SCC Study Guide 2026
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📋 SCC Exam Format at a Glance
📚 SCC Topics to Study (55)
✍️ Sample SCC Questions & Answers
1. The concept of 'social mobility' refers to:
Social mobility describes movement up or down the social hierarchy, either within a person's lifetime (intragenerational) or across generations (intergenerational).
2. Which term refers to the resistance movements that emerge within societies to protect local culture, religion, or identity against perceived threats from globalization?
Particularism emphasizes the defense of local, specific identities and traditions against the homogenizing pressures of global cultural flows.
3. Resocialization, such as that occurring in prisons or the military, is best characterized as:
Resocialization involves a deliberate process of replacing an individual's existing norms and identity with new ones, often in a total institution setting.
4. What is the mode of: 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 3, 6?
The mode is the value that appears most frequently. The number 3 appears three times, more than any other value.
5. In functionalist theory, Davis and Moore argued that social stratification exists because:
Davis and Moore's functional theory holds that unequal rewards are necessary to attract qualified individuals to the most socially important roles.
6. In sociology, 'secularization' refers to:
Secularization describes the declining influence of religion in public life, institutions, and individual belief as societies modernize.