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Understanding Social Institutions

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What is the primary responsibility of the family institution in society?

Producing new members and socializing them to societal norms (correct)

Providing purpose and meaning to life

Producing and distributing necessities of life

Maintaining peace and order

According to T.Hobbes and J.Lock's philosophy, what was the initial state of human kind?

A state of cooperation and mutual aid

Total individual freedom with the existence of social institutions

A state of complete dependence on others for survival

A state of nature without the need for social institutions and organization (correct)

What is the primary function of economic institutions in society?

Providing purpose and meaning to life

Providing education and socialization

Maintaining peace and order

Producing and distributing necessities of life (correct)

What is the main purpose of religious institutions in society?

Providing purpose and meaning to life Signup and view all the answers

How many major social institutions are mentioned in the text?

5 Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of social institutions in a society?

To meet certain basic needs of the society Signup and view all the answers

What is the argument of sociologists regarding the origin of social institutions?

Social institutions have emerged with the emergence of man as a distinctive species Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'institution' refer to in an ordinary sense?

An organization with definite system of interaction Signup and view all the answers

What are the two elements that social institutions are composed of and concerned with?

Persons and patterns of interaction Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of how persons interact to create, sustain, or transform social relationships?

Micro-sociology Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of patterns of social relationships and how they fit together to create a society?

Macro-sociology Signup and view all the answers

What is a social institution defined as, in terms of its components?

A system of norms, values, statuses, and roles Signup and view all the answers