DISS LA1 a.

Scientific Experiment
Question 1
b. Scientific Study
The purpose of social science is to
c. Scientific Observation
Select one:
d. Scientific Method
a. to study the behavior of wildlife and how they affect
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the en
Social science is the study of
b. no correct answer
Select one:
c. study systematically all aspects of human
a. society and animal behavior
behavior and the human condition, using a
b. animal and human behavior
methodology borrowed from the physical sciences
c. society and human behavior
wherever possible.
d. no correct answer
Question 2
DISS SQ1
Each newly born human being enters a social world
Question 1
which has been shaped by those born previously and
Each newly born human being enters a __________
is continually reshaped by each new generation.
that has been shaped by those born previously and is
Select one:
continually reshaped by each new generation. (Perry &
a. True
Perry, 2003)
b. False
Select one:
Question 3
a. crippled world
This branch of science deals with the physical world.
b. real world
Select one:
c. natural world
a. Natural Sciences
d. social world
b. Humanities
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c. No correct answer
Which discipline doES social sciences rely heavily
Question 4
upon when it comes to matters of methodology?
A method of procedure which has characterized natural
Select one:
science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic
a. Life Science
observation, measurement, and experiment, and the
b. Psychology
formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
c. Physical Science
Select one:
d. Mathematics
Question 3 b. True

The purpose of the social sciences is c. False

Select one: Question 7

a. is to create a new field specifically for the study of What do all the disciplines within the social sciences

society have in common?

b. is to study systematically all aspects of human Select one:

behavior/condition a. passion for knowledge

c. is to inject an intellectual culture among the people b. interest in human behavior

d. is to examine the creativity of the human mind c. scientific method

Question 4 d. source of educated insights

Which of the following is NOT a discipline of the social Question 8

sciences? Social science is a unified science consisting of only

Select one: one discipline.

a. economics Select one:

b. none of the above a. False

c. philosophy b. True

d. history Question 9

e. political science How is social science different from social philosophy?

Question 5 Select one:

Social science is the study of ___________. a. interest in society

Select one: b. history and origins

a. mind and human behavior c. spelling

b. society and cultural influences d. the inclusion of the scientific method

c. society and human behavior Question 10

d. human behavior and politics This social world was not always understood. But in the

Question 6 last 200 years, disciplines have originated with the goal

The entry of the human person into the world of of examining it with the exact same ____________ that

societies is something that can be avoided. the sciences use.

Select one: Select one:

a. Perhaps a. concepts and theories

b. method and principle True or False. Write T if the answer is

c. scientific methodology true, and F if false: The Natural

d. organization Sciences is divided into two groups.

DISS LA2

Question 1 Answer: T

True or False. Write T if the answer is Question 4

true, and F if false: Social Science is

the study of society and human

True or False. Write T if the answer is
behavior.
true, and F if false: The factor unique

to the social sciences compared with

the disciplines under Natural Sciences

Answer: T
is its focus on society accompanied by

the use of a scientific method that, in a

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way, becomes a unity for both the

natural and the humanities.

True or False. Write T if the answer is

true, and F if false: The purpose of

social science is to study Answer: T

systematically all aspects of human

behavior and of the human condition, Question 5

without having to borrow the

methodology used by the people

True or False. Write T if the answer is
practicing physical sciences.
true, and F if false: What makes social

science a science is its determination

to use the scientific method to study

Answer: F
specific aspects of human behavior in

the social world.

Question 3

Answer: T
DISS SQ2 d. Economics

Question 1 Question 3

Social science is, in a way, a unity of The __________ is learning or

__________. literature concerned with human

culture.

Select one:

Select one:

a. physical science and the humanities

a. humanities

b. philosophy and psychology

b. literature

c. art and science

c. work of art

d. natural science and the

humanities d. museum

Question 2 Question 4

Which of these disciplines is part of This is what makes social science a

the humanities? science.

