Midterm Examination in Soc Sci 202

Society and Culture with Family Planning

GENERAL INSTRUCTION: Write all your answers in the answer sheet.

Strictly no erasures, double strokes and overwritings, otherwise it is
considered as a wrong answer. Use only black ballpen.
I Multiple Choice: Pick out the letter of the best answer.
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Which of the following defines sociological perspective?

a.
It attempts to look at evolutionary development of man.
b.
It attempts to report the most extra-ordinary event in life.
c.
It attempts to reveal the mystery of human mind.
d.
It attempts to describe the general characteristics of the people.
Which of the following is not a cultural lag?
a.
A family still desires a large family size because of his capability to
maintain good health condition of its children
b.
An urban dweller communicates through telegram with family
relatives despite massive use of cellular phones.
c.
A desperate mother decides to undergo test tube conception of
her baby.
d.
None of the above
The following statements reflect the first goal of sociological
perspectives except . . .
a.
Four in every five married couples started to live together as livein partners.
b.
Four in every five prisoners belong to poor families.
c.
Poverty is the main reason of prostitution.
d.
Seventy-five percent of the urban dwellers are individualistic.
In a tribe of South Africa, female circumcision is practiced. Which of the
following is the normative aspect of such female circumcision?
a.
That like men, women must also be circumcised.
b.
That female circumcision is necessary to deprive women of any
desire for sex.
c.
That female circumcision is needed in order to delay marriage and
childbearing.
d.
That female circumcision increases intelligence and good
disposition in life.
What does structural-functional perspective say about prostitution?
a.
It must be condemned by the state.
b.
The prostitute must be grouped together, forming a new society.
c.
It must be tolerated by the government because it has specific
functions.
d.
It must be the concern of the church, not the government.
A middle-aged Filipina who just arrived from the United States overreacted upon seeing a crooked street by saying, Walang ganyan sa
States! Which of the following is reflective of this situation?

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Accommodation
b. Assimilation
c. Acculturation
d. Amalgamation
Which of the following does not belong to culture universality according
to Murdock?
a.
Gift giving
b. dream interpretation
c.
promiscuity
d. property rights
Which of the following reflects the idea of Emile Durkheim about
religion?
a.
It is the stabilizing factor in order to strengthen the bond among
the members of the community.
b.
It serves as a barrier among the people to unite.
c.
It has no significant effect on the social interaction of the people.
d.
None of the above
This theory regards the minutest form of communication as the basis of
the larger pattern of social interaction of the people.
a.
conflict perspective
b.
evolutionary perspective
c.
structuralist-functionalist
d.
symbolic-interaction
The following statements describe the information age except
a.
It is the age of the intangibles.
b.
The whole world is shrunk into a global village.
c.
Knowledge is the most important indicator of power.
d.
Nationalism hinders close individual interaction across national
borders
When did farming begin?
a.
At the dessert, when pastoralists became tired of taming animals
b.
At the mountain, when rainforests were getting thin.
c.
At the river basins, when irrigation became a practice
d.
At the factories, when surpluses were needed to be converted to
something else for future consumption.
What is the explanation why a researcher needs to employ
experimentation?
a.
It studies in detail the cause and effect relationship between two
variables
b.
It delves in general the characteristics of a large number of people
c.
It examines trends of behavior from the past to the present
d.
All of the above
Which is not true about hunting and gathering society?
a.
There is no surplus
b.
There is inequality among members of the society
c.
There is no private property
d.
There is no permanent settlement
Why is there a need to review the related literature?
a.
In order to find out what has been done so far about the study at
hand
b.
In order to avoid mistakes of the past
c.
In order to answer hypothesis of the study
d.
In order to explore with depth the statement of the answer
Which of the following is proposed by Charles Horton Cooley?

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Theory of Social Darwinism
b.
Theory of Social Behaviorism
c.
Theory of Dramaturgical Analysis
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Principle of the Looking Glass self
Which of the following is not a stage of the societys order and progress
according to August Comte?
a.
Mythological
b.
Philosophical
c.
Scientific
d.
Ontological
Who initiated the analysis of the relationship between individuals, small
groups, and society as a whole through day-to-day interaction and
symbols?
a.
Karl Marx
b.
Emile Durkheim
c.
Charles Horton Cooley
d.
Herbert Spencer
He was the German sociologist who theorized that social or collective
actions are primarily moved by emotions rather than cognitions
a.
Robert Merton
b.
Max Weber
c.
Herbert Spencer
d.
All of the above
While conducting her lesson in class, the professors denture
accidentally falls out from her mouth. None of the students reacted.
What do you call this tolerance of lapses?
a.
Studied non-performance
b.
studied
non-observance
c. observed non-studied
d. performed nonobserved
When a person is observed to be egoistic and avoids interaction with the
people most of the times, what stage appears to be defective in him
according to the theory of social behaviorism?
a.
Play stage
b.
Preparatory stage
c.
Game stage
d.
No stage is defective. Egoism is an instinct of man.
A student who comes to class wearing a soiled uniform tells his
classmates that he was in a hurry instead of admitting that they do not
have electricity at home because of the unpaid bills. What do you call
this defense?
a.
Face work
b. Mask
c. Role Strain
d.
Studied Non-observance
Which of the following does not belong to the group?
a.
Arbitration
b. mediation c. conciliation
d.
amalgamation
As usually observed, some people have always the guts to sing in a
videoke bar despite the unpleasant reaction of the people because of his
annoying voice.
Which of the following statement is the best
explanation to this situation?

