ANSWER DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS IN THE

SOCIAL SCIENCES
SHEET

What’s In
The course introduces students to basic concepts, subjects, and methods of inquiry in the disciplines that
comprise the Social Sciences. It then discusses influential thinkers and ideas in these disciplines, and relates these
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ideas to the Philippine setting and current global trends.

Before we proceed, what comes into your mind when you hear the word “SOCIAL SCIENCES”? Write your
answers, using the concept map below.

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Sciences

What is it

Directions: Using the Venn Diagram below, write down the differences between Natural and Social Sciences. On the
space where both circles meet, place the similarities between the two concepts.

Natural Social

Sciences Sciences

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What have I learned so far?

Directions: Read the questions below and write your answers below.

1. What was the beginning of Social Science as a field of inquiry?

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2. Differentiate natural science from social science and humanities.
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3. What is the Philosophy of Plato? Explain.

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4. Describe the things in common about humanities versus social science?

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5. What is the primary difference between the natural sciences and the social sciences?
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Assessment

POST TEST
Directions: Read each item carefully and choose the correct answer for each item. Write the letter of the correct
answer on the space provided.
1. It refers to the study of the ways in which the human experience is processed and documented.
A. Humanities C. Geography
B. Philosophy D. Anthropology
2. He is an Islamic medieval scholar who documented the lives of early populations in the Middle East, South Asia, and the
Mediterranean.
A. Al-Biruni C. Plato
B. Herodotus D. King Louis XVI
3. He is an Athenian Philosopher who is the founder of the Academy, which is considered to be the first institution of higher
learning in the Western World
A. Durkheim
B. Alexis de Tocqueville
C. William Thompson
D. Plato
4. What are the three developmental stages according to French philosopher Auguste Comte?
A. Theological, Philosophical, and Scientific
B. Psychology, Philosophy, Economics
C. Empirical, Sociological, and Social
D. Social Science, Natural Science, Humanities

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5. He attempted to reconcile mysticism with theology by dividing science into two different categories, the religious science that
regards the sciences of the Qur’an and the non-religious science
A. Ibn Khaldun's epistemology C. Durkheim
B. Alexis de Tocqueville D. William Thompson
6. It is engaged in the study of phenomena relating to human groups and their socio physical environment.
A. Anthropology C. Physical Science
B. Social Science D. Political Science
7. The history of Social Science can be traced back to the __________. A. Roots of ancient philosophy C.
Greek Historian
B. Roots of modern philosophy D. Ethics
8. It is a branch of science that seeks to elucidate the rules that govern the natural world by using the Empirical and Scientific
method.
A. Social Science C Natural Science
B. Humanities D. Physical Science
9. A major branch of science that deals with the description, prediction and understanding of natural phenomena, basically
based on observational and empirical evidence.
A. Natural Science C. Psychology
B. Geography D. Anthropology
10. It refers to the study of the ways in which the human experience is processed and documented.
A. Natural Science C. Humanities
B. Social Science D. Philosopher/Scholars

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