First Long Quiz in Soc Sci 202

Society and Culture with Family Planning

Name: _________________________________________

Schedule: _______________

I Identification. Identify the concepts/personages described in the following items.

Write your answer before each item.
1.

This term was born and popularized out of the growing concern about the
condition of man and society.
2. It refers to all general education subjects primarily intended for individuals to
have broad understanding about himself, the people around him, his
environment and the world.
3. It is broadly defined as the scientific study of social interaction/behaviour and
social organization.
4. This means state of normlessness.
5. It a social science that deals with the study of the allocation of scarce resources
among competing users to satisfy human needs.
6. It is a field of social science that pertains to the systematic recording, organizing,
and analysing of events in the past.
7. This means looking at a general characteristic of a certain group of people and
how a pattern of behavior becomes apparent among its members.
8. He espoused the principle that society can be studied applying the principle of
the physical world.
9. It is a way of understanding that is based on science.
10.He coined the term sociology.
11.She wrote the first book on social research methods.
12.It is the application of evolutionary notions and the concept of the survival of the
fittest in the social world.
13.He argued that individuals had to be left to struggle for existence with each
other.
14.He believed that society is divided into those who own the means of producing
wealth and those who do not, giving rise to class conflict.
15.It is an economic interpretation of history.
16.These are the roles that are expected or required and they impose ways of
acting, thinking, or feeling for those who occupy these positions.
17.This theory views the world as basically stable and functioning entity, and the
structures are there to maintain its stability.
18.This theory views social behaviour as one that is not basically affected by the
greater societal structure nor by the macro-social dynamism but rather through
examination of social interaction at the micro-level.
19.It pertains to a systematic, organized series of steps that ensures maximum
objectivity and consistency in researching a problem.
20.It is a speculative statement about the relationship between two or more
variables.
21.It is an explanation of an abstract concept that is specific enough to allow the
researcher to measure concept.
22.This research design is usually done if the researcher suspects that there exists a
possible cause and effect relationship between two variables.

23.It is a technique in which the researcher collects information through direct

participation or observation of a tribe, community or a particular group.
24.It is the effect brought about by the awareness that one is being observed.
25.It is most commonly used research technique if the researcher is interested only
in one aspect of behaviour to a large group of people.
26.This means restructuring the question in such a way that it can be understood by
the respondent.
27.It is a non-reactive research design and usually uses secondary data.
28.It is a systematic coding and objective recording of data, guided by some
rationale and analysing the codes or records as reflected from the sources.
29.It is a selection from a larger population that is statistically found to be typical of
that population.
30.This theory posits that all truth are relative, thus every culture deserves respect.
II Enumeration. Enumerate the following:
1-3
4-5
6-8
9-13
14-15

Goals of liberal education

Goals of sociological perspectives
Factors that give rise to the study of the society
Steps in the scientific method (in order)
Importance of reviewing the literature

III Analysis. Compare the three sociological theories based on the four basis of
comparison as provided. Pick out the answers from the list provided below.
Basis of
Comparison

StructuralistFunctionalist

Conflict

SymbolicInteractionist

View of Society
Level of Analysis
Emphasized
View of Social
Change
View of
Social Order
Choices:
Maintained through
consensus and
cooperation
Stable , well integrated
Permanent, may have

Predictable, reinforcing

macro

Characterized by tension
and struggle between
groups
Maintained through force

macro
Maintained by shared

positive consequence

and coercion

Reflected in peoples
social positions and their
communication with
others

Microanalysis as a way of
understanding the larger
macro phenomena

understanding of
everyday behavior
Active in influencing
everyday social
interaction