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FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THIS MODULE +27 67 171 1739
,In all instances choose the most correct option. For example: Q1- 1, Q2- 3 etc.
The following is an example of how to respond to multiple- choice questions:
1. Gender roles are:
1. socially constructed
2. innate
3. irrelevant in schools
4. unchanging
The correct answer for the example above is 1.
Answer ALL the following, compulsory questions:
1. The concept of Sociology can be defined as the study of ...
a) human behaviours.
b) social interactions between groups and organisations.
c) the mind.
d) the body.
1. a and d
2. a and b
3. c and d
4. b and d
2. Education has its origins in the word educere which means ...
a) latent.
b) to bring out that which is within.
c) social order.
d) stasis.
1. a and b
2. c
3. c and d
4. b
3. The discipline of sociology of education focuses on schools and ...
, a) society.
b) nature.
c) children.
d) globalisation.
1. a and b
2. a and c
3. a
4. d
4. The theory of Functionalism argues that ...
a) different parts of society (e.g. schools, family) should be viewed as separate
from each other.
b) different parts of society (e.g. schools, family) are related/linked to each other.
c) society should punish ‘bad’ citizens.
d) different parts of society should be viewed as independent entities/parts
1) c and d
2) a and c
3) b
4) d
5. Two of the major Functionalist theorists are the following:
a) Bowles and Gintis.
b) Marx and Lenin.
c) Durkheim and Parsons.
d) Blumer and Kuhn.
1. a
2. b
3. c
4. d
, 6. In today’s world new social patterns should be developed to …
a) cultivate a global mind set.
b) form citizens who are aware of their social responsibilities.
c) provide problem- solving training.
d) create citizens who are not open to other cultures.
1. a and b
2. a, b and d
3. d
4. a, b and c
7. Talcott Parsons’s AGIL model includes the following:
a) Adaptation.
b) Gender.
c) Integration.
d) Latency.
1. a, b, c and d
2. c and d
3. a, c and d
4. b and c
8. Social integration is best described as a process …
a) which discourages/is critical of diversity.
b) whereby open-minded citizens are not respected.
c) whereby there is unity and consensus.
d) which encourages inequalities in society.
1. a, b and c
2. a and d
3. d
4. c
EXAM PACK
FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THIS MODULE +27 67 171 1739
,In all instances choose the most correct option. For example: Q1- 1, Q2- 3 etc.
The following is an example of how to respond to multiple- choice questions:
1. Gender roles are:
1. socially constructed
2. innate
3. irrelevant in schools
4. unchanging
The correct answer for the example above is 1.
Answer ALL the following, compulsory questions:
1. The concept of Sociology can be defined as the study of ...
a) human behaviours.
b) social interactions between groups and organisations.
c) the mind.
d) the body.
1. a and d
2. a and b
3. c and d
4. b and d
2. Education has its origins in the word educere which means ...
a) latent.
b) to bring out that which is within.
c) social order.
d) stasis.
1. a and b
2. c
3. c and d
4. b
3. The discipline of sociology of education focuses on schools and ...
, a) society.
b) nature.
c) children.
d) globalisation.
1. a and b
2. a and c
3. a
4. d
4. The theory of Functionalism argues that ...
a) different parts of society (e.g. schools, family) should be viewed as separate
from each other.
b) different parts of society (e.g. schools, family) are related/linked to each other.
c) society should punish ‘bad’ citizens.
d) different parts of society should be viewed as independent entities/parts
1) c and d
2) a and c
3) b
4) d
5. Two of the major Functionalist theorists are the following:
a) Bowles and Gintis.
b) Marx and Lenin.
c) Durkheim and Parsons.
d) Blumer and Kuhn.
1. a
2. b
3. c
4. d
, 6. In today’s world new social patterns should be developed to …
a) cultivate a global mind set.
b) form citizens who are aware of their social responsibilities.
c) provide problem- solving training.
d) create citizens who are not open to other cultures.
1. a and b
2. a, b and d
3. d
4. a, b and c
7. Talcott Parsons’s AGIL model includes the following:
a) Adaptation.
b) Gender.
c) Integration.
d) Latency.
1. a, b, c and d
2. c and d
3. a, c and d
4. b and c
8. Social integration is best described as a process …
a) which discourages/is critical of diversity.
b) whereby open-minded citizens are not respected.
c) whereby there is unity and consensus.
d) which encourages inequalities in society.
1. a, b and c
2. a and d
3. d
4. c
