Tag: A level sociology
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Applying material from Item B and your knowledge, evaluate the view that the media portray women in a stereotypical way [20 marks]
An essay plan covering some of the knowledge and evaluation points you could use to answer this question for AQA A-level sociology paper two: the media option. You might like to review this post on how women are represented in the media before going through the plan below. The item refers to three main types…
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Outline and Explain Two Practical Advantages of Using Social Surveys in Social Research (10)
It’s possible that a 10 mark question on A level sociology papers 1 or 3 could simply ask you about a ‘pure’ research method, as with the example above. You might like to review the fuller material on social surveys first before looking at the answer below! This post suggests a strategy for how to…
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AS Sociology – how to Answer ‘using one example, briefly explain’ questions
Question 2 on the AS sociology paper 2 exam (research methods with topics in sociology) will ask you to briefly explain something using one example. Below are a few examples of how you might go about answering such questions, using the families and households topic as an example… Using one example briefly explain what is…
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Hints for A Level Sociology Paper 3 (Crime and Deviance)
A few hints for how I recommend answering the Crime and Deviance section of AQA’s paper 3 (which also contains theory and methods, more of that later). NB – What’s below isn’t endorsed by the AQA, but it’s my best interpretation based on what I’ve been told works. See this post for an overview of…
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Analyse two criticisms of the theory that police racism is the main factor which explains the higher imprisonment rates of ethnic minorities
An example of a 10 mark ‘analyse’ question written for the AQA’s crime and deviance paper.
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Analyse two ways in which patterns of crime may vary with social class (10)
Just a few thoughts on how you might answer the above 10 mark question – a possibility for the A Level Sociology Crime and Deviance/ Theory and Methods Paper 3 NB – There is every possibility that the actual 10 marker will be much more convoluted (complex) than this, but then again, there’s also the…
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Evaluate the Contribution of Consensus Theory to Our Understanding of Crime and Deviance (30)
An essay plan on Consensus Theory for the A Level Sociology Crime and Deviance Module. For more examples of short answer, 10 mark and essay questions, please see my main page on ‘Exams, essays and short answer questions‘. For an overview of consensus theories of crime and deviance please see these two posts: (1) Consensus…
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Crime and Deviance Exam Practice Questions (10 markers)
analyse two reasons for the formation of subcultures (10) – a full mark answer.
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Sociology in The News (5)
Care workers in Britain paid below the minimum wage Seventeen care workers are suing contractor Sevacare for paying them below the minimum wage – The contractor had some staff in Haringey, north London, on a rate of £3.27 an hour – less than half the then minimum. The workers were living as live-in carers, and were…
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Families in the UK – Seven Interesting Statistics
What’s family life like in the UK today? Below is a statistical overview of family life in the UK – covering such things as households types, and marriage statistics. 1. There were 12.4 million married couple families in the UK in 2015, representing two thirds of all family-households For all the talk of the decline…
