Section: Sociology – I

The institutions of marriage, family and kinship in India have been influenced by various processes of social change. Co...

In sociology, family, marriage, and kinship form the core social structures that organize human society. They define how...

Customs are not biologically inherited. An individual acquires the customs of his or her society through the process of ...

Custom is an important concept in the study of culture and social control. Human beings do not ordinarily determine afre...

Values are one of the fundamental elements of culture. Human behaviour is not governed only by biological needs or indiv...

Human beings do not live in society merely by satisfying their individual needs. Social life requires some degree of ord...

The concepts of culture and civilization occupy an important place in sociology because both are concerned with the way ...

The concept of cultural lag is associated with the American sociologist William F. Ogburn and occupies an important plac...

Culture is not merely a collection of separate customs, beliefs, values and practices. Its different elements are connec...