by BSOC 101 Repetitive Topics and Questions
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| Repeated Topics | Repeated Questions with Year and Term |
| Emergence of Sociology | Discuss the factors for the emergence of sociology. (Dec 2022)Explain the factors for the emergence of sociology. (Dec 2020)How does the Industrial Revolution contribute to the emergence of Sociology? (Dec 2021)– Describe the social background to the emergence of Sociology in Europe. (June 2023) |
| Sociology and History | Does sociology have a relationship with history? (June 2024)– In what ways is Sociology related with History? (June 2023)– Examine the relationship of sociology with history. (June 2022) |
| Sociology and Anthropology | Discuss the similarities and differences between sociology and anthropology. (Dec 2022)– What are the similarities and differences between Sociology and Social Anthropology? (June 2023)Discuss the relationship between Sociology and Social Anthropology. (Dec 2020) |
| Sociology and Other Social Sciences | – Examine the similarities of sociology with economics. (Dec 2022)– Examine the relationship of Sociology with Political Science. (Dec 2021) |
| Social Organization | – What is social organization? Discuss its various perspectives. (June 2024)– What is social organisation? Discuss its various perspectives. (Dec 2020) |
| Community | – Describe the salient features of community. (June 2024)– What is a community? How have sociologists and social anthropologists described a community? (June 2023)– Describe the characteristics of Community. (Dec 2021) |
| Culture | – Discuss the concept of culture and its major characteristics. (June 2023)– What is Culture? Describe its characteristics. (Dec 2021) |
| Social Institutions | – Explain the concept of a social institution and its different types. (June 2023)– Examine the concept of Institution and its salient features. (Dec 2022) |
| Functionalism / Functional Theory | – Discuss Mahinowsk’s theory of functionalism. (June 2024)– Discuss the functional theory of Malinowski. (June 2022)– Describe the premises of functionalism. (Dec 2020)– Discuss the structural-functional approach of Radcliffe Brown. (Dec 2021) |
| Social Change | – Explain the evolutionary theories of social change. (June 2024)– Discuss the approaches to the understanding of social change. (June 2022)– Discuss various factors of social change. (Dec 2020) |
| Socialisation | – Discuss the various types of socialisation. (Dec 2022)– Discuss the different types of socialisation. (Dec 2020) |
| Development of Self / Mead | – Explain Mead’s theory of development of self. (June 2022) |
| Sociological Methods / Perspectives | – Examine Bauman’s contribution to sociological methods. (Dec 2022)– Explain the perspectives of Mills and Bauman on understanding social reality. (Dec 2020)– Discuss the meaning of the concept ‘abstracted empiricism’ used by C. W. Mills. (June 2023)– How do sociological methods help to understand social reality? (Dec 2021) |
| Classification of Social Groups | – Explain the bases of the classification of social groups. (Dec 2021) |
| Social Control | – Explain the different agencies of social control. (June 2024) |
| Historical Sociology | – Explain ‘historical sociology’ as a sub-discipline of Sociology. (Dec 2021) |
| Economic Sociology | – Discuss economic sociology as a sub-discipline of sociology. (June 2022) |
