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  • An Introduction to Social Action Theory

    individuals are active and social theory needs to develop an empathetic understanding of people’s actions.

  • 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…

  • Analyse two reasons for gender differences in subject choice (10)

    The trick here is to pick two broad (rather than very specific) reasons, which will give you the most scope to develop  The first reason is gendered differences in early socialisation Fiona Norman (1988) found that most parents socialise boys and girls in different ways – they tend to be more gentle with girls, protect…

  • A Level Sociology Essays – How to Write Them

    Use the Point – Explain – Expand – Criticise method (PEEC), demonstrate knowledge, application and evaluation skills, and use the item to make your points!

  • Consensus Theories of Crime: An Introduction

    Consensus theories generally see crime as unusual, dysfunctional and believe something has ‘gone wrong’ for the people who commit crime. Consensus theories include functionalism, strain theory and subcultural theory. Consensus Theory: the Basics According to consensus theories, for the most part society works because most people are successfully socialised into shared values through the family…

  • Demography – Families and Households Topic Overview

    Topic 7: Demography Demography refers to the study of the causes and consequences of changes to the size and structure of a society’s population. There are generally three things which can change the size and structure of a population – birth rates, death rates and migration, and these three things make up the three major…

  • Social Policy and The Family – Topic Overview

    Families and Households – Topic 6 – Social Policy Overview of the topic You need to be able to assess a range of policies using three key perspectives • The New Right • New Labour • Feminism (Liberal and Radical) Some of the policies you need to know about – • Changes to the Divorce…

  • The Sociology of Childhood – Topic Overview

    Subtopics 5.1 – To what extent is ‘childhood socially constructed’ 5.2 – The March of Progress view of childhood (and parenting) – The Child Centred Family and Society? 5.3 – Toxic Childhood and Paranoid Parenting – Criticisms of ‘The March of Progress View’ 5.4 – Is Childhood Disappearing? 5.5 – Reasons for changes to childhood…

  • Gender Roles, Domestic Labour and Power Relationships – Topic Overview

    Families and Households Topic 4 – Changes within the family Gender Roles, Domestic Labour and Power Relationships Overview of the topic and sub-topics In this topic we look at the extent to which relationships between men and women have become more equal, focussing on the following three areas: 4.1. To what extent are gender roles…