Sociology Answers

Thesis statement on sociological imagination

The family plays an important role in society because it ...

a) is a macro institution

b) provides society with new members

c) plays an important socialization role

d) is critical of tradition

1. b and c
2. c and d
3. a and c
4. a

Conflict theory suggests that IQ tests:

a) favour the working class

b) favour the affluent class

c) favour the intelligent

d) are culturally biased

1. b and d
2. c
3. and c
4. b,c and d

Which Inter group relation listed in this unit do you think is the most beneficial to the subordinate group? To society as a whole? Provide examples from real life.

What is social stratification?

a) The way of life of a people

b) A tradition

c) When an individual in society only acquires a certain part of culture.

d) A process of categorizing people according to their ranks within the family and society

1. a, b and c
2. b, c and d
3. d
4. b

You are required to select a company of your choice which is working a national or multinational level.

Study the company in detail and discuss about its origin and history. What kind of culture is prevailing in

the organization, what kind of stakeholders and how the relationship is managed? Discussed the cultural

dimensions of the company under your study. Furthermore, you are required to implement four functions

(i.e planning, organizing, leading and controlling) in your selected company. Furthermore, in the light of

Chapter 12 (Human Resource Management), study and critically analyze the company’s human resource

policies.

Highly complex, industrialized societies tend to ...

a. establish a system of universal, compulsory public education

b. abolish the family

c. ensure the role differentiation is achieved

d. make education non-compulsory

1. a, b and c
2. b and d
3. a and c
4. b, c and d

Currently, in our society the family values are declining and norms are getting weaker. How do you perceive the future of family institution/system in Pakistan? Discuss with examples especially keeping in view marriage, elderly and youth problems within the families

which sociological theoretical framework is being used to examine the institution of sports? what level of sociology does the theoretical framework use? this theory directs our attention that throughout history men have dominated the world of sports. for example, the first modern olympic games, held in 1896, barred women from competition. throughout most of the twentieth century, little league teams barred girls based on traditional ideas that girls and women lack the strength to play sports and risk losing their femininity if they do. both the olympics and the little league are now open to females as well as males, but even today, our society still encourages men to become athletes while expecting women to be attentive observers and cheerleaders. at the college level, men’s athletics attracts a greater amount of attention and resources compared to women’s athletics, and men greatly outnumber women as coaches, even in women’s sports (welch & sigelman, 2007). at the professional level, women also take a back seat to men, particularly in sports with the most earning power and social prestige.

Feminist Theory

Functionalism Conflict Theory

Symbolic Interactionism

Macrosociololgy

Microsociology

Evaluate the usefulness of Marxist approach to a sociological understanding of society