UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN
ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/2016
DECEMBER EXAMINATION
MPU331
SOCIOLOGY IN MALA’
[AN CONTEXT.
FRIDAY, 18 DECEMBER 2015 TIME: 2.30PM- 4.30PM (2 HOURS)
BACHELOR OF ARTS (HONS) EARLY CHILDHOOD STUDIES
Instruction to Candidates:
Answer FOUR questions only in Section A:
Answer TWO questions only in Section B;
Answer TWO questions only in Section C.
Write your answer in the provided answer booklet.
This question paper cons
is of 11 questions on 3 printed pagesPU33173 SOCIOLOGY IN MALAYS!
TION A: (TOTAL: 20 MARKS)
CONTEXT
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ANSWER FOUR QUESTIONS ONLY
Explain the following terms or concepts with ONE. example:
Ql. Social Stratification [5 marks]
@. Looking Glass Self by C.H. Cooley [5 marks]
Q3. The Malaysian concept of *Self™ {5 marks}
Q4. Sociological Imagination [5 marks]
Q5. Culture Shock [5 marks]
SECTION B: (TOTAL: 20 MARKS)
ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS ONLY
QI. Elaborate how the discipline of Sociology started in the 19" century during the
Industrial Revolution? [10 marks]
Q2. Why Emile Durkheim explained that ‘Deviance’ is ‘functional’ for society?
[10 marks}
Q3. Explain Malaysia as a thigh context communication’ country. [10 marks}3
MPU33173 SOCIOLOGY IN MALAYSIAN CONTEXT
SECTION C: [TOTAL: 60 MARKS}
ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS ONLY
Qi
[Glass Ceiling’ and ‘Glass Escalator’ are two phenomenon that happen in the
education and hospital instit :
Evaluate why these phenomenon happen in Malaysia based on gender perspective?
[30 marks]
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Asa Malaysian kindergarten school teacher, some teachers understand their |
role as a ‘teacher,’ in a limited way, the one whom teaches and guides little |
children only. However, the discipline of sociology gives a different angle of |
approach on ‘kindergarten’ as a ‘social institution’ and the complex role of the
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teacher in the ability to build or destroy human relation in a society
Discuss the above statement using the functionalist and conflict perspectives in
sociology. [30 marks}
Q@.
“Cultural differences’ between ethnic groups in Malaysia has always been seen
as an obstacle of unity in the arena of politics in Malaysia, it is a ‘sword’ of two
edges!
Analyze the above statement by applying relevant concepts in Sociology. Give TWO
different examples. {30 marks}