Deck 8: Society and Education: Interconnected Systems and Relationships

Question 1

Society has been defined as a "web of social relationships" by

A)Cooley
B)Durkhein
C)Mac Iver
D)Bronson

Answer 1

Mac Iver

Question 2

Which aim of education is most useful for the community?

A)Cultural
B)Technological
C)Livelihood
D)Socialization

Answer 2

Socialization

Question 3

The individual and society are considered as

A)supplementary
B)interdependent
C)complimentary
D)contradictory

Answer 3

interdependent

Question 4

"Education and society are two mutually supporting systems, interconnected, that one cannot thrive in the absence of the other." What is the reason?

A)Education sustains society, preserves culture,ushers in new one and inculcates values
B)Education helps to do away with social divisions and produces leaders for governance
C)Education makes people employable
D)Education modernizes and makes society civilized

Question 5

Education provided to the child by the schools is

A)formal
B)informal
C)traditional
D)highly standardized

Question 6

A society is a network of

A)social attitudes
B)socio-political relationships
C)religions-cultural attitudes
D)inter-personal relationships

Question 7

Educators must have a good understanding of the social forces because

A)education is a social process
B)educators are social beings
C)education is influenced by social forces
D)education is one of the activities carried on in the social setting amidst social forces

Question 8

Human nature develops in man as a

A)member of a religion
B)citizen of a state
C)member of an organization
D)member of a society

Question 9

It is implied in the 'social nature' of the education that it

A)ensures desirable socialization of the child
B)ensures the development of child's potentialities
C)educates the child for citizenship
D)enables the individual to find a job himself

Question 10

High degree of inter-dependence between education and the rest of the society is very much emphasized, not because of

A)increasing number of students, requiring increasing financial support
B)dramatic changes in the role of the government in educational matters
C)man's social nature
D)social nature of education

Question 11

The study of human society involves the study of

A)man
B)mind
C)environment
D)heredity

Question 12

All human beings have to interact with other human beings in order to

A)survive
B)gossip
C)quarrel
D)compete

Question 13

Society preserves our

A)civilization
B)culture and transmits it to succeeding generation
C)philosophical ideas
D)interrelation

Question 14

The schools help the people to

A)assimilate culture
B)ignore culture
C)protest against culture
D)enjoy culture

Question 15

Individual and society are considered as

A)interdependent
B)contradicting
C)complementary
D)supplementary

Question 16

Human nature develop in man as a

A)member of a religion
B)citizen of a state
C)member if an organization
D)member of a society

Question 17

Man's behaviour in society is determined mainly by two forces, namely

A)formal and informal
B)natural and unnatural
C)physical and social
D)psychological and philosophical

Question 18

Function of educational structure is

A)replacement of population
B)socialization of new population
C)maintenance of a sense of purpose
D)system maintenance

Question 19

The most important characteristic of a society is

A)inter-communication
B)mutual influence
C)interpersonal relationship
D)individual approach

Question 20

The fundamental unit of human society is known as

A)social group
B)tribal group
C)individual
D)family

Question 21

Characteristics of society is

A)mutual awareness
B)specific aims
C)definite geographical area
D)interrelation

Question 22

A society is a network of

A)inter-personal relationship
B)social attitude
C)socio-political relationship
D)religions-cultural attitudes

Question 23

Both nature and necessity compel man to live in

A)forest
B)society
C)church
D)college

Question 24

The educational institution is a

A)community
B)family
C)social institution
D)organization

Question 25

Educational Sociology tries to search for suitable solution for problems related to education and

A)politics
B)economics
C)society
D)religion