Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION III – CENTRAL LUZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BATAAN
PABLO ROMAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences
First Summative Test
First Semester, Second Quarter, S.Y. 2021-2022

Name: ____________________________ Grade & Section________________Date:___________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICES. On the space provided before the number, write the letter that
corresponds to your chosen answer.

______1. Which of the following describes rational choice theory?

a. Sees society as a competition for limited resources.
b. Society has interdependent and interconnected parts.
c. Therapeutic techniques and set of psychological theories.
d. Individual action is based on their conduct on logical process
______2. Which of the following tells about how a person acts and makes choices?
a. A person acts based on set of psychological processes.
b. The purpose of any human action contributes to social instability.
c. People act as they think on their action has much profit than costs.
d. The purpose of human action is always for resources such as food, clothing, and shelter.
______3. Which of the following highlights institutionalism approach in Social Science?
a. Emphasize connectedness of social institutions.
b. Emphasize the role of institutions in the society.
c. Emphasize social inequalities as cause of social conflict.
d. Emphasize the rationality of human choices and actions.
______4. These institutions are officially established. The government itself is an example. What form of
institutions is this?
a. Local Institutions b. Private Institution
c. Formal Institution d. Informal Institution
______5. Which of the following states criticism about rational choice theory?
a. Founded on man’s goals and decisions determined their conduct.
b. Cannot justify why several people follow social norms of conduct.
c. Can be used to know why a person behaves or acts the way he does.
d. Affirmed that behavior and social life of a person can be explained.
______6. Which of the following described decision making based on scarcity?
a. Includes primal urges and operates based on instinct.
b. A technique that a person uses to defend itself from distress.
c. Corresponds to the profits a person can have on best alternative.
d. Opposes the desires of the person by enforcing moral restrictions.
______7. Which of the following signifies formal institution?
a. beliefs b. norms
c. laws d. practices
______8. Which of the following signifies informal institution?
a. laws b. regulations
c. norms d. rules
______9. Which of the following situations show rational choice?
a. Buy LV bag even if it’s expensive since it’s popularly use by celebrities.
b. Choose branded products over local products with the same quality.
c. Take engineering in college even you are not good in Math and Science.
d. Take nursing in college and earn money before pursuing medical doctor course.
______10. These institutions are not officially established but commonly accepted by the society like practices,
standard or label of behavior. What form of institution is this?
a. Local Institutions b. Private Institution
c. Formal Institution d. Informal Institution
______11. The following are some of the concepts and principles of institutions EXCEPT one:
a. Any informal constraints like practice, standard, or label of behavior.
b. Any formal management set up to emulate behavior, function, and regulation.
c. An approach concern with human behavior and action made based on rational choice.
 d. An approach aligned to methods and approaches in political science that has significance in
society, implied as the regulations, orders and systems.
______12. All of the following constitute the meaning of rational choice EXCEPT one:
a. Take action with reason when making choices.
b. Therapeutic techniques and set of psychological theories.
c. Used to know why a person behaves or acts the way he/she does.
d. People act as they think on their action has much profit than costs.
______13. Which of the following describes formal institutions?
a. officially established b. not officially established
c. commonly accepted in a society d. part of practices and social norms
______14. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of informal institutions?
a. officially established b. not officially established,
c. commonly accepted in a society d. part of practices and social norms
______15. Which of the following tells about the rational choice of making action?
a. Take choices based on the consensus of people around.
b. Therapeutic techniques and set of psychological theories.
c. Used to know why a person behaves or acts the way he/she does.
d. People act as they think on their action has much profit than costs.
______16. Which is NOT a criticism of rational choice theory?
a. Do not convey the conducts that are unselfish or selfless.
b. Can’t explain and take appropriate account of the existence of bigger social structures.
c. Affirmed that the behavior and social life of a person can be explained through a person’s
rational choices.
d. Cannot justify why several people follow social norms of conduct that lead them to do things
unselfishly.
______17. Which of the following predicts the social consequences of decision making based on scarcity?
a. Includes primal urges and operates based on instinct.
b. A technique that a person uses to defend itself from distress.
c. Corresponds to the profits a person can have on best alternative.
d. Opposes the desires of the person by enforcing moral restrictions.
______18. Which of the following situations show rational choice?
a. Buy iPhone rather than Android phone with the same value.
b. Patronize Pinoy rice with much more quality over commercial rice
c. Watch pirated movie at home rather than watching it on theater.
d. Choose branded products over local products with the same quality.
______19. Which of the following is an example of a formal institution?
a. Arranged Marriage b. Dowry
c. Bayanihan To Heal As One Act d. Pamamanhikan
______20. Which of the following is an example of an informal institution?
a. Anti-Terror Law b. Arranged Marriage
c. Anti Cyber-Bullying Act d. Bayanihan To Heal As One Act

II. TRUE OR FALSE. Write TRUE if the given statement is correct FALSE if incorrect.

______21. Rational Choice Theory emerged during industrial revolution in American Political Science between
1950s and 1960s.
______22. Positivist greatly influenced the rational choice specifically August Comte in his works.
______23. Persons do irrational choices founded on their goals, and those decisions determine their conduct.
______24. Rational choice can’t be used to know why a person behave or act the way he does.
______25. People act as they do since they think that acting on their chosen human activity has much profit than
costs.

III. IDENTIFICATION. Identify what is being asked in the following sentences.

_____________26. These are necessary organizations especially in governance.

_____________27. An approach aligned to methods and approaches in political science that has significance in
society, implied as the regulations, orders and systems.
_____________28. This means traditional approach and the other term used aside from old institutionalism.
_____________29. A theory that marks accounts of the origin and significance of political institutions; promotes
the political importance and fairness.
_____________30.The term created by March and Olsen that paved the way for the new perspectives on
institutionalism.