SED2601 EXAM PACK 2026

SED2601
EXAM PACK




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,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