Category: Pot Luck
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Surveys on Family Life in the UK
Social Surveys are one of the most common methods for routinely collecting data in sociology and the social sciences more generally. There are lots of examples of where we use social surveys throughout the families and households module in the A level sociology syllabus – so what do they tell us about family life in modern…
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How I would’ve answered the AQA A level sociology of education exam, June 2017
Answers to the AQA’s A-level sociology education with theory and methods exam, June 2017… Just a few thoughts to put students out of their misery. (Ideas my own, not endorsed by the AQA – NB – there is a certain level of subjectivity and irrationality within the AQA, and so they may interpret how you answer questions to my…
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Responses to Globalization
Seabrook (1) argues there are three principle responses to globalization: Fatalism A fatalistic response, which states that the world is simply powerless to resist globalization. Seabrook argues that most leaders of the developed world take the position that globalization is inevitable and irreversible. He suggests these leaders are experiencing an ‘impotence of convenience’ – their…
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How Does Globalisation Impact Family Life?
Globalisation is the increasing interconnectedness of countries (and the people within them) across the globe – below are just a few (very brief) thoughts on how globalisation might impact family life the United Kingdom… Increased immigration – more family diversity, mixed race couples. (link to topic 3) Shift in manufacturing abroad – Decline in traditional…
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AQA Exam Paper 7191 (2): Research Methods with Families and Households
An overview of the AS Sociology paper 7191 (2), and a few quick hints and tips on how to answer each of the questions… NB – Technically this paper is research methods with topics in sociology, but nearly everyone does the families and households topic. If you don’t do that topic, choose the topic you…
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Evaluate the View that Theoretical Factors are the most Important Factor Influencing Choice of Research Method (30)
Just a few thoughts on how you might answer this in the exam. Introduction – A variety of factors influence a Sociologist’s decision as to what research method they use: the nature of topic, theoretical, practical and ethical factors. Theoretical factors – Positivism vs Interpretivism – Positivists are interested in uncovering the underlying general laws…
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Assess the View that Economic Indicators Provide an Unsatisfactory Picture of Development
Economic definitions and ways of measuring development are unsatisfactory. A much clearer and more useful picture emerges when wider social factors are included.’ Assess this view of development and underdevelopment. (20) International organizations such as the World Bank prefer to measure development using economic indicators such as Gross National Product (GNP) and Gross Domestic Product…
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Analyse two ways in which cultural capital may give some children an advantage in education (10)
Item A According to the Marxist sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, middle class parents possess more cultural capital, than working class children. Bourdieu argues that the skills and knowledge middle class parents possess, such as themselves having benefited from education, and the fact that they are more comfortable dealing with middle class institutions such as schools,…
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A Level Sociology – Outline Questions (4 and 6 Marks, Education Paper 1)
Four and Six mark outline questions appear on the education and crime and deviance AQA A level sociology exam papers. This blog post shows you some possible examples of outline questions which might appear on the Education exam paper, along with some suggested answers. NB These questions are marked in a ‘1+1’ style – you…
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Sociological Perspectives on Advertising
A brief summary of pages of 27-32 of Joel Stillerman’s ‘Sociology of Consumption’: The Effects of Advertising and Branding on Consumers (with comments!). The theories covered in this section include: The Manipulation Thesis (1) This originated with Adorno and Horkheimer’s essay ‘the culture industry’ which was inspired by their observations of 1930s Hollywood and the…
