DISCIPLINES & IDEAS IN

SOCIAL SCIENCES
First Summative Test
December 6, 2016

Coverage: Chapter 1, pages 1-18

 Test I.
TRUE or FALSE
Write TRUE if the statement is
correct, FALSE it its incorrect.
1.) In 19th century Europe, scientific
inquiries about the “cosmos” were carried
out by people who were known as
naturalists. Charles Darwin, one of the
proponents of “evolution”, was well-
known naturalist.
2.) Social Science consists of disciplines
that enable people to comprehend the
complexity of social phenomenon – be it
historical, social, cultural, psychological,
linguistic, economic or political.
3.) Quantitative tools of inquiry specifically
“ethnography” are given emphasis in other
disciplines because both mind and actions
are involved in all human decisions,
individual or collective.
4.) Political effigy, installation arts,
graffiti, cinema are some forms of
expressions that depict social issues
about society.
5.) Science believes that the “truth”
has always been existing and it only
needs to be discovered and revealed
through a well-defined system of
understanding.
6.) Government is organized,
deliberately structured and
formalized, and bound by rules
drafted and implemented by the
people who themselves constitute it.
7.) According to Max Webster
“Institutionalization” means that
inside society, human actions,
behaviors, patterns of activities, and
decision making were done in a more
efficient, legal, and logical manner,
which maximizes the fullest potential
of society itself and minimizes loss of
resources.
8.) Two Types of societies are Western
Urban and Industrialized society & Non-
Western pre-industrial & pre-modern
society. These had been categorized as
to type of government, economic system,
values system, attitudes of people, religion,
technology etc.
9.) “Ethnography” – comes from the Greek
root word ethnos, which means a group of
people, and the German word graphein,
which means interpretation.
10.) Empirical facts are data and
information, which can be found in our
relations, communication, objects that we
use, places that we go, activities that we do
and all things vital to our existence as
members of the society.
 Test II.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Write the letter of the correct answer.
11.) In modern society, where superstition
and folklore are of less importance due to
technological innovation and scientific
breakthroughs. Which of the following
therefore has primary importance?
_______________
A. empirical and objective knowledge
B. sociological and psychological knowledge
C. scientific and methodological knowledge
D. None of the above
12.) What characterizes “Modernity” in
Society?
i. industrialism iii. Humanism
ii. Urbanism iv. Capitalism
_______________
A. i and ii
B. ii and iv
C. ii and iii
D. All of the above
13.) This is a fundamental concept that
emphasizes shared and collective actions,
ideas, and values that are demonstrated,
exhibited, produced, and reproduced by a
particular group of people and
communicated through symbols including
language.
A. nature
B. culture
C. social structures
D. action
14.) These are patterns of behavior and
interaction, which have been
institutionalize with one another and with
the “social world” and “natural world”

A. nature
B. culture
C. social structures
D. action
15.) This deals with population as a unit
analysis. Processes such as birth migration
and aging are investigated.

A. Anthropology
B. Demography
C. Geography
D. Sociology
16.) Which one is NOT a Basic
Ethnographic Technique?

A. In-depth interviews
B. Demographic note-taking
C. Focus-group discussion
D. Life history method
17.) Which one is NOT true about
Triangulation Technique?

A. Three different sources telling the same

story
B. Three different ways of gathering data
C. Three different types of data
D. None of the above
18.) Which one is NOT a fundamental
concept in Theorizing Society Through
Social Science Disciplines?

A. collective
B. nature
C. action
D. individual
E. None of the above
19.) Which are true about “Arts and
Science” Mural Painting by a popular
Filipino artist?

A. largest public mural in UP

B. done in 1960
C. painting in surrealist style
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
20.) Ethnography is a special methodology in
the social sciences that aims to describe what
constitutes a particular social phenomenon:
Which are NOT ?

A. event & actors

B. interactions and relationships
C. ideas, symbols, and objects
D. None of the above
E. All of the above
21.) Modernity has become a blueprint that
promotes individualism and organic
solidarity or __________________ among
its segmented and differentiated members
who are unrelated residents of the city.
_______________
A. interdependence
B. independence
C. dependence
D. None of the above
22.) Who said that “Society should always
strive to be coherent and orderly, and it only
happens when each part of a bigger whole
does its job or task”.
_______________
A. Bronislaw Malinowski
B. Vicente Manansala
C. Emile Durkheim
D. None of the above
23.) Social Science as a body of knowledge
is characterized by an objective which is to
understand _______________.
A. what society is & what does it do to people
behaving inside it.
B. what society is and what does it do to
people living inside it.
C. what society is and what does it do to
people working inside it.
D. All of the above
24.) Social Science is a group of
independent disciplines – with its own
philosophies, intellectual histories and
research methodologies – but are bound
together because they deal with the same
entity that is called “__________”

A. unity
B. community
C. humanity
D. society
25.) The word “social” situates the whole
discipline in people and their social
contexts. Whenever there are people and
matters or issues that affect them,
____________ comes to the fore.

A. sociology
B. cultural anthropology
C. social science
D. natural science
 Test III.
MATCHING TYPE
Write the letter of the correct answer.
 Column A Column B
1. Ocular inspection A. Culture bearers
2. Vicente Manansala B. Familiarization with the
location and physical
context of the subject area
3. Emile Durkheim C. Arts & Science Mural
Painting
4. Key Informants D. Father of Sociology
 Column A Column B
5. Fieldwork E. “Argonauts of the
Western Pacific”
6. Bronislaw Malinowski F. face-to-face study of
the subject matter
7. History G. “histoire” (recorded
and documented events)

8. Participant H. Actual and physical

observation participation of the
researcher in group
activities
 Column A Column B
9. Economics I. people together, associate
10. Political Science J. affairs of the cities
K. household management
L. study of mind