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Sociology AS Task 1
You will hopefully all have access to Moodle and so will be able to find all of the resources and PowerPoint’s from
there but you can also use your textbook for help and guidance.
As the exam is just around the corner, the best thing for you to be doing now is practicing exam questions.
I have included a list of possible questions for each of the topics that we have studied. If you could complete the
questions, you could either email them to me and I could mark them and get them back for you with comments. If
this is not feasible, then you could hand them back in when back in lessons.
There are also a number of AQA resources that you could complete on Moodle that will get you thinking about a
number of topics.
The Family, Structure and Social
Change
The functions of the Family
The family, Morality and State Policy
Assess the view that the Nuclear Family
is the only type of family that creates
social solidarity (24 marks)
Explain how changes in society created
the traditional Nuclear family (24
marks)
Examine how Marxists would criticise
the rise of the nuclear family as a
positive force within society (24 marks)
Assess the view that the functionalists
view on the family cannot be used as it
discounts the Dark side of the Family
(24 marks)
Explain why the feminists view on the
functions of the family is seen as very
negative (24 marks)
Examine how Social Policy has lead to
a more diverse family structure (24
marks)
Assess the view that the family is just
changing and is not in decline (24
marks)
Explain why the New Rights Familial
Ideology is dangerous for society (24
marks)
Demographic trends and family life
Marriage, Divorce and Family Diversity
Power and Control in the Family
Explain effect that population growth
and decline has had on the family (24
marks)
Explain the effect that ethnic families
structures have had on modern families
(24 marks)
Assess the sociological reasons and
outcomes of the rise in fertility rates
(24 marks)
Assess the view that the rise of
cohabitation had led to a more happy
and contented relationships (24 marks)
Examine the sociological reasons for
the increase in divorce (24 marks)
Explain how marriage has become less
of an important institution in society
(24 marks)
The Nature of Childhood
Key terms
Assess the sociological view that the
domestic roles within the family are
now much more joint (24 marks)
Examine Parsons view that
segregated roles are a biologically
inevitable. (24 marks)
Assess the feminist view that the
nuclear family will continue to
maintain a patriarchal ideal (24
marks)
AO1 and AO2
Assess the view that childhood is
socially constructed. (24 marks)
Examine the New Right and
Functionalist view that children can be
constructive and reflective contributors
to the family ( 24 marks)
Make sure you go through the
textbook and learn your key terms.
From looking at model answer, it is
clear that students who get the best
results include as many key terms as
deemed necessary.
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When you have answered these
questions, make sure you look back
at your answer and ensure you have
included as much AO2 as you can.
Remember to always refer back to
the question after all the points that
you raise.
Miss P Gray
Sociology AS Task 2
Our Education unit also requires us to look at Sociological research methods. This is the ways in which sociologists
gather their findings which they then use to go onto create their theories.
As we are looking at education, I want you to think about how you could include this into your work on sociological
methods.
They are divided into two ways of gathering data, qualitative and quantitative.
I would like you to become sociologists and plan for a piece of research.
When a sociologist is choosing a topic to study, they create something called a Hypothesis. This is a statement that
they then need to either prove or disprove.
Your hypothesis is…
“Pupils from working class families will not have the same opportunities in education and will therefore NOT
achieve as well as pupils from middle and upper class families.”
You need to choose one from the Qualitative list and one from the Quantitative list and create an example of that
which relate to the question. For Example, you could create a questionnaire from the quantitative list and plan
some covert observation for the qualitative research.
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Qualitative Research
Closed Question Interviews
Questionnaires
Surveys
Case Studies
Experiments (although this is not as commonly
used in sociology as we are unable to control
the variables in a way that an experiment calls
for)
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Quantitative Research
Covert observations
Overt observations
Focus groups
Open question interviews
Using the textbook, make sure you consider the following;
 Are there any ethical implications?
 Will there be a problem with bias?
 How will you make sure that your piece of research will be answered or filled in by the correct people?
You also need to consider the five key areas that sociologists need to address when doing a piece of research;
 Generalisability
 Validity
 Reliability
 Representativeness
 Objectivity
My email address for any students experiencing problems is [email protected]
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Miss P Gray
Sociology A2 Task 1
You will hopefully all have access to Moodle and so will be able to find all of the resources and PowerPoint’s from
there but you can also use your textbook for help and guidance.
As the exam is just around the corner, the best thing for you to be doing now is practicing exam questions.
