Tag: 7192
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Applying material from Item C and your knowledge, evaluate the view that conflict approaches are more useful than consensus approaches to our understanding of society (20)
How to get full marks for a 20 mark theory essay in A-level sociology
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Analyse two ways in which deviant subcultures may respond to the difficulties of achieving mainstream goals (10)
How to get full marks for a 10 mark ‘item’ question in sociology A-level.
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Research Methods Practice Questions for A-level sociology
AQA A-level sociology Papers 1 and 3 will both contain an ‘outline and explain’ 10 mark (no item) question on sociological theories, and/ or methods. One possible format for this question is what I like to think of as the ‘pure research methods’ format (‘classic’ might be a better word than ‘pure’) in which students are…
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Outline and explain two social changes which may explain the decline of marriage in recent decades (10)
A model answer for a 10 mark ‘outline and explain’ question on the AQA’s A level sociology paper 2 (families and households)
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Possible 10 Mark Analyse Questions Derived from the AQA’s A Level Sociology Specification: Education Section
I’m just in the process of re-examining the AQA’s ‘specification’/ vaguefication* for the sociology of education section to get a better idea of what kind of 10 mark ‘analyse’ questions might come up. In case you don’t know (and you wouldn’t know this unless you’ve been on a course run by the AQA) a 10…
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Outline three functions which education might perform for society (6)
This is an example of a relatively straight forward 6 mark question which might appear on the AQA’s A level paper 1 (7192/1). If you require a more detailed breakdown of paper 1 please click here. The basic approach to answering 6 mark ‘outline’ questions is to think of them as 1+1 questions – in…
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Outline and Explain Two Theoretical Problems of Using Social Surveys in Social Research
Firstly, social surveys suffer from the imposition problem, closed questions limits what respondents can say Interpretivists argue respondents have diverse motives and it is unlikely that researchers will think up every possible relevant question and every possible, response, thus questionnaires will lack validity. This is especially true for more complex topics such as religions belief…