Question

Subject matter and scope of sociology

Answer 1

The VSEPR (Valence shell electron pair repulsion) theory is concerned with the shapes of covalent molecules. It postulates:

·  The shape of a molecule depends upon the number of valence shell electron pairs (bonded or non-bonded) around the central atom.

·  Pairs of electrons in the valence shell tend to repel each other as their electron clouds are negatively charged.

·  The electron pairs tend to occupy those positions in space, which minimize repulsions and thus maximize distance from one another.

·  The valence shell is taken as a sphere with the electron pairs localizing on the spherical surface at maximum distance from one another.

·  A multiple bond is treated as a single electron pair and the two or three electron pairs of a multiple bond are treated as a single super pair.

·  The VSEPR model is applicable to any such structure where two or more resonance structures can represent a molecule.

Answer 2

• Sociology is a science with its own subject matter, 'social life as a whole' and deals with more general principles underlying all social phenomena. Social phenomena is the subject matter of sociology. ... Social groups often from hierarchies within society. This phenomena is called stratification.