Social Sciences Overview Quiz

Community

• A group of people living in a particular area and interacting together
• Share common values, customs, traditions, mores, and language
• Identified by a specific name
• Examples: Cebuano in Cebu Philippines

Social Science

• Focuses on the study of societies and relationships between individuals within those societies.
• Different fields within social science include:
  • Anthropology
  • Economics
  • Political Science
  • Psychology

Sociology

• The study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behaviour.

Anthropology

• The study of people throughout the world, their evolutionary history, how they behave, adapt to different environments, communicate, and socialize with one another.
• Divided into four sub-fields:
  • Archaeology
  • Biological Anthropology
  • Cultural Anthropology
  • Linguistic Anthropology

Psychology

• The scientific study of the mind and behavior.
• Four main goals of psychology:
  • Describe
  • Explain
  • Predict
  • Change

Community Dynamics and Community Action

• A social unit composed of people who have something in common.
• Formed in two ways:
  • Geographical (share the same geographic vicinity)
  • Non-Geographical (formed based on needs, ideas, interests, identity, practices, and roles)
• Can be categorized into micro-level (group based on personal ties) or macro-level (large group affiliations).

Roles of the Community

• Community consultation
• Joint planning
• Joint design
• Joint delivery
• Implementation of community-led activities

Community Actions

• Aim to increase the understanding, engagement, and empowerment of communities.
• Intended to provide services to people.
• Common problems faced by communities:
  • Housing problems
  • Educational problems
  • Environmental problems
  • Malnutrition
  • Non-potable water
  • Increasing crime rates
  • Addiction
  • Transportation issues

Solidarity

• A sense of unity among people, especially in terms of their interests or objectives, or as an expression of support or sympathy.
• Types of Solidarity:
  • Mechanical Solidarity
  • Organic Solidarity

Mechanical Solidarity

• Found in small, homogenous societies, with shared beliefs and values.
• They share a collective conscience, which gives them a shared sense of kinship and identity.

Organic Solidarity

• Found in large, diverse and complex societies.
• Result of urbanization, industrialization, capitalism, and the division of labor.

Ants facts

• Able to lift 20 times their own body weight
• Can build structures 500 times their own height
• Estimated that the brain of one ant has 250,000 cells
• The human brain contains 10,000 million brain cells
• Ants are considered the smartest insect in the world
• Possess two stomachs:
  • One for storing food to share with others
  • One for themselves.
• Average life expectancy of 45-60 days

Community Engagement

• The process of working together with the members of a group based on geographic proximity, special interest, or similar situations to address issues affecting the whole group.

Nationality, Citizenship, and Naturalization

• Nationality refers to “where you came from”
• Citizenship is a legal relationship between a person and a country
• Rights of a citizen include:
  • Right to live
  • Right to work
  • Right to vote
  • Obligation: Pay taxes
• Modes of acquiring citizenship:
  • By birth:
    • Jus Soli (Law of Land / Soil)
    • Jus Sanguinis (Law of Blood)
  • Naturalisation:
    • Citizen Through Election
    • Direct Naturalization
    • Administrative Naturalization
    • Judicial Naturalization
    • Direct Act of the Congress
    • Derivative Naturalization
  • Marriage to a Foreigner

Jus Soli

• The right of citizenship granted to a child based on the place of birth

Jus Sanguinis

• Right of citizenship granted to a child based on their parents’ citizenship.

Dual Citizenship

• Being a citizen of two countries at the same time

Dual Allegiance

• Simultaneously owing loyalty to two or more states

Test your knowledge on the key concepts of social sciences, including community, sociology, anthropology, and psychology. This quiz covers definitions, goals, and fields of study within these disciplines. Ideal for students wanting to deepen their understanding of social dynamics and human behavior.