SED2601
EXAM
PACK
2025
, Multiple
(choice(question
Assignment 1 / Semester 1 2021
Q1. Social institutions include the following:
ê The family ê
The economy ê
Schools ê Roles
Answer: the family, the economy, and schools
Q2. We can argue that the school:
ê Is a micro unit
ê Is where secondary socialization takes place ê
Has a formal curriculum ê Plays the same role as
the family
Answer: is where secondary socialization takes place and has a formal curriculum
Q3. Which of the following have contributed towards the development of new social patterns in society?
ê The development of technology
ê Traditional values ê The
growth of mass media ê
Making predictions
Answer: the development of technology and the growth of mass media
Q4. Highly complex, industrialised societies tent to:
, ê Establish a system of universal, compulsory public education ê
Abolish the family ê Ensure that role differentiation is achieved
ê Make education non – compulsory
Answer: Establish a system of universal, compulsory public education and ensure that role
differentiation is achieved.
Q5. Norms can be defined as ê Meritocracy ê Informal
rules that govern behaviour in society ê The
timetable in schools ê Morals
Answers: informal rules that govern behaviour in society
Q6. The family plays an important role in society because it … ê
Is a macro institution
ê Provides society with new members ê
Plays an important socialization role ê Is
critical of tradition
Answer: is a macro institution and plays an important socialization role
Q7. Functionalists believe that social class inequalities are …
ê The result of fluid class boundaries. ê Unfair. ê Necessary as they
motivate people to take on important positions. ê Disrupt the smooth
running of society.
Answer: necessary as they motivated people to take on important positions
Q8. Conflict theory suggests that IQ (Intelligence Quotient) tests:
ê Favour the working class ê
Favour the affluent classes ê
Favour the intelligent ê Are
culturally biased
Answer: favour the affluent classes and are culturally biased
Q9. Which is not an aspect of symbolic interactionist theory?
, ê Everyday contact ê
Social interaction ê
Macro approach ê
Constructed identity
Answer: macro approach
Q10. Agency is … ê When the environment acts
on a person ê Not important
ê When a person acts on his/her environment ê
When people are passive
Answer: when a person acts on his/her environment
Q11. From the perspective of symbolic interactionism, gender is constructed and reproduced by:
ê Fixed differences between men and women
ê Ongoing social interaction ê
Male dominance ê Social
stability
Answer: ongoing social interaction
Q12. The ecology of a ‘healthy’ school should include:
ê Good leadership ê Intense community pressure ê A
good microclimate ê Resources and well – maintained
physical facilities
Answer: good leadership and resources and well – maintained physical facilities
Q13. A cosmopolitan view of citizenship and citizenship education seeks to prepare South African
learners to … ê Act locally but think globally ê Become more like America ê Ignore global issues ê
Focus on local problems
Answer: act locally but think globally
Q14. Which of the following were not components of apartheid ‘citizenship’ in South Africa?
EXAM
PACK
2025
, Multiple
(choice(question
Assignment 1 / Semester 1 2021
Q1. Social institutions include the following:
ê The family ê
The economy ê
Schools ê Roles
Answer: the family, the economy, and schools
Q2. We can argue that the school:
ê Is a micro unit
ê Is where secondary socialization takes place ê
Has a formal curriculum ê Plays the same role as
the family
Answer: is where secondary socialization takes place and has a formal curriculum
Q3. Which of the following have contributed towards the development of new social patterns in society?
ê The development of technology
ê Traditional values ê The
growth of mass media ê
Making predictions
Answer: the development of technology and the growth of mass media
Q4. Highly complex, industrialised societies tent to:
, ê Establish a system of universal, compulsory public education ê
Abolish the family ê Ensure that role differentiation is achieved
ê Make education non – compulsory
Answer: Establish a system of universal, compulsory public education and ensure that role
differentiation is achieved.
Q5. Norms can be defined as ê Meritocracy ê Informal
rules that govern behaviour in society ê The
timetable in schools ê Morals
Answers: informal rules that govern behaviour in society
Q6. The family plays an important role in society because it … ê
Is a macro institution
ê Provides society with new members ê
Plays an important socialization role ê Is
critical of tradition
Answer: is a macro institution and plays an important socialization role
Q7. Functionalists believe that social class inequalities are …
ê The result of fluid class boundaries. ê Unfair. ê Necessary as they
motivate people to take on important positions. ê Disrupt the smooth
running of society.
Answer: necessary as they motivated people to take on important positions
Q8. Conflict theory suggests that IQ (Intelligence Quotient) tests:
ê Favour the working class ê
Favour the affluent classes ê
Favour the intelligent ê Are
culturally biased
Answer: favour the affluent classes and are culturally biased
Q9. Which is not an aspect of symbolic interactionist theory?
, ê Everyday contact ê
Social interaction ê
Macro approach ê
Constructed identity
Answer: macro approach
Q10. Agency is … ê When the environment acts
on a person ê Not important
ê When a person acts on his/her environment ê
When people are passive
Answer: when a person acts on his/her environment
Q11. From the perspective of symbolic interactionism, gender is constructed and reproduced by:
ê Fixed differences between men and women
ê Ongoing social interaction ê
Male dominance ê Social
stability
Answer: ongoing social interaction
Q12. The ecology of a ‘healthy’ school should include:
ê Good leadership ê Intense community pressure ê A
good microclimate ê Resources and well – maintained
physical facilities
Answer: good leadership and resources and well – maintained physical facilities
Q13. A cosmopolitan view of citizenship and citizenship education seeks to prepare South African
learners to … ê Act locally but think globally ê Become more like America ê Ignore global issues ê
Focus on local problems
Answer: act locally but think globally
Q14. Which of the following were not components of apartheid ‘citizenship’ in South Africa?
