Saint Columban College

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Pagadian City
DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 50
NAME: _______________________________________________ DATE: ___________
SECTION: ______________________________ SCHEDULE:_________________________

A. MATCHING TYPE
Instructions: The following statements presented in Column A correspondingly relates to the
various approaches in the social sciences Match the items from Column A which best
corresponds to the process in column B. Write your answer on the space before the number.

COLUMN A COLUMN B
1. The part of an individuals personality a. Rational choice theory
composed of self-awareness and self- b. Strategic interdependence
image c. Slf
2. Society as a complex system whose d. Symbolic interactionism
parts work together to promote e. Superego
solidarity and stability f. Psychoanalysis
3. The conflict between entire classes g. Social dysfunctions
over distribution of a societys wealth h. Structural functionalism
and power i. Class struggle
4. Exposed the contradictions inherent in j. Marxism
capitalism k. Old institutionalism
5. Public-private distinction and l. New institutionalism
reformability of institutions m. Logical positivism
6. Formal-legal, descriptive-inductive, n. Positive-hermeneutic
historical-comparative debate
7. Informal conventions of political life and o. Hermeneutic
formal constitutional and organizational phenomenology
structure p. Hermeneutics
8. The part of the mind that opposes the q. Human systems
desires of the id by enforcing moral r. Human-environment
restrictions system
9. Objectivist-subjectivist dichotomy
10. The art and science of interpretations

Matching Exercise: Which of the following approaches corresponds to the following set of
ideas? Write your answer on the space provided after each item.
a. Rational choice theory
b. Symbolic interactionism
c. Structural functionalism
d. Institutionalism
e. Human-environment system
Game theory, bounded rationality, rank order
Descriptive-inductive, formal-legal,
Chicago school, meaning, self
AGIL, social dysfunction, system
historical-comparative

B. FILL IN THE BLANKS

Instructions: Write the missing word or concept to complete the sentences below.
1. According to Sigmund Freud, when the infant is born, the mind has only one part, the
________
2. The three elements of the personality structure are the ______, ___________,
______________
3. Critics of psychoanalysis claim that psychoanalysis is not ____________ because it
doesnt satisfy methodological specification of the science.
4. The ego operates according to the _____________ principle
5. _____________ refers to a set of moral inhibitions
6. Descriptive phenomenology was developed by _____________________
 7. Hermeneutic phenomenology is used to interpret the ______________ of lived
experiences
8. ________________ is the art and science of interpretation
9. Descriptive phenomenology and interpretive phenomenology share four common
features: description, ______________, essences, and intentionality
10. ________________ are spoken accounts of personal experiences
11. _________________theory identifies the best course of action among several choices.
12. The _________________ theory offers an opportunity for infusing into the empirical
study of politics the analysis of political values.
13. The Marxism theory explains the basis or cause of social ________________.
14. __________ seeks to obtain immediate pleasure and avoid pain.
15. Preferences, desired goals or outcome, strategies, alternatives and cost-benefit analysis
are central to the _________________ theory.

C. TRUE OR FALSE

Instructions: Write true if the statement is correct and false if the statement is wrong. 2pts each.
_____________1. Class conflict is the struggle between segments of society over valued
resources.
_____________2. The conflict between entire classes over the distribution of a societys wealth
and power is called social conflict.
_____________3. Classical Marxism is characterized by four relatedisms, namely, economism,
determinism, feminism, and structuralism.
_____________4. Under capitalism, capitalist are people who owned and operate factories and
other business in pursuit of profits.
_____________5. The id is the element that relies only on instincts: life instincts and death
instincts.
_____________6. The superego opposes the ids wishes long enough to find a realistic way of
satisfying them.
_____________7. The psychoanalytic theory may be considered to be not as relevant in todays
world.
_____________8. The rational choice theory provides a standard against which action can be
judged.
_____________9. Marxism concentrates attention on the authorities engaged in public
administration.
_____________10. Symbolic interactionism aims to explain why people develop unique
patterns of behavior.