LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION - MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY
VB 23
FIRST SEMESTER – November 2008
MS 1805/SO 1803/MS 1800 - PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY
Date : 04-11-08
Time : 1:00 - 4:00
Dept. No.
Max. : 100 Marks
PART – A
Answer the following questions in about 30 words each:
(10x2=20)
01. Define Sociology.
02. List the salient features of community.
03. What is an institution?
04. Explain the term ‘Social structure’.
05. Define culture
06. What is xenocentrism?
07. Outline the importance of social groups.
08. Differentiate between formal and informal methods of social control.
09. What is a social norm?
10. What are the important sources of social change?
PART – B
Answer any FIVE of the following in about 300 words each:
(5 x 8 =40)
11. Is Sociology a science? Substantiate.
12. Explain the concept of ‘Sociological Imagination’ with suitable example.
13. Elucidate the role and importance of culture to the individual and society.
14. Explain the different types of social groups and the criteria involved in the classification.
15. Critically examine the different types of deviance.
16. Analyze the factors of social change.
17. Elucidate the functional theories of social change.
PART – C
Answer any TWO of the following questions in about 1200 words each:
(2 x 20 = 40)
18. Define socialization. What are the important agents of socialization? Explain with example the
role of different agents of socialization.
19. What are social processes? Examine the associative social processes explaining the factors
facilitating and hindering each of the processes.
20. Define deviance. Illustrate the factors facilitating deviance.
21. What is Social change? Critically examine the cyclical theories of social change.
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