Select one: Select one:

a. Biology a. structure and internal organization

b. Psychology b. parallel words

c. Philosophy c. focus on society

d. none of the above b. focus on human culture and

everyday life

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c. inclusion of economics into its study

of society
The Natural Sciences is a branch of

science that deals with the

d. focus on society accompanied
_________.
with scientific method

Select one:
Question 7

a. social world
The Natural Sciences are divided into

two groups:
b. supernatural world

c. physical world Select one:

d. whole world a. rocket and physical science

Question 6 b. life and meteorological science

c. physical and life science

What makes social science unique

from natural science and the

d. life and death science
humanities?

Question 8
Select one:

Which of the following is/are aspects

a. emphasis on the role of the
covered by the social sciences?
community in fostering human life

Select one:
a. specific aspects of human behavior Select one:

b. society a. chemistry

c. life b. biology

d. society and specific aspects of c. political science

human behavior

d. geology

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e. all of the choices

Science may be briefly defined as a

DISS LQ1
method using a system of rational

inquiry dependent on the

Question 1
___________.

This consists in systematic

Select one:
observation, measurement, and

experiment, and the formulation,

a. preference of the researcher
testing, and modification of

hypotheses.
b. careful analysis of data and

statistics

Select one:

c. system applied to it

a. Linguistic Analysis

d. empirical testing of facts

b. Statistics

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c. Laboratory Experimentation

Which of the following is NOT an

d. Scientific Method
example of natural science?
Question 2 Question 4

What does all the disciplines within the Which of the following is NOT an

social sciences have in common? example of natural science?

Select one: Select one:

a. source of educated insights a. chemistry

b. scientific method b. all of the above

c. passion for knowledge c. geology

d. interest in human behavior d. biology

Question 3 e. political science

Which of these disciplines is part of Question 5

the humanities?

When was the scientific method first

created and applied?

Select one:

a. Biology Select one:

b. Philosophy a. 12th century

c. Economics b. 16th century

d. Psychology c. 45 B.C.E.
d. 17th century Question 8

Question 6 Science may be briefly defined as a

method using a system of rational

The life sciences are also called: inquiry dependent on the _______.

Select one: Select one:

a. biological science a. empirical testing of facts

b. natural science b. careful analysis of data and

statistics

c. pre-medical science

c. preference of the researcher

d. evolutionary science

d. system applied to it

Question 7

Question 9

The Natural Sciences is a branch of

science that deals with the _______. The following are disciplines of the

humanities except:

Select one:

Select one:

a. physical world

a. Political Science

b. supernatural world

b. History

c. social world

c. Geology

d. whole world
d. Literature d. economics

Question 10 e. history

Which discipline does social sciences Question 12

rely heavily upon when it comes to

matters of methodology? What makes social sciences “social”?

Select one: Select one:

a. Mathematics a. society as its subject

b. Physical Science b. society as creating the science

c. Psychology c. both choices

d. Life Science d. none of the choices

Question 11 Question 13

Which of the following is NOT a The purpose of the social sciences

discipline of the social sciences?

Select one:

Select one:

a. is to create a new field specifically

a. political science for the study of society

b. philosophy b. is to study systematically all

aspects of human

c. none of the above behavior/condition

c. is to examine the creativity of the Select one:

human mind

a. real world

d. is to inject an intellectual culture

among the people b. social world

c. crippled world
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d. natural world
Which aspect of society does social

science concern itself with?

Question 16

Select one:
Social Philosophy and Social Sciences

are one and the same.

a. literacy of the people

b. economic stature Select one:

c. all aspects of society including a. False

human behavior

b. True
d. influence of science

Question 17

Question 15

Correct

Each newly born human being enters

a ________ that has been shaped by

Mark 1.00 out of 1.00
those born previously and is

continually reshaped by each new

generation. (Perry & Perry, 2003) Flag question

Question text Question 19

The _________ is learning or literature

concerned with human culture. The entry of the human person into the

world of societies is something that

can be avoided.
Select one:

a. museum Select one:

b. humanities a. False

c. work of art b. True

d. literature c. Perhaps

Question 18 Question 20

Which of the following is/are aspects Social science is a unified science

covered by the social sciences? consisting of only one discipline.

Select one:
Select one:

a. specific aspects of human behavior

a. True

b. society
b. False

c. specific aspects of human

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behavior and society

d. life This social world was not always

understood. But in the last 200 years,

disciplines have originated with the Social science is the study of

goal of examining it with the exact _________.

same ________ that the sciences use.

