Sociology I · Practice questions
Thinkers, methods, stratification, religion, change
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How will you describe 'employee alienation' in services sector as a phenomenon?
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Labour and SocietyOrganisation of Work
Analyze the paradox of education as both a means of emancipation and reproduction of inequality.
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Education and Social ChangeEquality, Inequality and Exclusion
The use of common sense in sociology is akin to a double-edged sword. Do you agree?
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What are functions? Provide a functional analysis on globalisation.
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Robert K. MertonTheories and Agents of Social Change
Origins of Symbolic Interactionism can be traced to Max Weber. Discuss.
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Non-positivist MethodologiesMax Weber
Max Weber's concept of rationalization is a 'double-edged sword'. Discuss. (b) Explain the functional perspective on marriage and discuss how some of its functions are being taken over by other institutions. (c) Examine the salience of Dependency Theory in understanding social change and global inequalities.
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Max WeberTheories and Agents of Social Change
"The observer becomes the observed in participant observation." Examine. Evaluate the impact of affirmative action on historical inequalities.
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Research Methods and Data CollectionEquality, Inequality and Exclusion
Evaluate the impact of affirmative action on historical inequalities.
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Equality, Inequality and ExclusionSocial Mobility
Analyse how Sociology as a discipline was born out of the attempt to understand the transformations that seemed to threaten the stability of society.
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Emergence of Sociology
Explain the role of individual and technology in sustainable development.
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Discuss the significance of an increasingly modernizing Western society as a historical antecedent of the emergence of Sociology as a discipline.
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Emergence of Sociology
What is the difference between natural and social inequality? Is inequality inevitable in society? Give your views.
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Equality, Inequality and ExclusionTheories of Stratification
Discuss the relationship between science and religion in the contemporary world.
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Religion in Modern SocietySociology of Religion
Analyse the significance of changing gender roles and ageing on family systems.
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Family, Household and MarriagePatriarchy and Gender
Do you agree to the view that interviews expose gaps between perception and reality.
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Research Methods and Data Collection
How do rules of descent and alliance in kinship differ from each other? Illustrate.
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Lineage and DescentFamily, Household and Marriage
Do all global religions exhibit patriarchal characteristics? Provide illustrative examples to support your argument.
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Patriarchy and GenderSociology of Religion
How was the social organization of work in feudal society compared to that of slave society?
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Organisation of Work
"The positivist preference for objectivity in data collection often leads to rigidity in research tools." Critically evaluate this statement with reference to the use of questionnaires.
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What do you understand by social action? How did Parsons use them for describing social systems?
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Talcott ParsonsMax Weber
What is a scientific method? Can a scientific method be truly objective?
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Science and Scientific MethodFact, Value and Objectivity
When asked to compare Sociology and Psychology, G.H. Mead made an analogy about studying the trees or the forest to compare sociology and individual human behavior. What do you think?
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What is meant by collective consciousness? Discuss its role in maintaining social cohesion.
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Emile Durkheim
Differentiate between objectivity and value neutrality in sociological research.
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Fact, Value and ObjectivityPositivism and Its Critique