I have included a list of possible questions for each of the topics that we have studied. If you could complete the
questions, you could either email them to me and I could mark them and get them back for you with comments. If
this is not feasible, then you could hand them back in when back in lessons.
There are also a number of AQA resources that you could complete on Moodle that will get you thinking about a
number of topics.
Science, Religion and Spirituality
Sociological Perspectives on Religion
Religious Organisations
Assess the view that enlightenment
means that religion has no more use in
contempory society (33 marks)
Assess the view that science is nothing
more than its own belief system (18
marks)
Assess the view that scientific fact is
not convincing enough for use to
discount all religion (18 marks)
Critically examine the view that religion
is a way to promote social solidarity
and collective consciousness (33
marks)
Assess the Marxist view that religion is
the opium of the people (18 marks)
Examine the social actionist’s argument
that religion helps us make sense of
upsetting situations (33 marks)
Religion and Social Change
Assess the view that Sects and Cults
are too short lived and free thinking
to be classed as true religion (33
marks)
Examine the negative relationship
between Church and Sect (18 marks)
Assess the view that sects are too
disengaged to become conventional
Churches (33 marks)
Gender and religion
Assess the view that New Age and New
Religious Movements are a direct
product of a post-modern society (18
marks)
Examine the belief that New Ageism is
another pathological movement that
masks the true problems that people
have (33 marks)
Assess the view that religion can only act
as a mechanism for preventing social
change (33 marks)
Critically examine Weber’s view that the
Calvinist movement helped form capitalism
as we know it. (18 marks)
Explain some of the ways that religion has
brought about social change (18 marks)
Critically assess the view that women are
still seen as second class citizens in most
of the mainstream religions (33 marks)
Explain why women are more likely to
attend religious ceremonies and services
(18 marks)
Examine the belief that women are much
closer to having equal roles within
religion than ever before (18 marks)
Ethnicity and Religion
Age and Religion
Secularisation
Assess the view that ethnic minorities
only keep up their religion to ensure
that they do not lose their identities
(18 marks)
Explain why religion is not in decline in
more Eastern Countries (33 marks)
Assess the view that religion is
completely out of touch with the needs
and wants of young people (33 marks)
Examine the reasons why older people
are more likely to attend church than
younger people (18 marks)
Assess the view that religion as lost
all of its importance and significance
on an individual level (33 marks)
Assess the view that religion is not
declining but is just changing (33
marks)
Explain why the US is excluded from
the secularisation debate (18 marks)
New Age and New Religious Movements
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Miss P Gray
Sociology A2 Task 2
Did you really think that Miss Gray would be nice enough to allow you to go sledging, have snowball fights and
generally have fun on this glorious event known to many as a Snow day?
I think NOT!!! Do you not know be at all by now?
We will need to know a number of perspectives views on Crime and Deviancy, some of which we have not looked at
before. Using your textbooks and elsewhere, create a presentation on your given perspective and their attitudes on
Crime and Deviance.
The table below gives the names and the perspective that I have assigned to each person. You will also need to
come up with an activity that will ensure that the other members of the group have understood your perspective.
There are some ideas at the bottom of this sheet.
You will be presenting these back to the group when lessons continue so it may be worth trying to complete sooner
rather than later as it may be unclear as to when we will be back in school.
Leanne Collier
Jess Gill
Cara Glendinning
Lauren Jackson
Dec McSpirit
Functionalism
P244 in AQA Sociology by Nelson Thornes
Subcultural Theory
P247 in AQA Sociology by Nelson Thornes
Environmental Theory
P251 in AQA Sociology by Nelson Thornes
Social Action Theory
P255 in AQA Sociology by Nelson Thornes
Social action theory; Mental illness
P257 in AQA Sociology by Nelson Thornes
Rebekah Sandiford
Betsy Seed
Philippa Sharples
Natasha Skelhorn
Marxism
The New Criminology
New Left Realism
Right Realism
P261 in AQA Sociology by Nelson Thornes
P263 in AQA Sociology by Nelson Thornes
P264 in AQA Sociology by Nelson Thornes
P244 in AQA Sociology by Nelson Thornes
Some ideas for small tasks that will checks student’s progress could include...
 Dominoes
 Odd one out
 Missing words
 Hot seating
 Who Am I?
 Blockbusters
 Quizzes
 Planning for an exam question
I am sure there are loads more that you can think of yourself. Make them quite difficult, this is A level after all.
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Miss P Gray