Originally Posted by SADIA SHAFIQ

same is the case with me ,I was thinking I have become sociologist and presented my recipe of ideas .Which theory is relevant .I took the stance both are relevant and point areas and institutions and world demography as well .

If examiner would be happy ,then I am in luckiest ,other wise.......

Originally Posted by Farhad Aslam

I don't understand why some questions are asked in black and white manner, when a moderate and impartial view seems more practical. Lets hope that examiners do not operate in binary mode.

Originally Posted by SADIA SHAFIQ

3.Ascribed status is by birth ,for example daughter is ascribed status or prince is also ; the status is by birth or inheritance .

4. Cultural lag is due to conflict between between real and ideal culture ; the material or non material / symbolic culture .

5. August comete is father of sociology

Originally Posted by Hamid S

6. A Stimulus-Response Condition between two persons is called:
(c) Interaction (Dialogue is the conversation between two or more people. Interaction is the reciprocal action between two or more people)

8. A verified and verifiable proposition is
(c) Fact (Hypothesis is a verifiable proposition only, once verified, it becomes a fact)

9. Urbanism is
(b) An attitude (Urbanization is the process of becoming urbanized, whereas, Urbanism is the characteristic way of life of the urbanites)

12. Innovation is
(d) None of these. (Innovation is not a discovery, invention, discovery+invention. It is a complicated lengthy process of implementation of something new in the society)

13. Emphasis in quantitative data is on
(c) Reliability and validity

14. A sample is
(c) Giving a few examples from population. (The process of selecting items is 'Sampling'. 'Sample' is the term used fr the selected items.
A part can't represent the whole Universe, a few different parts can do so)

16. A social caste is always
(d) None of these. (A social caste is always closed, but MOSTLY endogamous. It is not always endogamous)

18. A socially expected and approved behaviour is called
Isn't it Folkway? Norms are rules, enforced behaviour whereas Folkway is the way of common people.

Corrections would be appreciated!

Originally Posted by Maaz Ahmed COT

In cultural lag material culture changes quickly but non material culture takes time

Originally Posted by ashiq e hussain

WORST PAPER EVER . . .
1 )actually my mistake was that in v first question i have given more preference to emile durkheim as i hav gone thru abt him . i think examiner would not find my answer relevant or appropriate .
2) if examiner would not find my first ans relevant he would not check my whole paper or he would further check my paper as i have done well rest of the papers ...