SOCIOLOGY

LONG ESSAYS
UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION
1. Define sociology. Nature and scope of sociology. Significance of sociology in
nursing.

UNIT 2: SOCIAL STRUCTURE

2. Define social change. Nature and process of social change.
3. Define social group. Classification of social group. Explain the characteristics of
primary and secondary group.
4. Describe meaning, characteristics of society. Difference between society and
community
5. What is socialization? Explain the agencies of socialization and process of
socialization
6. Write about rural community, characteristics, problems and development.
7. Write about urban community, characteristics, major health problems.
8. Write about tribal community.

UNIT 3: CULTURE
9. Define culture? Explain diversity and uniformity of culture.
10. Culture influence on health in present society.

UNIT 4: FAMILY AND MARRIAGE

11. Define family and its role in individual’s health.
12. Define marriage. Types and functions of marriage. Family, marriage and their
influence on health and health practice.
13. Explain in detail about functions of family.

UNIT 5: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

14. Define caste, characteristics and changing trends of caste system and origin of caste
system.
15. Forms of social stratification
16. Explain social stratification. The features of caste in modern India.

UNIT 6: SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND DISORGANIZATION

17. Define social control. Various methods of social control.
18. Poverty. Types and factors of poverty. Causes and remedies of poverty.
19. Social disorganization. Social problems and causes, effects and controlling measures.
20. Types of social control. Write in detail about formal and informal social control.

UNIT 7: CLINCIAL SOCIOLOGY

21. Define sociology. Functions of clinical sociology.
SHORT NOTES:
UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION
1. Role of sociology in nursing
2. Nature of sociology
3. Branches of sociology
4. Scope of sociology

UNIT 2: SOCIAL STRUCTURE

5. Nature of primary group
6. Co-operation & isolation
7. Conflict
8. Socialization process
9. Individual & society
10. Competition
11. Agencies of socialization
12. Personal disorganization
13. Process & importance of socialization
14. Association & institution
15. Accommodation & assimilation

UNIT 3: CULTURE
16. Impact of culture on health & illness
17. Nature of culture
18. Diversity & uniformity of culture
19. Transcultural nursing & society
20. Evolution of culture

UNIT 4: FAMILY AND MARRIAGE

21. Types of family
22. Forms of marriage
23. Social customs related to marriage
24. Non-essential functions of family
25. Types of marriage
26. Influence of marriage and family on health
27. Role of family in health.

UNIT 5: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

28. Characteristics of caste system
29. Changes of Indian case system
30. Positive and negative aspect of caste
31. Difference between class and caste
32. Social mobility and race.

UNIT 6: SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND DISORGANIZATION

33. Causes and remedy of prostitution
34. Problems of handicapped people
 35. Substance abuse
36. Types and rehabilitation of handicapped
37. Poverty and illiteracy
38. Forms of social control
39. Causes of social disorganization
40. Explain the minority group
41. Child labor
42. Dowry

UNIT 7: CLINCIAL SOCIOLOGY

43. Role of clinical sociology in crisis intervention
44. Sociological strategy for developing services for the abused.

SHORT ANSWERS:
UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION
1. Father of sociology
2. Define sociology
3. Write any 2 importance of sociology

UNIT 2: SOCIAL STRUCTURE

4. 2 difference between primary and secondary group
5. 2 difference between rural and urban community
6. 4 agencies of socialization
7. Elements of community
8. Characteristics of social change
9. Characteristics of society
10. Characteristics of tribe
11. What is social change
12. Types of competition
13. Difference between community and society
14. Define personal disorganization
15. Define community
16. 2 importance of primary group
17. 2 nature of social change
18. What is secondary group
19. In-group and out-group
20. Examples of indirect co-operation
21. What is primary group and give an example
22. Stages of socialization and process
23. Classifications of social group

UNIT 3: CULTURE
24. Nature of culture
25. Define culture
26. Define civilization
27. What is material culture
UNIT 4: FAMILY AND MARRIAGE
28. 4 functions of family
29. List out the forms of marriage
30. Functions of marriage
31. Define marriage and family
32. Define extended family
33. Define joint family
34. What is monogamy marriage
35. 4 Indian marriage act
36. Define polygamy marriage
37. Patriarchal family

UNIT 5: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

38. Define social status
39. Types of social status
40. Ascribed status. Give examples
41. Define achieved status
42. Define social mobility and types
43. Types of race
44. Define race
45. 2 demerits of caste system

UNIT 6: SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND DISORGANIZATION

46. Expand AIDS/HIV
47. Social norms
48. Types of poverty
49. Problems of elderly people
50. 2 family welfare program
51. Juvenile delinquency and causes
52. 4 effects of illiteracy
53. Examples for informal means of social control
54. 4 causes of social disorganization
55. Define vulnerable group
56. Housing
57. Causes of poverty
58. Child abuse
59. Mention 4 minority groups
60. Mention 4 causes of dowry and child labor and elderly abuse
61. Juvenile justice board
62. Voluntary organization
63. Types of elderly abuse
64. Define social control
65. Social welfare programmee – 2
66. Voluntary association
67. Preventive measures of juvenile delinquency
68. Point out 2 causes of social disorganization
UNIT 7: CLINICAL SOCIOLOGY
69. Define clinical sociology
70. Uses of clinical sociology in crisis intervention