DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (Sociology) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2018.
PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — × 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following in about 150 words each.
1. Define socialisation. Explain the stages of socialisation.
2. Explain the forms of social life.
3. How did heredity and environment influence the
personality?
4. State the concept of accommodation and assimilation.
5. Explain the C.H. Cooley's looking glass self theory.
6. Enumerate the kinds of social control.
7. Write a note on disassociative processes.
8. Explain the unilinear theory of social change.
PART B — × 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following in about 700 words each.
9. Enumerate the factors of social change.
10. Elucidate about the associative process in social
processes.
11. Give an account on theories of social change.
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12. State the norms and laws of social control.
13. Describe the agencies of socialisation.
14. ''Society is an important system'' Justify.
15. Give an account on disassociative social process.
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