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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034 M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION - MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY. FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2012 SO 1810 - CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY Date : 03-05-2012 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks Time : 9:00 - 12:00 Part – A Write a short note on ALL of the following in about 30 words each: (10 x 2 = 20 Marks) 1. Value Freedom. 2. Determinism. 3. Egoisc Insncts. 4. Role-Distance. 5. Hermeneucs. 6. Adaptaon. 7. Reificaon. 8. Social Construcon of Reality. 9. Nonfuncons. 10. Repressive law. 11. Voluntarism. Part – B Answer any Five quesons in about 300 words each: (5 x 8 = 40 Marks) 12. How does Comte look at Individuals in society? Why did he say that individuals are incapable of self-control? 13. Explain Durkheim’s views on crime and punishment. 14. What are the four interaconal principles that constrain face-to-face interacon? 15. Explain Weber’s concept of Verstehen. Does it give a raonal procedure to study society? 16. Explain the structure of the capitalist society proposed by Marx. 17. Explain Parsons’ concepon of Acon, Interacon and Instuonalizaon. 18. Explain the four funconal imperaves, proposed by Parsons that are necessary for all systems. Part – C Answer any Two quesons in about 1200 words each: (2 x 20 = 40 Marks) 19. Explain Parsonian Structural Funconalism and evaluate the major cricism of structural funconalism proposed by Ritzer. 20. Examine in detail how Comte presented his three stages of social development ‘mentaliscally’. 21. Crically evaluate Weber’s structures of authority. 22. Examine in detail how Goffman perceived the self as the product of a dramac interacon between actor and audience.
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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034 M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION - MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY.
FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2012SO 1810 - CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
Date : 03-05-2012 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks Time : 9:00 - 12:00
Part – A
Write a short note on ALL of the following in about 30 words each: (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)
1. Value Freedom.2. Determinism.3. Egoistic Instincts. 4. Role-Distance.5. Hermeneutics. 6. Adaptation. 7. Reification.8. Social Construction of Reality.9. Nonfunctions.10. Repressive law.11. Voluntarism.
Part – B
Answer any Five questions in about 300 words each: (5 x 8 = 40 Marks)
12. How does Comte look at Individuals in society? Why did he say that individuals are incapable of self-control?
13. Explain Durkheim’s views on crime and punishment.14. What are the four interactional principles that constrain face-to-face interaction?15. Explain Weber’s concept of Verstehen. Does it give a rational procedure to study society?16. Explain the structure of the capitalist society proposed by Marx.17. Explain Parsons’ conception of Action, Interaction and Institutionalization.18. Explain the four functional imperatives, proposed by Parsons that are necessary for all systems.
Part – CAnswer any Two questions in about 1200 words each: (2 x 20 = 40 Marks)
19. Explain Parsonian Structural Functionalism and evaluate the major criticism of structural functionalism proposed by Ritzer.
20. Examine in detail how Comte presented his three stages of social development ‘mentalistically’. 21. Critically evaluate Weber’s structures of authority.22. Examine in detail how Goffman perceived the self as the product of a dramatic interaction
between actor and audience.
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