Lesson 3

Question 1

It refers to the organized sets of elements such as beliefs, rules, practices,
and relationships that exist to attain social order.

Answer 1

Social institutions

Question 2

It focuses on social relations rather than rules, norms, beliefs or values.

Answer 2

Relational Approach

Question 3

It tells us that social institutions are ordered sets of rules, norms, beliefs, or
values that organize human behavior.

Answer 3

Institutional approach

Question 4

It’s considered a vital social institution. In the Philippines, the family is
considered as the foundation of the nation, as stated in the 987 Constitution.

Answer 4

Family

Question 5

also known as immediate families that are composed
of parents and children

Answer 5

Nuclear Family

Question 6

are those that are composed of the nuclear family
and other relatives such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Answer 6

Extended family

Question 7

are composed of the spouses and their children
from a previous marriage

Answer 7

Reconstituted families

Question 8

one’s descent is based on the female line

Answer 8

MATRILINEAL KINSHIP

Question 9

one’s descent is based on the male line

Answer 9

PATRILINEAL KINSHIP

Question 10

refers to a descent system based on both the male
and female lines

Answer 10

BILINEAL KINSHIP

Question 11

for more Christian societies, marriage is monogamous which
means that a spouse cannot have more than one spouse

Answer 11

MONOGAMOUS

Question 12

among Islamic societies, marriage can be polygamous which
means that a person can have more than one spouse.

Answer 12

POLYGAMOUS

Question 13

a husband could take many wives

Answer 13

POLYGYNY

Question 14

a wife can have many husbands

Answer 14

POLYANDRY

Question 15

It is an institution that addresses questions regarding limited resources of
society

Answer 15

The economy

Question 16

The 4 Social Institutions

Answer 16

1. Family, Marriage, and Kinship
2. The Economy
3. Educational and Health Institutions
4. Religion

Question 17

the answers to the important questions regarding the
resources of the society should be determined by the market

Answer 17

Liberal economists

Question 18

They believe that the bourgeoisie or the social class are largely
controlling the means of production would have and overwhelming control over
the free-market economy

Answer 18

Socialists

Question 19

made up of those who are involved in the financial sector like bankers, industrialists, and owners of corporations.

Answer 19

BOURGEOISIE (the social class)

Question 20

the market and the state should be under the control of the proletariat or the laborers.

Answer 20

PROLETARIAT (the labors)

Question 21

It is the solution to the alienation of man in a free market system and is an alternative to a free market system controlled by bankers and industrialists.

Answer 21

Communism

Question 22

• It refers to cases when the market becomes inefficient due to imperfect competition, imperfect information, imperfect mobility, and the like.
• In the Philippine context, the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program –locally known as Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) could be seen as a government intervention in the economy.

Answer 22

Market failures

Question 23

ensure that individuals are functionally literate.
Schools do not only ensure a literate population; they also transmit culture. The
beliefs, norms, values, and practices of a society are taught in classrooms

Answer 23

Educational Institutions

Question 24

• It is an institution that involves a set of beliefs and practices of a particular
  social group.
• It is important therefore to know how the beliefs of a religion affect the
  actions of its members

Answer 24

Religion

Question 25

a religion that may be organized into a group that has universal membership

Answer 25

Church

Question 26

it could also be organized into an exclusive group

Answer 26

Sect

Question 27

refers to religious that believe in only one God

Answer 27

Monotheistic
EX: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam

Question 28

religions believe in many Gods

Answer 28

Polytheistic
EX: Hinduism – oldest religion in Asia

Question 29

• It is not considered a religion but rather a belief system that holds that both
  animate and inanimate things have a spiritual essence.
• As a result, animists venerate objects such as rocks, lakes, plants, and other
  natural elements

Answer 29

Animism
EX: Shintoism and Jainism

Question 30

• The scientific phase will mean the end of mysticism and the start of the secularization process.
• The secularization theory predicts the decrease in the influence of religion and organized churches in social affairs.

Answer 30

Secularization

Question 31

States with governments that are under the power of religious leaders are
called theocracies

Answer 31

Theocracies

Question 32

it is argued that the secularization theory is
limited given the influence of liberation theology. It also became the
mission of the Catholic Church to be involved in addressing issues, most
particularly poverty, in the social sphere

Answer 32

Liberation Theology