Unit 3 of Sociology (syllabus: Module III — the associative and dissociative social processes; social change, its factors and theories; and the methods of social research). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.
What this unit covers
- What is a social process, and how are the social processes classified?
- What is accommodation, and what are its methods?
- How does assimilation differ from accommodation, and what helps or hinders it?
- How do competition, conflict and contravention differ?
- What is social change, and what are its characteristics?
- How does technology change society, and what is cultural lag?
- What is Sanskritization, and how does it stand against modernization and westernization?
- How is social research conducted, and what can go wrong with each tool?
Treat that list as a self-test: recite each topic's rule from memory before you open its cases.