Select one:

Select one:

a. mind and human behavior

a. scientific methodology

b. human behavior and politics

b. organization

c. society and cultural influences

c. concepts and theories

d. society and human behavior

d. method and principle

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Question 22

Politics is the only power that social

The Natural Sciences are divided into science emphasizes.

two groups:

Select one:
Select one:

a. False
a. life and meteorological science

b. True.
b. life and death science

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c. physical and life science

What makes social science unique

d. rocket and physical science
from natural science and the

humanities?
Question 23
Select one: Social science is, in a way, a unity of

_________.

a. emphasis on the role of the

community in fostering human life

Select one:

b. inclusion of economics into its study

a. art and science
of society

b. philosophy and psychology

c. focus on human culture and

everyday life
c. physical science and the humanities

d. focus on society accompanied

d. natural science and the
with scientific method
humanities

Question 26
Question 28

This is what makes social science a

How is social science different from
science.
social philosophy?

Select one:
Select one:

a. parallel words
a. history and origins

b. structure and internal organization

b. spelling

c. focus on society
c. interest in society

d. none of the above

d. the inclusion of the scientific

method
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Question 29 Question 1

Correct True or False. Write T if the answer is

true, and F if false: Anthropology

combines natural science and

Is sociology the same with the social
information gathered from the social
sciences?
sciences to uncover the relationships

between biological traits acquired

Select one: socially by living in groups.

a. True
Answer: T

b. False
Question 2

Question 30
Fill in the blanks: the word

Anthropology comes from two ancient

To which discipline does physics fall
Greek words - anthropos and logos,
under:
which means ____ and _____

respectively.

Select one:

Select one:
a. Medicine

a. society and study

b. Social Science

b. human being and study

c. Humanities

c. animal being and study

d. Natural Science

d. study and society

DISS LA3
Question 3 Question 1

This is a social science that seeks to Social Science is not only composed

understand human origins and of one science or one subject. Since it

adaptation,and the diversity of cultures concerns itself with all aspects of

and worldviews. society and human behavior, it is

naturally divided into __________, all

of which share an interest in human

Answer: ANTHROPOLOGY
behavior.

Question 4

Select one:

True or False. Write T if the answer is

a. branches
true, and F if false: As social science is

concerned with all aspects of society

b. disciplines
and human behavior, it is not only

composed of one science or one

c. straws
subject.

d. theories

Answer: T

Question 2

Question 5

Geography is considered to be both a

He is considered the father of modern natural science and a social science.

anthropology.

Select one:
Answer: FRANZ BOAS

a. True
DISS SQ3

b. False
Question 3 Question 5

“Language is an everyday occurrence Linguistics is the scientific study of:

in society, and one cannot possibly

communicate with individuals within

Select one:
society without the usage of

language.”
a. human language

b. grammar and composition

Select one:

c. source of educated insights

a. Perhaps

d. culinary art
b. True

c. False Question 6

Question 4 Geography is concerned with:

Anthropology comes from two Greek

Select one:
words:

a. the population

Select one:
b. human behavior and politics

a. anthrax and logia

c. rocks and sediments

b. anthros and logos

d. structure of the planet earth

c. anthropos and logos

Question 7

d. anthros and logia

Which of the following is NOT a Question 9

branch of linguistics?

______________ is a study of the

Select one: past, one that describes/narrates and

analyzes human activities in the past

a. syntax and the changes that these had

undergone.

b. semantics

Select one:
c. morphology

a. philosophy
d. diction

b. economics
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c. political science

For John and Erna Perry, an important

part of political science is _________, d. history

which tries to uncover patterns of

behavior among the nations of the Question 10

world.

This discipline probes the need for an

Select one: institution to maintain order, make

decisions, and provide for defense.

a. stability and unity

Select one:
b. economic growth

a. sociology
c. proper distribution of power

b. political science
d. international relations
c. peace and order Which of the following is NOT true

about Economics?

d. military science

Select one:
DISS LA4

a. It deals with resources, and how the

Question 1
proper management of these

sources will lead to the prosperity

He was one of the proponents of
of society as a unit.
proto-anthropology.

b. it is a social science that deals with

the optimum allocation of scarce

Answer: HERODOTUS OF
resources among its alternatives
HALICARNASSUS
to satisfy the unlimited human

wants and needs of the people.

