Deck 10: Sociological Perspectives on Education and Society

Question 1

"The place of teacher in a society" is the study of

A)Educational psychology
B)Sociology
C)Educational sociology
D)Psychology

Answer 1

Educational sociology

Question 2

"Evaluation of social media as a medium of social progress" is the study of

A)Educational psychology
B)Sociology
C)Educational sociology
D)Psychology

Answer 2

Educational sociology

Question 3

What do sociological researches provide for education?

A)Technology
B)Guidelines
C)Opinions
D)Nothing relevant

Answer 3

Guidelines

Question 4

The study of society is nothing but study of

A)People
B)Laws
C)Conventions
D)Mores

Question 5

Individual and society are considered as

A)Interdependent
B)Contradictory
C)Supplementary
D)Complementary

Question 6

One of the important ways of socializing individuals is through

A)discipline
B)Religion
C)Education
D)Caste

Question 7

Sociological approach to education is needed because of

A)Social change
B)Population explosion
C)Illiteracy
D)Ignorance

Question 8

What must a teacher know in order to teach the students of various backgrounds effectively?

A)Their academic performance
B)Their interests
C)Their society
D)Their talents

Question 9

In order to meet the individual needs of students, the curriculum should be

A)Rigid
B)Flexible
C)Stagnant
D)Traditional

Question 10

Education is one of the important aspects of any

A)Society
B)Politics
C)Religion
D)Caste

Question 11

The ever cherishing social values are those attained through

A)Cultural programmes
B)Battle
C)Education
D)Government

Question 12

Who defined sociology as " The science of social phenomena subject to natural and invariable laws, the discovery of which is the object of investigation"?

A)Kingsley Davis
B)Auguste Comte
C)Emile Durkheim
D)Small

Question 13

Sociology emerged in

A)America
B)Europe
C)Asia
D)Africa

Question 14

Educational sociology centers upon the study of social institutions and their role in

A)Education
B)Politics
C)Society
D)Philosophy

Question 15

Characteristic of Secondary Group is

A)Physical proximity
B)Permanency
C)Largeness in size
D)Compulsory membership

Question 16

Language, custom, values, traditions are examples of

A)Material Culture
B)Non-material Culture
C)Intellectual Culture
D)Industrial Culture

Question 17

Primary groups are also called

A)Face-to-Face groups
B)Derivative groups
C)Self-help groups
D)None of the above

Question 18

'Special interest groups' are also known as

A)Primary groups
B)Secondary groups
C)Social groups
D)Cultural groups

Question 19

Social change refers to the change that takes place in an/a

A)individual
B)group
C)institution
D)society

Question 20

One of the characteristics of a primary group is

A)large size
B)temporary membership
C)impersonal relation
D)physical proximity

Question 21

Family is an important

A)specialized group
B)primary group
C)special interest group
D)secondary group

Question 22

In secondary groups, we find

A)face-to-face contact
B)intimate relations
C)secondary relations
D)physical proximity

Question 23

Buildings, roads, machinery and bridges are examples of

A)industrial culture
B)non-cultural culture
C)material culture
D)intellectual culture

Question 24

Cultural change is

A)restricted to primitive societies
B)restricted to developed societies
C)restricted to developing societies
D)a universal phenomenon

Question 25

Social change is change in

A)society
B)community
C)individual
D)education