LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

OL 28

FIRST SEMESTER – April 2009

MS 1805 / 1800 – PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY

 

 

 

Date & Time: 25/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00  Dept. No.                                                    Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

SECTION – A

 

Answer the following questions in about 30 words each.      (10 x 2 = 20 marks)

 

1. Define Community.
2. Define the term ‘society’.
3. What is an association?
4. Mention the characteristic features of culture.
5. Explain the concept of ethnocentrism.
6. What is meant by the term ‘socialization’?
7. Differentiate between associative and dissociative social processes.
8. Define social control.
9. Differentiate between primary and secondary groups.
10. What are the sources of social change?

 

PART – B

 

Answer any FIVE questions in about 300 words each.         (5 x 8 = 40 marks)

 

11. Explain the important uses of the discipline of sociology.
12. Elucidate the concept of ‘sociological imagination’.
13. Briefly describe the process of socialization.
14. Delineate the importance of social group in social life.
15. Define deviance. Illustrate the factors facilitating deviance.
16. Explain with example the different associative social processes.
17. Elucidate the conflict theory of social change.

 

PART – C

 

Answer any TWO questions in about 1200 words each. (2 x 20 = 40 marks)

 

18. Define Sociology. Discuss the nature and scope of sociology.
19. Define culture. Elucidate the role of culture. Examine the growth of culture.
20. Outline the important goals of social control. Explain with example the formal and informal methods of social control.
21. What is social change? Discuss the factors of social change.

 

 

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