another as a member of a particular social group.
8. It deals with population as a unit of analysis.
9. It is thought at times separated from the other social sciences due to its emphasis on quantitative analysis and
mathematical equations as representations of social behavior, focuses on markets, wealth and resources.
10. It insists that it is the environment or the location of the people - a condition that exists outside of people - that
ultimately conditions the way people will behave in society.
11. It asserts that what is going on within the individual mind or the psych - one's feelings, joys, fears, worries, triumphs
and struggles - does shape the way he or she views society.
12. It interprets that the past is part and parcel of present as events that happened in the past shape the way people
make their decisions in the present.
13. Language, a product of human race's biological and cultural heritage, is an invention by people yet they themselves
are shaped by it.
14. It is politics or the political realm that captures human life.
15. "household management"
16. "recorded and documented events"
17. "description of people"
18. "description of the earth"
19. "study of the mind"
20. "study of human"

21. Why is it important for sociologists and anthropologists to identify the people living in the society - male or female,
natives or foreigners, young or old, etc.?
A. They should capture the nuanced nature of human relations.
B. They should be familiar among the people in the society.
C. They should be sensitive to their needs.
D. This is the foundation for further studies.
22. Why is it that demographics processes such as birth, migration, and aging are investigated?
A. This will be a reference for people's documents.
B. They impact on how society changes across a period of time.
C. People needs it when they go abroad.
D. They represent the present issues.
23. Why is social science important?
A. It promotes welfare of every member of the society.
B. It helps us solve our problems.
C. It provides vital information for governments and policy makers.
 D. It educate us to help save the environment.
24. What is the focus of structural functionalism?
A. The organization in the government system.
B. The perspectives of intellectual people.
C. The organization of society and the relationships between broad social units.
D. The leaders in the community and their plan of action.
24. Other examples of groups (functional structuralism) include the following except one.
A. Corporations C. university systems
B. money lender D. factories
25. (1) The early functionalists were anthropologists.
(2) The early functionalists were historians.
A. Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false.
B. Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true.
C. Both statements are true.
D. Both statements are false.
26. Malinowski : physiological needs ; Radcliffe-Brown : ________________
A. economic freedom
B. leadership
C. Social structure
D. Self-actualization
27. "The proper focus of anthropological investigations was on the underlying patterns of human thought". Who was the
proponent of this theory?
A. Augustus Comte C. Emile Durkheim
B. Talcott Parsons D. Claude Levi-Strauss
28. "Society is a system of interconnected parts that work together in harmony to maintain a state of balance and social
equilibrium for the whole". Accordingly, the statement is a ____________________.
A. Theoretical framework C. Functionalists perspectives
B. Government policy D. Leadership style
29. Economics : Provide a means of governing members of society ; ____________ : provide moral guidance and an
outlet for worship of a higher power
A. family C. economy
B. religion D. politics
30. The increasing number of women in the workforce has contributed to the formulation of policies against sexual
harassment and job discrimination. This is an example of the theory formulated by ______________.
A. Malinowski c. Radcliff-Brown
B. Claud Levi-Strauss d. Max Weber
31. According to Durkheim and other functionalists, why is crime also functional for society?
A. It changes the law to increase proper behavior of each member of the community.
B. It offers job opportunities to proper authority and lawmakers.
C. It leads to heightened awareness of shared moral bonds and increased social cohesion.
D. It opens the minds of leaders to work and fulfill their promises.
32. (1) Manifest functions are consequences that are intended and commonly recognized.
(2) Latent functions are consequences that are unintended and often hidden.
A. Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false.
B. Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true.
C. Both statements are true.
D. Both statements are false
33. Why does structural-functional theory became widely used by most social thinkers for many years?
A. because it uplifts the dignity of each member of the group
B. because it teaches people to become productive
C. because it molds leaders who love their fellowmen
D. because it creates a society with checks and balances
34. Meeting or having a future husband or wife in colleges is not the intended or commonly recognized function. What
kind of function is imparted by the statement?
A. It is a professional function
B. it is a latent function
C. it is a manifest function
D. It is a group function
35. (1) Elements of society are functional if they contribute to economic stability.
(2) They are dysfunctional if they disrupt social stability.
A. Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false.
B. Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true
C. Both statements are true.
D. Both statements are false.