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In this type of research, self-administered

SOCIOLOGY MODULE C questionnaires or personal interviews may be used:
A. case study C. participant observation
1. Sociology B. experiment D. survey
A. is a perspective
B. is a social science 13. A social scientist seeks to be:
C. focuses on the patterns and regularities of social life A. accurate in reporting observations
D. all of the above B. precise in stating what is observed
C. systematic in his /her observation
2. The term sociology was introduced by: D. all of the above
A. Auguste Comte C. Emile Durkheim
B. Richard La Piere D. Claude Henri de Saint-Simon 14. Human beings differ from all other animal in that
humans alone:
3. The way in which individual is expected to act in a A. can possess biological instincts
particular status is known as: B. can communicate through symbols
A. personal role C. prescribed role C. migrate from place to place
B. perceived role D. salient role D. live in an orderly society

4. Status refers to: 15. Culture may be defined as:

A. the position of a person within the group A. knowledge of history, art, literature and music
B. the behavior expected from a person within the group B. a group of people living in the same geographical area
C. the possessions of an individual C. migrate from place to place
D. prestige D. live in an orderly society

5. In contrast to status, role deals with: 16. Which of the ff. may be used to describe culture?
A. prestige C. position A. instinctive C. dynamic
B. behavior patterns D. both a & b B. shared D. normative

6. A member of Congress submitted a bill providing harsh 17. The tendency of a group to take for granted the
punishment to dope only to find out that his son is a superiority of its own culture is known as:
member of a syndicate which distributes marijuana in a A. cultural relativism C. xenocentrism
university. The congressman is now torn into a deciding B. ethnocentrism D. none of the above
whether to withdraw the bill or not. This is an instance of:
A. role inadequacy C. role conflict 18. The concept that the function, meaning and
B. role set D. role failure “desirability” of a trait depends upon its cultural setting is
known as:
7. A married woman with children plays the role of A. cultural relativism C. xenocentrism
housekeeper, cook, mother, wife, nurse and babysitter. B. ethnocentrism D. none of the above
This is an example of a:
A. role model C. role strain 19. Which of the ff. phrases characterizes ethnocentric
B. role learning D. role set behavior?
A. A Christian labeling a Muslim religious ritual as
8. Many years ago, a son was born to the royal family of “barbaric” and “out of this world”
Thailand. He was named Bhumipol and he was B. A medical student belittling a nurse’s program of study
immediately considered heir to the throne of the king of without substantiating facts
Thailand as the crown prince and later on as King. He was C. “My country, right or wrong”
treated with respect and accorded many privileges. D. all of the above
Bhumipol’s status is best described as a(n):
A. achieved status C. ascribed status 20. Which of the ff. illustrates cultural relativism?
B. democratic status D. personal status A. Anything goes – there are no established standards
that we must follow
9. Corazon Aquino’s presidency is an example of a(n) B. Premarital pregnancy makes sense in societies where
A. achieved status C. ascribed status women are expected to prove their fertility as a trait
B. democratic status D. personal status desirable in wives.
C. Premarital pregnancy is universally condemned
10. The first step in scientific investigation is to: D. Relatives are more important in some cultures than in
A. design a research plan C. define a research problem others
B. make observations D. employ measuring devices
21. Norms that people receive little pressure to confirm to
11. A sociologist who is taking part in the activities of the are:
group under observations is making a(n): A. folkways or customs C. mores
A. participant observation study C. survey B. taboos D. sanctions
B. case study D. unobtrusive research

