Abdul Wali Khan University - AWKUM

� Culture relativism, cultural integration, cultural ethnocentrism, cultural exnocentrism,
cultural lag, cultural variability, sub-cultures and counter cultures.
� Culture and human adjustment.
Social Interaction and Social Processes:
� Meaning and definition of social interaction.
� Various types of social interaction.
� Introduction definitions and types of social process.
� Cooperation, competition, conflict, accommodation, acculturation, and assimilation.
COURSE RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
� Gidden, Anthony. (2002). Introduction to Sociology. UK: Polity Press.
� Horton Paul B, and Hunt Chester L. (2004), Sociology. Singapore: McGraw Hill
Company.
� Macionis, John J. (2006). Sociology. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.
� Rao, Shankar. (2010). Sociology. New Delhi: S. Chand.
� Taga, Abdul Hameed.(2000). An introduction to sociology. Lahore.
� Thio Axe. (2006). Sociology: An introduction. New York: Harper and Row.
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