LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – SOCIOLOGY
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FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2006
SO 1803 – PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY
Date & Time : 22-04-2006/1.00-4.00 P.M. Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
PART – A
Answer the following questions in about 30 words each. (10 x 2 = 20 marks)
- Define society.
- What is an institution?
- Explain the term ‘social structure’.
- What according to Comte, are the three laws of progress?
- Define culture.
- What is meant by ‘ethnocentrism’?
- What is socialisation?
- Explain the term ‘assimilation’.
- Define class.
- What are the different types of marriage?
PART – B
Answer any FIVE questions in about 300 words each. (5 x 8 = 40 marks)
- Examine the status of sociology as a science.
- Explain Cooley’s theory of looking glass self.
- Elucidate the process of socialisation.
- Discuss the dissociative social processes of competition and conflict.
- What is deviance? Examine the social significance of deviant behaviour.
- Briefly describe the important kinship usages.
- Discuss the important functions of the institution of family.
PART – B
Answer any TWO questions in about 1200 words each. (2 x 10 = 20 marks)
- Define Sociology. Discuss the nature, scope and importance of Sociology.
- What is social control? What is the importance of social control? Describe the methods of social control.
- Define social change. Discuss the different theories of social change.
- Elaborate upon the caste system of social stratification.
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