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22. Norms based on moral values with strong emotional 33. The “id” postulated by Freud represents:
overtones are known as: A. the rational part of personality
A. folkways or customs C. taboos B. the conscience
B. sanctions D. laws C. the instinctive desires of the individual
D. one’s self-concept
23. Which of the ff. are enforced through the machinery
of the state? 34. A person participating in a drug rehabilitation program
A. mores C. laws would be undergoing:
B. institutions D. all of the above A. anticipatory socialization C. autonomous development
B. resocialization D. language acquisition
24. A cluster of behavior patterns related to the general
culture of a society and yet distinguishable from it is a: 35. The objective approach to studying social
A. culture pattern C. culture complex stratification:
B. subculture D. counterculture A. consists of people’s evaluation of one another
B. consists of people’s evaluation of themselves
25. The term used to refer to group which not only exhibit C. consists of indicators such as income or occupation
behavior patterns which differ from the prevailing patterns D. tops all significant aspects of stratification
of society but sharply challenge them is:
A. culture pattern C. culture complex 36. In an open class society, one’s social status is based
B. subculture D. counterculture on:
A. heredity C. sponsorship
26. “European chocolates always taste a lot better than B. wealth D. personal ability
local chocolates so I always buy them”. This statement
illustrates: 37. Collective behavior is:
A. ethnocentrism C. cultural relativism A. spontaneous C. unorganized
B. xenocentrism D. none of the above B. unpredictable D. all of the above

27. Any collections of individuals bound together by a 38. ____ is the way by which individuals within the society
distinctive set of social relations is a(n): discovers and develops his strength as well as realize his
A. group C. aggregate weaknesses.
B. social category D. collectivity A. social change C. social interaction
B. social processes D. social structures
28. A family is an example of a(n):
A. primary group C. aggregate 39. In Asia today, we see change in the family structure
B. secondary group D. social category such that extended family is now becoming more nuclear.
This exemplifies change at the ______ level.
29. Gemeinschaft relations are: A. micro C. revolutionary
A. specific and limited C. based on self-interest B. macro D. none of these
B. strictly formal D. based on sentiment
40. This theory recognizes changes is inevitable and
30. Which of the ff. is the characteristic of gesselschaft characterized by struggle of opposing forces
society? A. Functionalist C. Interaction
A. social relationships are treated as a means to individual B. Conflict D. none of these
ends
B. folkways and are valued above science and technology 41. A Hindu society composed of castes would feature:
C. gossip is an important means of social control A. work specialization C. endogamy
D. relationships are impersonal and unlimited B. social mobility D. flexibility

31. The “self” which an individual discovers through the 42. A learned predisposition to respond to people,
reaction of others to him/her has been labeled by Cooley, objects, or institution in a positive or negative way is:
a sociologist, as: A. a norm C. a belief
A. the looking glass self C. the generalized other B. an attitude D. a stereotype
B. the guinea pig effect D. the significant other
43. The EDSA revolution and the resulting effect on the
32. The concept of “generalized other” stresses the fact country’s political structure is an attempt at:
that: A. social change C. maintaining the status quo
A. we internalized the way other judge us B. an attitude D. revolution
B. others are very general from the point-of-view of the
self 44. When people have different access to social reward as
C. the self is reflective i.e. it judges itself, as if others were a result of their position in the social hierarchy, there
judging it exist:
D. both a and c above A. socialization C. social change
B. conflict D. stratification

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45. For each structure in the society, there exists a
corresponding function. Which of the ff. statements
illustrate dysfunction?
A. High production of food
B. Zero population growth in less developed countries
C. both A and B
D. industrial pollution of the atmosphere

46. The type of learning which involves the pairing of

conditioned and stimuli is called:
A. observational learning C. classical conditioning
B. instrumental learning D. experimental learning

47. A norm supporting the wearing of ties by men at

formal dinner parties would be classified as:
A. folkways B. more C. taboo D. law

48. A person who dislikes gaining weight but loves to eat

is experiencing:
A. approach-avoidance conflict
B. approach-approach conflict
C. avoidance-avoidance conflict
D. external-internal conflict

49. Which of the ff. statements illustrate symbolic

interaction?
A. reading a book C. talking with a friend
B. obeying traffic signal D. all of the above

50. Apartheid is a closed system because status is:

A. achieved C. non-existing
B. ascribed D. none of the above

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