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These individuals do not follow the principle of the looking glass

process.
b.
The super ego of these persons is apparently high compared to
their id.
c.
These individuals have less concern in the opinion of the
generalized others.
d.
There is nothing wrong with these individuals. It is the listeners
that are highly opinionated.
24. Which of the following can be a factor in developing a culture shock?
a.
Xenocentrism
b. ethnocentrism c. xenophobia
d. colonial mentality
25. It is said that under the internet age, family members are driven back to
their respective homes. This statement is:
a.
False. Internet age paves the way for more individualism and a
gradual dissolution of the family.
b.
True. With internet, there is no more reason for family members
to go out of their houses to earn for a living.
c.
False. If during the industrial age, people are driven out of from
their homes, the more that it happens during the internet age
d.
True. The internet serves as the window for all the possibilities.

II Identification. Identify the concepts/personages described in the

following items.
26. She wrote the first book in social research methods.
27. It means defining as specific as possible the concept as measured in the
study.
28. It is also known as table research.
29. It is the process by which individuals act and react towards and could
produce either harmony and stability or stress that results into group
disintegration or change.
30. This stage happens during the initial two years of a child, and they
respond only through imitation.
31. It refers to the complex whole, which includes knowledge, beliefs, arts,
morals, law, custom, and other capabilities acquired by man as a
member or the society.
32. It is a component of culture that pertains to all body of knowledge, skills,
and other capabilities handed down from one generation to another.
33. They are considered as special folkways.
34. They are the general rules, customary and habitual ways and patterns of
expected behavior in the society.
35. It pertains to a powerful symbol which is used to transmit culture.
36. It is brought about by a situation of unfamiliarity, lack of understanding,
and inability to communicate with the society they become in contact
with.
37. It is the continuous practice of a cultural goal even if it has no longer any
social need.
38. It refers to a human population sharing the culture and organization.
39. It is a term which is closely associated with the terms capitalism and
surplus.

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Temporary cultivation is very apparent in this kind of society.

It is the most important resource in the Information age.
In this society, people began to own land.
This kind of society initiates the taming of animals for future
consumption.
This kind of society produces only what is needed for a day.
It is a type of accommodation where the resolution of conflict is
determined according to the decision of the dominant party.
They are those people who do not have close relationship with the
children but they influence the childrens internalization in the society.
It refers to the process of adapting the new culture as if it is part of his
culture and totally abandoning the old culture.
He developed the concept of positivism in social sciences.
It pertains to the portion of the population subject for investigation that
is considered as the representative of the entire population
It pertains to a measurable trait or characteristic that is subject to
change under given circumstances.

III Enumeration. Enumerate the following:

51-55
56-61
62-65
66-67
importance
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71-75

Ethics in research
Characteristics of culture
Types of pre-industrial societies
Two types of social norms according to relative degree of
Three leading proponents of symbolic interaction perspective
Five basic steps in the scientific process

IV Essay. Answer the following questions:

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Three social scientists are looking at the same chair. The economist
views the chair according to the material it used, how it was produced,
and how it commands its price to the consuming public. The historian
looks at the historical origin of the chair, how it was before, and it
becomes what it is right now. Now, how does a sociologist view the chair?
(5 points)
2. A student researcher happens to interview a child engaged in a war
conflict. In the course of the interview, this child revealed that his task as
a child soldier includes keeping an eye of the weapons and explosives that
will be used for the bombing of the entire metropolitan areas. If you are in
the shoes of the student researcher, will you reveal this information to the
proper government authorities? Explain your answer. (5 points)
3. You happen to attend a wedding in an ethnic tribe in Botswana. To your
surprise, no solemnizing officer is present. The groom and the bride
merely dressed themselves in white, and with the assistance of a public
announcer, they announced in public that from that day onward, they
would be living as husband and wife. As a sociology student, will you tell
the groom, the bride, and the public that the wedding was void because of
the absence of the solemnizing officer? Explain your answer. (5 points)
4. Explain the statement, Social behavior is like a bikini. (5 points)