A Level

K
Globalisation can lead to opportunities for some developing countries to start new industries. It can also lead to changes in the ways people can support themselves and their families.
Globalisation can bring about economic changes in developing countries.17 Applying material from Item K, analyse two ways in which globalisation may bring about economic changes in developing countries.

A Level

Marxist sociologists argue that families continue to perform a key role in maintaining capitalism. Families support the economy and play an important part in transmitting ideology that helps to legitimise the capitalist system.
However, some sociologists argue that Marxists place too much importance on the role of families in supporting capitalism and that families are beneficial to individuals and society as a whole.Applying material from Item D and your knowledge, evaluate Marxist explanations of the role of families in society today.

A Level

This increased choice in personal life has affected family structures in the UK today.
People have more choice than in the past over who they can be in a personal relationship with. They also have more choices when a relationship ends.Applying material from Item C, analyse two effects that increased choice in personal life has on family structures in the UK today.

A Level

Outline and explain two ways in which social class may have become less important in shaping identities.

A Level

Sociologists have increasingly recognised age as a dimension of inequality. For example, young people do not have all the same rights that adults do. Many older people are no longer in paid employment.
Age may affect an individual’s status.Applying material from Item O, analyse two ways in which age may affect an individual’s status.

A Level

D
Despite many changes in society, some feminist sociologists argue that gender roles and relationships within the family remain unequal. Women still take responsibility for housework and childcare, and men still dominate in terms of power and financial control.
However, other sociologists argue that there is evidence that gender roles and relationships are becoming more equal. For example, men now take on a more domestic role.06 Applying material from Item D and your knowledge, evaluate the view that gender roles and relationships within the family are still unequal in society today.

A Level

Item B
The patterns of educational achievement by gender have changed over time. Some sociologists explain these patterns through factors external to schools, such as socialisation and parental attitudes towards education. Changes in wider society, such as employment opportunities, may also contribute to these patterns.
However, the way schools are organised and the social interactions that take place within schools are also likely to affect gender differences in educational achievement.Applying material from Item B and your knowledge, evaluate sociological explanations of gender differences in educational achievement.

A Level

Outline and explain two ways in which increased life expectancy may have affected the experience of childhood.

A Level

Outline and explain two ways people may be socialised into ethnic identities.

A Level

Outline and explain two ways in which globalisation may have influenced religious beliefs and practices of minority ethnic groups in the UK.

A Level

Changes in the organisation of the labour process may affect people’s satisfaction with their work.
Advances in technology have led to changes in the labour process. The way workers are managed has also changed.Applying material from Item G, analyse two ways in which changes in the organisation of the labour process may affect people’s satisfaction with their work.

A Level

Outline and explain two reasons why some sociologists choose unstructured interviews in their research.

GCSE

Identify and explain one disadvantage of using group interviews to investigate gender-based subject choices in schools.

A Level

Many sociologists argue that crime and deviance are inevitable. Functionalists argue that this is because not everyone can be fully integrated into the norms and values of society. Functionalists believe that crime exists in all societies and has many benefits, such as showing people the difference between right and wrong.
However, other sociologists are critical of the view that crime and deviance has benefits for all individuals and for society as a whole. For example, some conflict theorists argue that powerful groups create the law and criminalise the actions of less powerful groups.Applying material from Item B and your knowledge, evaluate the view that crime and deviance are inevitable and have benefits for individuals and for society.

A Level

Identify and briefly explain two ways in which old age is represented in the media.