Question
Write in short the meaning of the following terms/words :
(i) Ideal Type
(ii) Latent Functions
(iii) Integration
(iv) Ideographic
(v) Functionalism
Solution
(i)Ideal Type : A mental construction from in its abstract or pure for the social measurement.
(ii) Latent Functions : Functions, which are hidden and remain unacknowledged by participants,
(iii) Integration : The extent to which an individual experience a sense of belonging to a social group by virtue of sharing its norms, values, beliefs, etc.
(iv) Ideographic : Study of unique and unrepeatable events (e.g. History).
(v) Functionalism : It is a doctrine, which asserts that the principal task of sociology and social anthropology is to examine the contribution, which social items make to the social and cultural life of human collectivities.
