Deck 6: Exploring Values, Institutions, and Social Relationships in Society

Question 1

Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: "A value is important to the human experience because it has the power to identify for individuals what is considered worthwhileand in need of attention. The values that members of a society pay attention to and debate are indicators of how they think about an issue and how they will behave in their society."

A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct

Answer 1

The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid

Question 2

Why are value debates important for us in society?

A) Value debates help to determine what is right and wrong in our society
B) Value debates allow people to anticipate or predict the social actions of others
C) Value debates help us to understand how we should act and think in society
D) Value debates provide explanations of what life means for individuals

Answer 2

Value debates help us to understand how we should act and think in society

Question 3

Match the examples below to the following concepts: Institution; enduring social relationship; institutionalization

A) Nuclear family; education system; religious sect
B) Provincial government; classmates; nuclear family
C) Religious sect; provincial government; classmates
D) Education system; nuclear family; provincial government

Answer 3

Education system; nuclear family; provincial government

Question 4

Which of the following comparisons is correct?

A) A value is to institutionalization as stability is to a social institution
B) An enduring social relationship is to a social institution as the process of interaction is to institutionalization
C) A social institution is to institutionalization as a value is to an enduring social relationship
D) The process of interaction is to an enduring social relationship as institutionalization is to a social institution

Question 5

Which of the following is another way to explain the assumption that values have an impact on what humans do and what they think?

A) Enduring social relationships represent a society's values which have the potential to change what . people do and what they think as relationships change.
B) A society's values are transient which impacts the nature of social relationships and changes what people do and what they think.
C) Asocial institution represents a society's values which in turn represents how people behave and interact with each other.
D) Institutionalization is representative of a society's values which is determined through institutions.

Question 6

What is the connection between a social relationship and a social institution?

A)A social relationship and a social institution are not connected, one can survive without the other as. long as both are based on norms, values and laws of the society
B) Social relationships result from a social institution that has been formed to address the collective. needs of society's members based on norms, values and rules
C) Social relationships are necessary for the survival of a social institution and a social institution is. necessary for the survival of social relationships within it
D)A social institution is the result of complex social relationships in society that are formed to address . the collective needs of society's members based on norms, values and rules

Question 7

The five principles that make up the Canada Health Act can be defined as _________.

A) values
B) beliefs
C) norms
D) needs

Question 8

How does a social institution differ from a social relationship?

A) Social relationships have an objective existence separate from the social institutions they support.
B) Social relationships have a subjective existence separate from the social institutions they support.
C) A social institution has an objective existence beyond the social relationships that support it.
D) A social institution has a subjective existence beyond the social relationships that support it.

Question 9

Which of the following is considered to be an ideology from the sociological perspective?

A) American legal system
B) American for-profit health care system
C) Canadian legal system
D) Canada's universal health care system

Question 10

Both __________ and __________ can be described as supra-individual

A) social norms; social institutions
B) social relationships; social values
C) social norms; social values
D) social relationships; social institutions

Question 11

How would you judge the following statement? "The institution of the family can be considered an enduring social relationship through which society is able to respond to its members' need for the basic necessities of life. The institution of the family is organized around a well-established set of symbols that guide how individuals' needs are met."

A) Excellent (the statement is correct, with a clear and correct assumption about the concept)
B) Good (the statement is correct, but the assumption about the concept is incorrect)
C) Mediocre (the statement is correct, and the assumption about the concept is irrelevant)
D) Unacceptable (the statement is incorrect and the explanation is unclear and irrelevant)

Question 12

Sociologists argue that there are four broad needs that all members of society require in order to survive in their society. Which of the following is not one of these needs?

A) A value system around sexuality
B) A political organization
C) A family institution
D) A way to ensure adequate physical shelter

Question 13

A way to understand Canada's health care system from the perspective of Mill's sociological imagination is to state that private troubles such as _____________ are dependant upon the publicissue of _____________.

A) health care; illness
B) biomedical treatment; physicians
C) illness; health care
D) injury; biomedical treatment

Question 14

The concept of the sick role can be explained by which of the following statements?

A) Patients adopt the social role of ill person on top of their other social roles but reject the authority of physicians to treat them
B) Patients assume the social role of ill person and accept responsibility for being ill and working with . the health care system to improve social wellbeing
C) Patients accept the social norms and social role expected of them by the social institution health care
D) Patients resist the social norms and social role associated with the social institution of health care

Question 15

Why are value debates important for the continuing survival of a meaningful society?

A) Value debates identify the key challenges, problems and issues that a society must address in order to survive in a meaningful way
B) Value debates help individuals to anticipate and predict their social actions and the actions of others in society
C) Value debates lead to the process of interaction that establishes ways of acting and thinking in asociety
D) Value debates distinguish between what is right and wrong in society so that members of society know how they should behave

Question 16

When does a social relationship exist?

A) When individuals respond to each other based on the values of society.
B) When individuals understand the meanings associated with particular symbols.
C) When individuals can predict the meanings associated with particular social actions.
D) When individuals interact with each other on any and all levels.

Question 17

How would you judge the following statement? "Using our sociological imagination we can critically explain the human experience by situating it in social relationships. Social institutions provide the background information about what people think and do in enduring social relationships. This allows us to identify the social values that influence the interaction that occurs in social relationships."

A) Excellent (the statement is correct, with a clear and correct assumption about the concept)
B) Good (the statement is correct, but the assumption about the concept is incorrect)
C) Mediocre (the statement is correct, and the assumption about the concept is irrelevant)
D) Unacceptable (the statement is incorrect and the explanation is unclear and irrelevant)

Question 18

How do we explain the relationship between physicians, nurses, patients, administrators and researchers in the health care institution?

A) Each social status position has its own social roles, norms and values which those in other social . status positions must learn in order to interact
B) The social norms and social roles of each social status position are related through shared values which influence their social interactions
C) The relationships between social status positions differ dependent upon the health care situation, thus value debates occur in order to establish social roles, norms and values
D) There is a hierarchy of social status positions, each position has their own social roles and social norms but they defer to the values of the highest social status position

Question 19

What were the broader social changes that occurred during the Industrial Revolution that led to current changes in social views about marriage in Canada?

A) Decreased need for order and security; decreased freedom; anonymity
B) More acceptance of authority; increased freedom; less surveillance
C) Increased need for order and security; more acceptance of authority; decreased freedom
D) Less acceptance of authority; increased freedom; anonymity

Question 20

The decline of forms of authority associated with feudalism and rural communities, increased levels of anonymity and opportunities to meet like-minded people in the early 1800's led to which of the following?

A) Increased surveillance
B) Collective identity
C) Decrease in religious beliefs
D) Lack of authority figures