Question 1:

(a) What is culture?

(b) Use examples to explain the following:
(i) Norms
(ii) Folkways
(iii) Mores
(iv) Beliefs
(v) Values

(c) Show the main agents of socialisation.
(d) Describe how gender-socialisation takes place within the family.

Question 2:

Give an overview of the three main Sociological paradigms, that is: the Functionalists, the Social-Conflict and Symbolic Interactionist perspectives. Please discuss their main differences.

Question 3:

(a) Differentiate between "crime" and "deviance".

(b) "Deviance is relative". Discuss and support with relevant examples.

(c) Compare and contrast the Functionalists, Social Conflict theorists and Symbolic Interactionists views on deviance.

Question 4:

To what extent do you agree that the importance of the family as an institution has decreased in the Mauritian Society? Provide examples.