CONCEPCION HOLY CROSS COLLEGES INC.

MIDTERM EXAMS
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Name: ___________________________ Date: _________________________ Score: ______________

Course/Year & Section: ___________Student No#. _____________ Student Permit No# _____________

TEST 1Select your answers from the sets of terms/words from the grid below.

1. PRIMARY GROUPar e groups in which relationships are spontaneous, personal and intimate,
which also involves interaction among members who have an emotional investment in one
another and in a situation , who know one another intimately, and interact as total individuals
rather than through specialized roles. _________________________
2. SECONDARY GROUPSare groups in which relationships are impersonal and widely separate,
and they are characterized by much less intimacy among the members, usually, they have
specific goals and are formally organized and impersonal. _________________________
3. GEMEINSCHAFT societyRelationships among members of the group are close, durable, and
highly valued, they live together and develop common experiences, interests, memories and
histories. _________________________
4. GESSELSCHAFT society Social relationships tend to be impersonal and segmented, and social
ties become associational, springing from an elaborate division of labour
_______________________
5. VERBINDUNGSNETZCHAFTIn this type of society interaction takes place through social
networks and communication channels that are not necessarily limited to primary and
secondary groups in terms of relations. ______________________________
6. SOCIAL FACILITATIONA situation in which an individual is stimulated by the presence of
others, aroused or motivated to perform some kinds of physical and social skills at higher levels
of excellence. ____________________________
7. SOCIAL INHIBITIONA situation in which the presence of others blocks or retards ones
performance. ____________________________
8. BUREAUCRACYRefers to a formal, rationally organized and highly organized social structure
with clearly defined patterns of activity in which, ideally, every series of actions is fundamentally
related to the organizations purpose. ___________________________
9. SOCIAL AGGREGATEMay refer to people who might be simply incidentally assembled in a
certain place without any particular interaction with one another nor share a purpose.
___________________________
10. SOCIAL GROUP A specific number of individuals where each recognizes members from non-
members and each has a sense of what others do and think as well as what the purpose of the
association is.____________________________________
11. COMMON ANCESTRYSometimes called blood groups in which members are related by birth,
marriage, or adoption. ________________________________
12. TERRITORIAL PROXIMITYA very good basis for a groups classification where members of the
group are identified with the name of the place where they are. __________________________
13. SECONDARY GROUPSAre groups in which relationships are impersonal and widely separate,
characterized by much less intimacy among the members and are formally organized.
_________________________
14. SOCIOMETRYThe approach which social scientists contend that the only way they could study
the mix of feelings that persons have about one another in any social relationship.
_________________________
15. SOCIOGRAMThe graph in which social choices, social ties and relationships are diagrammed.
_________________________
16. DYADA small group which consist of two persons. _______________________
17. STRUCTUREA dimension of a group which refers to the patterning of actual behaviour which
could be either a formal or informal in terms of its organization. __________________________
18. COHESIVENESSA group dimension where the degree to which members of a group cooperate
with each other. ______________________________

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 19. PETER PRINCIPLEThe Theory which claims that in Bureaucracies, employees are promoted
until they rise to their level of incompetence, reaching the eventual final point of the job for
which they will be no longer qualified. ____________________________
20. SOCIAL INTERACTIONThis refers to the process by which people act and react in relation to
others. ________________________
21. COOPERATIONA type of social interaction which refers to the collaborative efforts between
people to achieve a common goal, often takes place when two or more individuals produce a
desired end more efficiently and effectively. ____________________________
22. CONFLICTAnother type of social interaction which involves direct struggle between individuals
or groups over commonly valued resources or goals through their contrasting points of views.
_____________________________
23. STATUS/ESThe term ordinarily means prestige, however, in sociology, this refers particularly
to a position in social structure-bearing any position that determines where a person fits within
the society. ___________________________
24. ACHIEVED STATUSRefers to an acquired social position that is assumed voluntarily which
reflects a significant measure of personal ability and efforts. _________________________
25. ETHNOMETHODOLOGYA specialized approach within the symbolic interaction paradigm which
designates a system of method or principles towards the understanding of cultural
surroundings, and was derived from two Greek words. __________________________
26. NETWORKSAn element of social interaction which refers to the web of relationships that
connects an individual to many other people, both directly and indirectly.
________________________
27. NORMSAre specific rules of behaviour that are agreed upon and shared and prescribed limits
of acceptable behaviour. _____________________________
28. TRIADA group which is composed of three persons. _______________________
29. SOCIAL INSTITUTIONSThese are established organizations with particular patterns of beliefs
and behaviour focused on basic social needs. ___________________________
30. ROLE STRAINRefers to the incompatibility among the roles corresponding to a single status.
_______________________

TEST 11ESSAY. Choose only 2 topics and discuss briefly. (20 points each)

1. Differentiate the following:

a. Primary and Secondary Groups
b. Gemeinschaft and gesselschaft communities

2. Give and explain the main characteristics of bureaucracy.

3. Illustrate the following by giving specific examples

a. Cooperation & Conflict

b. Social Inhibition & Social Facilitation

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