Sociology I · Practice questions
Thinkers, methods, stratification, religion, change
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Explain the role of individual and technology in sustainable development.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Pattern variables, provides the overall direction in which most members of a social system choose their roles but this can be really different from real life settings. In light of this critically discuss Parson's concept of Pattern variables.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
Talcott Parsons
Media has evolved over years from print and TV media to social media and mass media as well. 6(c) 'Cultural lag' refers to desynchronisation between material (e.g. tech.) and non-material (e.g. values) dimensions of society - Ogburn. 7(a) Capitalist society is largely denoted by a motive of shareholder capitalism where labours sell their skills and owner of Means of production own the resulting goods.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
Science, Technology and Social ChangeTheories and Agents of Social Change
Discuss the significance of an increasingly modernizing Western society as a historical antecedent of the emergence of Sociology as a discipline.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Emergence of Sociology
Davis-Moore theory appear rational and realistic but it was highly challenged by Tumin. Elaborate.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
Theories of StratificationEquality, Inequality and Exclusion
Examine dig-parenting as a need of the hour in an increasingly digitised world.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022
Science, Technology and Social ChangeTheories and Agents of Social Change
What is the difference between natural and social inequality? Is inequality inevitable in society? Give your views.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Equality, Inequality and ExclusionTheories of Stratification
Max Weber as an interpretative sociologist believed that Sociology cannot be explained but only understood. However, he did believe in general patterns in society. 3(b) Compare and contrast the perspectives of Emile Durkheim and Max Weber on the study of society.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2016
Max WeberEmile Durkheim
In the "Elementary forms of Religions practices", Durkheim defines religion to be a set of beliefs and practices related to sacred things, beliefs and practices that constitute into a moral community who adhere to the same.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Sociology of ReligionEmile Durkheim
Discuss the relationship between science and religion in the contemporary world.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Religion in Modern SocietySociology of Religion
Rostow's growth model asserted that all countries exist somewhere on the linear spectrum, and climb upward through each stage in the development process. Comment
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022
Development and DependencyTheories and Agents of Social Change
Modernity has many children, one of them is fundamentalism. Critically evaluate the relevance. (b) Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Analyse. (c) There is a strong correspondence b/w sociology of Religion and Sociology of knowledge. comment. (d) Many social theorists have built on Marx's conflict theory to bolster it, grow it and refine it over the years. comment. (e) Industrialisation has disrupted trad relationship b/w generations, as well as, the relationship b/w spouses in a familial structure. Discuss.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022
Power and ElitesProtest and Social Movements
The scope of sociology has evolved over time to respond to the changing needs of social research. Discuss.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
Sociology and Other Social SciencesEmergence of Sociology
Analyse the significance of changing gender roles and ageing on family systems.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Family, Household and MarriagePatriarchy and Gender
According to non-positivists, what are the limitations of applying scientific methods in sociology?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Non-positivist MethodologiesScience and Scientific Method
Talcott Parsons' theory of social system has been criticised as veiled status quoist ideology. Critically examine.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2016
Talcott Parsons
Society gradually moves to an even higher state of civilization and that it advances in a linear fashion and in the direction of improvement. Discuss.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Theories and Agents of Social Change
COVID-19 and research methodology; 5(a) Changing scope of sociology with reference to pandemic.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Sociology and Other Social SciencesResearch Methods and Data Collection
Do you agree to the view that interviews expose gaps between perception and reality.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Research Methods and Data Collection
Distinguish between nomothetic and idiographic approaches in social research.
15 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2016
Science and Scientific MethodNon-positivist Methodologies
Discuss implications of social mobility at individual and societal level in different structures.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2020
Social MobilityClass, Status, Gender and Race
Durkheim and Marx differed in their treatment of the 'Division of Labour'. Discuss.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
Emile DurkheimKarl Marx
How does George Herbert Mead's concept of self contribute to our understanding of the social construction of individual identity and the role of social interaction in shaping the development of selfhood?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
G. H. Mead
Participant Observation is a convenient approach to gather information, but it can be grossly misleading as well. Discuss.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Research Methods and Data CollectionNon-positivist Methodologies