DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS IN APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE

NAME: _______________________________________________ DATE: ___________ SCORE: __________________

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TEST I. classify the following areas. Write PSS if it belongs to SOCIAL SCIENCE an ASS if it belongs to APPLIED SOCIAL
SCIENCE.

_____ 1. Economics _____ 4. Demography _____ 7. Geography _____ 10. Communication

_____ 2. Counseling _____ 5. History _____ 8. Social Work
_____ 3. Sociology _____ 6. Political Science _____ 9. Anthropology
TEST II: MULTIPLE CHOICES. Write your answers before the number.

1. Which of the following is a function of guidance counselor in the school?

A. Alan was rejected by the counselor because he was a Negro coming from the rural area of Maguindanao.
The guidance counselor only accepts Catholics with white and fair complexion.
B. Mrs. Bautista is delivering a speech on multicultural acceptance in their Career Fair. She emphasizes the
value that everyone should be accepted based on their qualified skills and capabilities as companies’ judge them to
that extent.
C. Counselor Jona demanded an apology letter from the bullying student Mark. She also filed expulsion of the
student and even broadcasted in her twitter the misdeed of the student. It is the school policy that bullying has no
place in a civilized society.
D. Being cultural means that must adhere to our own culture. We must reject some cultures that is not good in
the society or impedes the development of the society.
2. Which of the following is NOT a field of the social sciences?
A. Counseling B. Political Science C. Demography D. Sociology
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 B. Applied Social Sciences C. Natural Sciences D. Behavioral Sciences
5. Which of the following is a main discipline/professional track of the applied social science?
A. Political Science B. Demography Studies C. 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 B. Counseling C. Demography D. Statistics
7. Which career opportunity will mostly need an applied social science practitioner?
A. Journalism B. Engineering C. Computer Science 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 B. Social Work C. Communication Studies D. Journalism
9. The counselor would then strive to help the client improve the quality of their lives by developing more effective
interpersonal relationships. What goal of counseling is being described in the statement?
A. Enhancing coping skills C. Facilitating client potential
B. Improving relationships D. Promoting decision-making
10. Counseling will help individuals obtain information, and to clarify emotional concerns that may interfere with or be
related to the decisions involved.

A. Enhancing coping skills C. Facilitating client potential

B. Improving relationships D. Promoting decision-making
11. School counselors take an active role in counseling may it be one or more individuals in the process.
A. Advocates of group and individual counseling. C. Advocates of safe environment.
B. Advocates of students with special needs D. Advocates of cultural action.
12. Which of the following does not belong to the group, with regards to the functions of a counselor?
A. Rejecting a student with special needs and advising to enroll into a school that focuses with special needs.
B. Provides a comprehensive school counseling program for students who bully and have bullied.
C. Filing a police report for a student that have done sexual harassment
D. Helping a student to apply for a job.
13. A stage wherein it involves providing warmth, genuiness, and empathy.
A. Exploring problem areas B. Helping to maintain change C. Developing trust D. Helping to set goal
14. Friends’ attitudes, norms and behaviors have a strong influence on adolescents. What primary context of
counseling is being described in the statement?
A. Peer as Context B. Neighborhood as context c. Counseling as context d. Culture as context
15. The success or failure of the counseling process depends so much on this factor.
a. Client Factor b. Counselor Factor c. Context Factor d. Process Factor

Test 3:A. Matching Type. Match the different functions of counseling on column A with its corresponding description
on column B. Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided before each number.

Answers Column A Column B

_______ 1. To identify the characteristics and potential of every client A. Individual
_______ 2. To provide career planning and adjustment assistance to clients assessment
_______ 3. Emphasis on educational placements in course and programs B. Individual
counseling
_______ 4. Promotion of mental health through primary prevention using a social-psychological
perspective. C. Group
counseling and
_______ 5. Assessment of the effectiveness of the activities of a counselor
guidance
_______ 6. Helping a client through a third party or helping system improve its services to its clientele.
D. Career
7. Helping clients to find an expert assistance that a referring counselor cannot provide
_______ assistance
8. Promotion of the client’s self-understanding and assisting counselors to understand the
_______ E. Placement
client better.
F. Referral
9. It is a client-centered process in which a counselor
_______ G. Consultation
establishes a relationship with his or her client and it demands outmost confidentiality.
_______ H. Research
10. It provides practitioners with empirical data relevant to the goal of implementing an
effective counseling. I. Evaluation
J. Prevention
TEST 4: Identify the areas of specialization or specific work areas where counselors work.
____________________________________1. Counselors help students at all levels to understand and
cope with social, behavioral, and personal problems.
____________________________________2. These counselors provide counseling, guidance and case
management services to persons with disabilities to assist them in achieving their psychological,
personal, social, and vocational goals.
___________________________________3. When the counselor is an unbiased third party who can
help couples resolvemarital problems.
___________________________________4. When counselors help the members of the community
improve their relationship with each other.
___________________________________5. The counselors work with individuals, families, and groups
to address and treat mental and emotional disorders and to promote mental health.

Test 5: enumeration
1-4: goals of counseling 5-10: 6 stages of Counselling process (Vellemean).
1. 5.
2. 6.
3. 7.
4. 8.
9.
10.

11-13 Scope of counseling 14-15 roles of counselors

11. 14.
12. 15.
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