Which of the following is false?

Which branch of psychology focuses on human mental processes and behaviors from a holistic perspective?

A field of study comparing one culture with another is called:

The Peranakan houses are narrow because taxes under the colonial rule were levied based on the width of a house." Based on this statement, which field/subfield would you choose to study the relationship between the Peranakan and colonial government?

Which of the following is not a component of the state?

Which of the following is concerned with the function (s) of an electoral system in Country X?

Which philosopher is not related to political science and economics?

Which of the following is not covered in microeconomics?

Which of the following is false?

“How and why do societies across culture and time have different ideas and practices?” is a common question asked by:

The three principal sources of legitimacy (traditional, charismatic, and rational-legal) were developed by:

Which of the following is false?

If you want to study the Peranakan culture and generalize about their social lives, which of the following field/subfield would you choose?

Which of the following does not attract interest among economists?

Which statement is true about “social organization”

Who is the first economist who proposed the idea that poverty should be seen as “capability deprivation”?

What is true about the difference between conventional and non-conventional economists’ views on poverty?

What is the income threshold used to measure the absolute poverty in high-income countries?

What is the income threshold used to measure the absolute poverty in low-income countries?

What is right about social stratification?

Which of the following indices is used the measure “the incidence of poverty” in a particular country?

Which of the following indices is used to measure “the depth of poverty” in a particular country?

Which of the following choices is correct about “Poverty Gap Index”?

Human Poverty Index (HPI) is a composite index capturing three aspects of human deprivation including:

In constructing Human Poverty Index, the indicator “probability at birth of not surviving to age 40” is used to capture what of the following aspects of human deprivation?

What do the idealists propose to governments in making foreign policy decisions?

Which word refer to the absence of any overarching world government that enforces rules of peace on existing governments?

Which sentence is not part of realist assumptions in IR?

Which organ in the UN does provide seats for all member countries?

Which one is the turning point leading to the end of the Cold War?

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines gender roles as "socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women". Debate continues as to what extent gender and gender roles are socially constructed…In the sociology of gender, the process whereby an individual learns and acquires a gender role in society is termed:

A stereotype is a widely accepted judgment or bias about a person or group — even though it’s overly simplified and not always accurate. Stereotypes about gender can cause unequal and unfair treatment because of a person’s gender. This is called:

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

“Women are expected to be thin and graceful, while men are expected to be tall and muscular. Men and women are also expected to dress and groom in ways that are stereotypical to their gender.” This explanation is an example of which basic kind of gender stereotypes?

R.W. Connell’s theory of gender hierarchy identifies many expressions of femininity and masculinity which one is at the top of the hierarchy?

Which one of the following indicators is used to capture human knowledge deprivation and served as one of the four indicators to construct the Human Poverty Index (HPI)?

If “the 20:20 Ratio” for country A is 10 and for country B is 20, what can we say about income inequality?

The Malthusian theory of population predicted that there would an oversupply of food for the human population.

Anthropology is a study of human achievements, such as art, architecture, technology, sculpture, literature, and music.

In addition to social class and large-scale social problems, sociology analyzes micro-level group life, such as families and tribes.

Both clinical and counseling psychologists focus on people with minor social and emotional problems, while scientific psychologists are concerned with people who have severe social and emotional problems.

Social sciences and humanities can be traced to the Behavioral Revolution that began in the early 20th century.

Psychologists, sociologists, and anthropologists study patterns of human behavior, but from different perspectives.

Coca-Cola is an example of cultural diffusion.

Cellular phone technology is a result of human discovery.

Charismatic authority comes from a person's leadership and other extraordinary qualities.

Economics is primarily concerned with the competition for power, authority, and legitimacy.

In political science, phenomenological approach is rooted in psychology and statistics.

Gross domestic product (GDP), unemployment, and inflation are main topics of interest for macroeconomics.

The Chao-phraya estuary is where the Chao-phraya river (Fresh water) meets the Gulf of Thailland (Saline water).

Behavioralists believe that each component of a political system serves its function (s).

Amartya Sen, a noble prize winner in economics in 1998, defines poverty in terms of capabilities deprivation.

In conventional economics, poverty is understood as material deprivation.

When the Gini Coefficient for a particular country is equal to 1 (Gini = 1), we can say that the distribution of income in that country is perfectly equal.

The 20:20 Ratio is widely used to measure absolute poverty in high-income countries.

For Amartya Sen, some non-material aspects of human life such as power, freedom, and human rights are not included in the definition of poverty as capabilities deprivation.

Conventional economists tend to measure poverty based on the lack of income and lack of basic human needs (BHNs).

For Amartya Sen, income is not unimportant, because money allows a person to develop his or her capabilities. However, income should be seen as a means to live a valuable life, not as a good life itself.

Absolute poverty can be understood as the state of severe deprivation of basic human needs, which may include food, safe water, sanitation, clothing, shelter, health care, education, etc.

Relative poverty is the concept that define poverty in relation to the standard of living of the society where a person lives.

The construction of the Poverty Gap Index (PGI) is just simply done by counting the number of people living below a specified poverty line and then presenting it as a percentage of the poor in the total population of the country.

Soon after the end of World War II in 1945, international politics could be seen as a bipolar system.

Containment ideas were reflected in the Truman Doctrine in 1947, stating that the United States would aid countries in resisting the USSR.

Germany was divided into West and East Germany in 1949, with West Germany allied with the United States and East Germany allied with the Soviets.

The Korean War (1950–1953) began by North Korea’s invasion. The United States supported South Korea.

After 1985, the Soviet leadership instituted a number of policies that transformed the USSR and eased tensions with the United States.

Masculinities are configurations of practice within gender relations, a structure that includes large-scale institutions and economic relations as well as face-to-face relationships and sexuality. … There are multiple, competing masculinities.

Hegemonic masculinity is conceptualized by sociologist Antonio Gramsci.

Hypermasculinity is the exaggeration of stereotyped behaviour that’s believed to be masculine. Hypermasculine persons exaggerate the qualities they believe to be masculine. This may include being passive, naive, sexually inexperienced, soft, flirtatious, graceful, nurturing, and accepting.

The idea that “men are just naturally violent” is a manifestation of toxic masculinity.

The Me Too (or #MeToo) movement is a movement that promotes gender equality by engaging grassroot women in the political participation and public policy advocacy.

Research in social science currently tends to draw research problems on real-life problems rather than researchers’ curiosity per se.

One important trend in social science research is that it moves from a long-term, exploratory and persistent pursuit of a problem (and phenomenon) to short-term investigation of discrete problems.

Social scientists tend to conduct more applied and development research in recent years than they did in the past.