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c. Unlike other discplines, which are

The father of modern Economics.
more inclined to discover the very

ideals that enable society to

Select one: function, Economics limits itself to

that of the mateial component of

a. No correct answer the society.

b. Herodotus of Halicarnassus d. It is a discipline that was only

established recently,because

c. Franz Boas our ancestors did not believe in

the value of private property.

d. Adam Smith

Question 4

Question 3
This refers to the lack of proper a. Plato

resources for the needs of a person or

a group of people. b. Karl Marx

c. Keira Knightley
Answer: SCARCITY

d. Franz Boas
Question 5

Question 2
Economics comes from the Greek

word ta oikonomika, meaning

The Greek word politika means:

Select one:
Select one:

a. science of the household

a. affairs of the cities

b. science of the coin

b. rule of law

c. science of the academy

c. governance

d. science of the government

d. management

DISS SQ4
Question 3

Question 1
Herodotus wrote which work that

earned him the title of the father of

__________ is considered the father
history?
of modern anthropology.

Select one:
Select one:
a. De Natura one of the proponents of what is called

a ___________, or the prelude to

b. A History of Time modern anthropology as we know

today.

c. The Histories

Select one:
d. Greek History

a. scientific anthropology
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b. philosophical anthropology
In other words, political science as a

discipline found its roots in Ancient c. proto-anthropology

Greek _________, that ultimately led

to its continuous development in other d. social philosophy

major civilizations.

Question 6

Select one:

Which of these individuals is the father

a. philosophy of modern linguistics?

b. rhetoric
Select one:

c. cuisine
a. C.S. Peirce

d. drama
b. Bertrand Russell

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c. Ludwig Wittgenstein

Eriksen and Nielsen note that one d. Noam Chomsky

particular Greek, namely Herodotus of

Halicarnassus (c. 484–425 BCE), was

Question 7 b. Imago Res

c. Imago Dei
“The most concrete origin, however,

can be found in Ancient China with the

d. Imago Mundi
writings of Fan Li (also known as Tao

Zhu Gong) who wrote a __________

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for businessmen. (Wang, 2012)

_____________ is considered the

Select one:
father of geography. He is known as

the first person to actually use the

a. novel
term.

b. book

Select one:

c. law of Chinese trade

a. Eleanor

d. golden laws for businessmen

b. Euripedes

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c. Eratosthenes

What is one of the most notable

d. Erasmus
proponents of the study of geography,

and is still recognized today as an

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intellectual treasure? This came from

600 BCE in Babylon.

“The history of linguistics is a branch

of intellectual history, for it deals with

Select one:
the history of ideas – ideas about

language – and directly with language

a. Code of Hammurabi
itself.”
Select one: a. Eleanor

a. False b. Erasmus

b. True c. Eratosthenes

DISS LQ2 d. Euripedes

Question 1 Question 3

What does the word scarcity mean? Which of the following is NOT a

branch of linguistics?

Select one:

Select one:

a. lesion or wound

a. semantics

b. metropolitan

b. morphology

c. amusement park

c. syntax

d. lack of resources

d. diction

Question 2

Question 4

__________ is considered the father

of geography. He is known as the first What is one of the most notable

person to actually use the term. proponents of the study of geography,

and is still recognized today as an

intellectual treasure? This came from

Select one:
600 BCE in Babylon.
Select one: According to Ajan Raghunatan, “Plato

believed that body and mind are two

a. Imago Res united entities and mind could exist

even after death.”

b. Imago Dei

c. Code of Hammurabi Select one:

d. Imago Mundi a. False

b. True
Question 5

Question 7
Eriksen and Nielsen note that one

particular Greek, namely Herodotus of

Halicarnassus (c. 484–425 BCE), was Sociology comes from the Latin word

one of the proponents of what is called _________ meaning “companion” with

a _______, or the prelude to modern the Greek word _______ which means

anthropology as we know today. “study” or “word.”

