MODULE 1 | DISCIPLINES OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

Question 1

(DISCIPLINES) It analyzes the patterns of human behavior present in society. It focuses mainly on groups of people, and how they act and interact with one another.

Answer 1

Sociology

Question 2

(DISCIPLINES) This is the study of government systems, political activities, and public administration.

Answer 2

Political Science

Question 3

(DISCIPLINES) This is the study of human populations, especially with reference to size and density, distribution, and vital statistics.

Answer 3

Demography

Question 4

(DISCIPLINES) It studies various customs cross-culturally, such as practices, habits, and even the cultural food that emerge in the different societies. I also studies the vastness of human life and the cultures that are attached to it.

Answer 4

Anthropology

Question 5

(DISCIPLINES) This encompasses both natural science and social science as it examines people and their environment and serves as a bridge between the physical and cultural worlds. Social scientists would study __________ in the manner of analyzing the interactions and habits of people who live in a particular area.

Answer 5

Geography

Question 6

(DISCIPLINES) It studies what resources are most in-demand, thus supplying these to the public. It also deals with the allocation of resources to the people in the society.

Answer 6

Economics

Question 7

(DISCIPLINES) This is the study of how the human mind works, and in the context of the society, it focuses on knowing the scientific reason behind a person’s actions.

Answer 7

Psychology

Question 8

(DISCIPLINES) In the context of the social sciences, ___________ deems important since it focuses on the boundaries of human interaction barred by language differences. This is the study of the various takes on languages present throughout the world.

Answer 8

Linguistics

Question 9

(DISCIPLINES) This discipline analyzes how human interactions and practices have developed over time.

Answer 9

History

Question 10

(HISTORICAL CONTEXT) Who first recorded the wars between Persia and Greece in the fifth century B.C?

Answer 10

Herodotus

Question 11

(HISTORICAL CONTEXT) They are one of the largest contributors to the different disciplines of the social sciences.

Answer 11

Greeks

Question 12

(HISTORICAL CONTEXT) Despite the fact that it came into existence later than the other disciplines, what discipline was born due to economic and social contexts?

Answer 12

Sociology

Question 13

(HISTORICAL CONTEXT) What discipline was established as a science in the late 1800s? It also originated from Greece and Ancient Egypt.

Answer 13

Psychology

Question 14

(HISTORICAL CONTEXT) Who would engage the Greeks into public speaking?

Answer 14

Sophists

Question 15

(HISTORICAL CONTEXT) Who conceptualized the study of understanding how society works?

Answer 15

August Comte

Question 16

(HISTORICAL CONTEXT) Who shared in one of his works that a large population is beneficial since it can become of strength for the military, political, and economic aspects of a society?

Answer 16

Kautilya

Question 17

(HISTORICAL CONTEXT) Who is the father of modern psychology?

Answer 17

Wilhelm Wundt

Question 18

(HISTORICAL CONTEXT) Who is the Greek historian and anthropologist that birthed the Discipline of Anthropology?

Answer 18

Herodotus

Question 19

(HISTORICAL CONTEXT) When was the emergence of modern economics?

Answer 19

The Age of Enlightenment

Question 20

(HISTORICAL CONTEXT) Who influenced the economic aspect of sociology through the concepts of the haves and have-nots?

Answer 20

Karl Marx