Hermeneutic and Interpretative Traditions – UGC NET Solved PYQs of Sociology

G . H . Mead

1. The self in modern society becomes a sacred object in the same way that the collective symbols of primitive societies. Who has propounded this view? (JUNE 2012)

(A) Waber
(B) Mead
(C) Dürkheim
(D) Gaffman

2. Which of the following is correct according to Mead: (DEC 2012)

(A) Self can also emerge in the absence of social experience.
(B) Self does not allow people to take part in conversation with others.
(C) Body becomes a self only when a mind has developed.
(D) Mind and self can be separated from each other

3. To Mead the ‘generalized others’ and ‘significant others’ are the creators of: (JUNE 2013)

(A) I
(B) Me
(C) Ego
(D) Super ego

4. The concept of ‘I’ and ‘ME’ with reference to development of ‘self’ was used by: (—)

(A) S. Freud
(B) C.H. Cooley
(C) H.M. Johnson
(D) G.H. Mead

5. “Thinking is simply an internalized or implicit conversation of the individual with himself by means of significant gestures.” Who said so? (JUNE 2013)

(A) L. Althusser
(B) H. Blumer
(C) P. Blau
(D) G.H. Mead

6. Match the List-I with List-II. (JUNE 2014)

List-I (Authors)
(a) Ralf Dahrendorf
(b) G.H. Mead
(c) Alfred Schutz
(d) Lewis Coser

List-II (Works / Concepts)
(1) Power Elite
(2) Phenomenology
(3) Functions of social conflict
(4) Symbolic Interactionalism
(5) Conflict and Authority

Codes:
(A) (a)-4, (b)-5, (c)-2, (d)-3
(B) (a)-2, (b)-3, (c)-2, (d)-3
(C) (a)-5, (b)-4, (c)-2, (d)-3
(D) (a)-1, (b)-3, (c)-4, (d)-5

7. Who is most generally regarded as the founder of symbolic interactionism? (JUNE 2015)

(A) Herbert Blumer
(B) George Herbert Mead
(C) Max Weber
(D) Anthony Giddens

8. The concept: ‘generalised other’ was given by: (JUNE 2015)

(A) H. Blumer
(B) G.H. Mead
(C) Erving Goffman
(D) C.H. Cooley

9. Who among the following is the author of ‘Mind, Self and Society’? (JULY 2016)

(A) Talcott Parsons
(B) Margaret Mead
(C) George H. Mead
(D) Gardner Murphy

10. The concept: “The generalized other” was introduced by: (JULY 2016)

(A) G.H. Mead
(B) H. Blumer
(C) V. Pareto
(D) None of the above

11. In Mead’s work, the attitude of the entire community or in any game, the attitude of the entire team is known by the term: (NOV 2017)

(A) Self-perception
(B) Generalized Other
(C) Social Act
(D) Sensuous Stimulation

12. To Mead “the generalized others” and “significant others” are the creators of: (JULY 2018)

(A) I
(B) Me
(C) Ego
(D) Super-ego