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The Discipline of Sociology in Education

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is the systematic study of social behavior and human groups.

a)

Education

b)

Physiology

c)

Psychology

d)

Sociology

2.

According to him, sociology is concerned with the study of social life and its relations to the factors of culture, natural environment, heredity and group.

a)

Auguste Comte

b)

Durkheim

c)

Max Weber

d)

Ogburn

3.

Who coined the term sociology to apply to the science of human behaviors?

a)

Auguste Comte

b)

Emile Durkheim

c)

Karl Marx

d)

Max Weber

4.

In his book "Society, Culture and Personality", he has said that sociology is more or less concerned with the working of human beings.

a)

Auguste Comte

b)

Pareto

c)

Sorokin

d)

Weber

5.

Sociologist must base his conclusions on impartially collected, analyzed and interpreted data.

a)

Sociology as not Science

b)

Sociology as Science

c)

Sociology and Psychology

d)

Sociology and Philosophy

6.

This theory states that society works towards cooperation and consensus.

a)

Conflict Theory

b)

Symbolic Interactionism

c)

Structural Functionalism

d)

Feminist Theory

7.

This theory states that people shape how society works through everyday interactions.

a)

Conflict Theory

b)

Symbolic Interactionism

c)

Structural Functionalism

d)

Role Theory

8.

This theory states that there are hidden and obvious functions to social institutions.

a)

Conflict Theory

b)

Symbolic Interactionism

c)

Structural Functionalism

d)

Interactive Theory

9.

They emphasize that people can communicate because they share words, gestures, and physical objects that have similar meanings to all of them.

a)

Symbolic Interactionists

b)

Functionalists

c)

Conflict Theories

d)

Positivists

10.

Which theory states that society is a group of parts that work together for the greater good?

a)

Functional

b)

Conflict

c)

Symbolic

d)

Eastern

11.

It is used to refer the interdependence and inter-related parts of groups. It refers to the relatively stable pattern of social relationships among individuals and groups in society.

a)

Societal Problems

b)

Social Interaction

c)

Social Organization

d)

Social Media

12.

It is simply an organization that deals with production and distribution of goods and services, such as capitalism or socialism.

a)

Political Organization

b)

Religious Organization

c)

Economic Organization

d)

Financial Organization

13.

It is any institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets.

a)

Educational Organization

b)

Religious Organization

c)

Economic Organization

d)

Financial Organization

14.

This mode of participation is based on the use of coercive power and induced dependency on the leader.

a)

Voluntary Association

b)

Democratic

c)

Authoritarian

d)

Aristocratic

15.

Which of the following is NOT an essential element of social organization?

a)

Financial Contribution

b)

Norms and Mores

c)

Role and Status

d)

Sanctions

16.

It is defined as the arrangement of the members of a society into different categories of class, caste or a hierarchy based on several factors.

a)

Social Organization

b)

Social Mobility

c)

Social Stratification

d)

Societal Problems

17.

Which best describes social stratification?

a)

The status of every member in a society.

b)

The problems of every member in a society.

c)

The similarities of status and upbringing of every member in a society.

d)

The different status of the members in a society.

18.

It is one of the characteristics of social stratifications where differentiation between men and women is a very intrinsic feature of all kinds of stratification occurs.

a)

Universal

b)

Gender

c)

Social Mobility

d)

Social Stratification

19.

He believes that in modern societies power rather than economics is the most important factor in defining stratification system, and that some inequality may actually help the functioning of a society.

a)

Maximilian Karl Emil Weber

b)

Maximilian Lenski

c)

Gerhard Lenski

d)

Auguste Comte

20.

It is a system of stratified inequality in which status is determined at birth and in which people are locked into their parents’ social position.

a)

Slavery System

b)

Class System

c)

Estate System

d)

Caste System

21.

All are part of sociology characteristics EXCEPT one.

a)

Institutions are unified structure

b)

Institutions are purposive

c)

Institutions are not necessarily value-laden

d)

Relatively permanent in content

22.

This quotation, “An institution was defined as an interlocking double-structure of persons-as-role-holders or office-bearers and the like, and of social practices involving both expressive and practical aims and outcomes” was stated by?

a)

Harvey

b)

Carre

c)

Harre

d)

Aristotle

23.

It is a major sphere of social life organized to meet some human need.

a)

Institutions

b)

Sociology

c)

Physiology

d)

Psychology

24.

Which of the following is the right arrangement of the major social institutions?

a)

Education, Family, Religion, Economics, State

b)

Family, Economics, Religion, Education, State

c)

Economics, Family, Education, Religion, State

d)

Religion, Family, Economics, State, Education

25.

This focuses on social interaction in the classroom, on the playground, and in other school venues.

a)

Symbolic Interactionism

b)

Functionalism

c)

Symbolism

d)

Conflict Theory