Select one: Select one:

a. philosophical anthropology a. socia and logos

b. proto-anthropology b. socialus and logia

c. social philosophy c. socius and logos

d. scientific anthropology d. socius and loguis

Question 8
Question 6
Geography is concerned with: Select one:

a. source of educated insights

Select one:

b. grammar and composition

a. the population

c. human language
b. rocks and sediments

d. culinary art
c. human behavior and politics

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d. structure of the planet earth

Anthropology comes from two Greek

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words:

The Greek word politika means:

Select one:

Select one:
a. anthros and logia

a. management
b. anthros and logos

b. affairs of the cities

c. anthropos and logos

c. governance
d. anthrax and logia

d. rule of law
Question 12

Question 10
For John and Erna Perry, an important

part of political science is _________,

Linguistics is the scientific study of:
which tries to uncover patterns of
behavior among the nations of the This discipline probes the need for an

world. institution to maintain order, make

decisions, and provide for defense.

Select one:

Select one:

a. economic growth

a. political science

b. international relations

b. military science

c. stability and unity

c. sociology

d. proper distribution of power

d. peace and order

Question 13

Question 15

_________ is considered the father of

modern anthropology. Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote which

political science work?

Select one:

Select one:

a. Karl Marx

a. The Social Contract

b. Franz Boas

b. Les Histoires

c. Keira Knightley

c. Émile

d. Plato

d. On the Nature of Social Structures

Question 14

Question 16
Social Science is not only composed a. False

of one science or one subject. Since it

concerns itself with all aspects of b. True

society and human behavior, it is

naturally divided into __________, all Question 18

of which share an interest in human

behavior.
“Language is an everyday occurrence

in society, and one cannot possibly

communicate with individuals within

Select one:
society without the usage of

a. theories language.”

b. disciplines
Select one:

c. branches
a. Perhaps

d. straws
b. False

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c. True

As John and Erna Perry put it, “The

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discipline does attempt to study

systematically a sequence of related

__________ is a study of the past,
events – or a number of such
one that describes/narrates and
sequences – for the purpose of
analyzes human activities in the past
learning about, verifying, and
and the changes that these had
establishing meaningful relationships
undergone.
among them.” (Perry & Perry, 2003)

Select one:
Select one:
a. political science a. distribution of goods

b. economics b. study of power

c. history c. legislature

d. philosophy d. government officials

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Question 20 In other words, political science as a

discipline found its roots in Ancient

“Economists do not perceive people as complex Greek ____________, that ultimately

____________.” -Wilkins, 1979
led to its continuous development in

other major civilizations.

Select one:

a. rational animals Select one:

b. social builders a. drama

c. systems of thought b. philosophy

d. social creatures c. cuisine

d. rhetoric
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Question 23
The chief concern of political science

is __________.
Which of these individuals is the father

of modern linguistics?
Select one:
Select one: decreases in size, composition, age

grouping, and future trends. (Perry &

a. C.S. Peirce Perry, 2003).

b. Noam Chomsky
Select one:

c. Ludwig Wittgenstein
a. philosophy

d. Bertrand Russell
b. demography

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c. statistics

Economics comes from the Greek ta d. applied mathematics

oikonomika meaning “____________“

Oikonomika itself comes from the

Question 26
Greek word, oikos meaning --- or ---.

Herodotus wrote which work that

Select one: earned him the title of the father of

history?

a. science of the factory

Select one:
b. science of the household

a. Greek History
c. science of the domain

b. The Histories
d. structure of the home

c. De Natura
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d. A History of Time
____________ is the study of

populations, including increases and

Question 27 “The history of linguistics is a branch

of intellectual history, for it deals with

the history of ideas – ideas about

Geography is considered to be both a
language – and directly with language
natural science and a social science.
itself.”

Select one:
Select one:

a. True
a. True

b. False
b. False

Question 28
Question 30

History can be derived from two Greek

“The most concrete origin, however,
terms: ________ meaning “learned or
can be found in Ancient China with the
wise man,” and ________ meaning
writings of Fan Li (also known as Tao
“finding out.”
Zhu Gong) who wrote a _________ for

businessmen. (Wang, 2012)

Select one:

Select one:
a. histōr and histōria

a. novel
b. logos and histor

b. book
c. histor and historesis

c. golden laws for businessmen

d. historianus

d. law of Chinese trade

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