18. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

A) EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: The educational institutions play significant role in the development of a country the moulds the attitude and behaviour of the individual in a certain name in a particular situation. B) TYPES OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: Formal Education. Informal Education. General Education. Technical Education. Conventional Education. Person-Centred Education. Progressive Education. Conservative Education. Prejudiced Education. Liberal [...]

17. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS

A) RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS: Religious institution is a system of belief & practices influencing human events where man is helpless to explain them.Religious institutions are very useful for the moral and spiritual development of a country. B) STRUCTURE OF RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION: BELIEFS: The belief is a sensation of brain and belongs to faith but no reason. [...]

15. ETHNOCENTRISM

A) DEFINITION: It can be defined as “A belief that ones own group, race, society and culture are superior to other groups, race, society and culture”. Man has a tendency to believe that his own ways are batter then those of the other and judges other cultures and societies by his own standard. ADVANTAGES & [...]

14. CULTURE

A) CULTURE: A culture is a sum of total learned behaviour, traits, values, belief, language, laws and technology, characteristics of the member of a particular society.Culture is the cultivated behaviour i.e. the totality of mans learned experience, socially transmitted to one generation to another.Culture is a behaviour acquired through social learning. B) ELEMENTS OF CULTURE: [...]

SOCIOLOGY CONTENTS

Introduction of Science Sociology Importance of Sociology in Nursing Social and Socialization Some Important Terms Society Community Social Status Family Marriage Social Norms Values Divorce Culture Ethnocentrism Social Institutions Religious Institutions Educational Institutions Political Institutions Economic Institutions Recreational Institutions Legal Institutions