PRETEST#1 DISS

1. Which of the following definitions best describes the term “society”?

• A. It is a small group of people whose members share tight, personal, and lasting relationships.

• B. It is a large social group where the relationships among members are usually impersonal and goal-oriented

• C. It is a collection of people whose members frequently meet and consider themselves as parts of a group

• D. It is an organized group of individuals whose members regularly meet or work together and have a shared culture, interest, and territory

2. The following are the disciplines that are both associated with Social Sciences

and Humanities EXCEPT __________.

• A. Anthropology

• B. Economics

• C. History

• D. Linguistic

Which academic discipline studies different human conditions and the ways wherein the human experiences are processed and recorded?

• A. Humanities

• B. Natural Science

• C. Philosophy

• D. Social Science

Which of the following terms refers to the body of knowledge concerned with the systematic study of different facets of our society, several social phenomena,

and the effects of these occurrences on people’s lives?

• A. Humanities

• B. Natural Science

• C. Philosophy

• D. Social Science

5. What element of Social Sciences places the entire area of study on the members of society and their social environments or backgrounds?

• a. Empirical Analysis

• b. Nature

• c. Society

• d. Superstition

Which of the following areas of study concentrates on examining every natural phenomenon that happened, or is currently occurring, in the world by means of

tangible pieces of evidence such as natural forces, artifacts, and fossils?

• A. Humanities

• B. Natural Science

• C. Philosophy

• D. Social Science

Several intellectuals considered the use of a philosophical approach in examining human societies as an unpleasant continuing impact of the past that is needed to be opposed by using critical reason, enlightenment, and, if necessary,

revolution. Which of these intellectuals founded Positivism to study our

societies?

• A. Auguste Comte

• B. Charles Darwin

• C. Herbert Spencer

• D. Karl Marx

The element of Social Sciences that puts the whole body of knowledge in an academic mode of inquiry about our societies by means of the scientific method refers to __________.

• A. Empirical Analysis

• B. Nature

• C. Society

• D. Superstition

What is the importance of the Age of Enlightenment in the history of Social

Sciences?

• A. It is where the Social Sciences started to become slightly scientific

• B. It is where the origins of some of the significant concepts and purposes of Social Sciences emerged

• C. It is where numerous social philosophers used philosophical approaches in investigating human societies

• D. It is where scientific thoughts became more reliable than faith and superstition in explaining various social phenomena

10.What is the similarity between Social Sciences and Natural Sciences?

• A. Both areas utilize the scientific method in creating a study.

• B. Both disciplines focus on the creative expressions of human experiences.

• C. Both fields concentrate on observing and understanding numerous social phenomena.

• D. Both studies explore the different laws of nature that govern our world

  through objective and experimental methods.