SED2601 MULTIPLE CHOICE
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EXAM-PACK
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SOCIOLOGYnOFnEDUCATION
,Chaptern1:nTheoriesninnSociologynofnEducation
1. ThendisciplinenofnSociologynofnEducationnfocusesnonnschoolsnandn...n.
1. society
2. nature
3. children
4. globalisation
2. Atnanmacronlevel,nSociologynofnEducationnaddressesn...n.
1. interactionsnbetweennteachersnandnlearners
2. hownschoolsnimpactnonnthenachievementnofnindividualnlearners
3. hownvariousnsocialnforces,nsuchnasneconomicsnandnculturenimpactnonnschoolsnas
n organisations
4. thenwaynlearnersnarentreatednbynthenschoolnprincipal
3. Thentheorynofnfunctionalismnarguesnthatn...n.
a) differentnpartsnofnsocietyn(e.g.nfamily,nschools)nshouldnbenviewednasnseparatenan
dnindependentnentitiesnfromneachnother
b) differentnpartsnofnsocietyn(e.g.nschools,nfamily)nareninterdependentnonneachnother
c) societynshouldnpunishn‘bad’ncitizens
d) thendifferentnpartsnofnsocietyncannbencomparedntonanfamilynstructure
1. c)nandnd)
2. a)nandnc)
3. b)
4. d)
4. Twonofnthenmajornfunctionalistntheoristsnarenthen following:
1. BowlesnandnGintis.
2. MarxnandnLenin.
3. DurkheimnandnParsons.
4. BlackledgenandnHunt.
5. Thenfunctionalistntheorist,nRobertnMertonnproposednthatnlatentnhumannfunctionsna
renthenfollowing:
a) Unintentionalnandnnotnobvious.
b) Partnofnthenschoolncurriculum.
c) Intentionalnandnobvious.
d) Practicesnthatncannbenconveyedntonfuturengenerations.
1. a)nandnb)
2. a)
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,3. c)
4. b)nandnd)
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, 6. Functionalistsnemphasisenthenfollowing:
a) Socialnsolidarity.
b) Sharednpublicnvalues.
c) Consensusn(wenagreenuponnvaluesnandnworkntonachieventhem).
d) Anlacknofnsocialnsolidarityninnsociety.
1. a)nandnb)
2. d)
3. a)nandnc)
4. a),nb)nandnc)
7. Ancriticismnofnfunctionalismnisnthenfollowing:
a) Itndoesnnotnbelieveninnsocialnorder.
b) Itnsuggestsnthatnchildrennshouldnnotnbenmouldednintongoodncitizens.
c) Itnisnoverlyncriticalnofnmodernncapitalistnsociety.
d) Itndoesnnotnquestionnsocialninequalitiesnandnsocialnclassnstratification.
1. a)nandnd)
2. d)
3. b)nandnc)
4. b)
8. Conflictntheorynmaintainsnthenfollowing:
a) Inequalitynisninevitableninncapitalistnsociety.
b) Societynisninnanconstantnstatenofnconflictnandnchange.
c) Therenarennon‘haves’nandn‘havennots’ninnsociety:nallnarenequal.
d) Somenindividualsnandngroupsnhavenmorenpowernthannothersninnsociety.
1. a),nc)nandnd)
2. c)nandnd)
3. a),nb)nandnd)
4. a),nb)nandnc)
9. ConflictnTheorynisnassociatednwithnthenfollowing:
a) Anmicrosociologicalnperspective.
b) Conservatism.
c) Anmacrosociologicalnperspective.
d) Bothnmicro-nandnmacro-sociologicalnperspectives.
1. c)
2. d)
3. d)nandnb)
4. a)
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