Second Form Institution

Social Institutions can be best understood as:

• People are normally expected follow these behaviours passed down by our ancestors, strictly.

• An organization that deals with money or with managing the distribution of money, goods, and services in an economy.

• An established organization, especially one dedicated to carry out the practices for meeting the society’s basic needs

• A system of politics and government. It is usually compared to the law system, economic system, cultural system, and other social systems.

Which of the following is a requirement of the government?

• To regulate relations within other societies.

• To distribute goods and services to each household

• To ensure that airlines have adequate flights to travel to Jamaica

• To make and enforce the rules of society.

All the following best represent the characteristics of Social Institutions EXCEPT.

• Hierarchical Structure

• Mental and Physical Security

• Social Welfare and Development

• Preservation of the Human Race

An Institutions as norms and values is also known as : ______________

• Organization

• Institution

• Social Institution

• Social Groups

Why institutions exist?

• To help society; by bringing together individual's political and economic skills.

• To create formal social groups everywhere there is available space.

• Both A and B

• To help people and their needs and reinforce established accepted behaviour.

which is a characteristic of institutions ?

• social institution

• hierarchical structure

• mental and physical security

• economic institution

Examples of Institution as Social Norms and values.

• National Democratic Movement and Tax Administration General of Jamaica

• Sagicor Investment, Life Insurance and Bank

• Family, Marriage and Culture

• Recreational Institution and Political Institution

The examples of Institutions are best identified as:

A. Education and Religion

B. Political and Economic

C. Family and Marriage

D. Morals and Customs

• Education and Religion

• Political and Economic

• Family and Marriage

• Morals and Customs

Write the appropriate Characteristics of Institution in the spaces provided.

(a)   explains the organization’s structure, limits of authority for all persons and states the standards of behaviour for all members.

Write the appropriate Characteristics in the spaces provided.

The organization have a particular focus for its activities which is to do with the meeting one of the basic needs in a society.

This characteristic of Institution is best understood as (a)