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Four topics

Each topic has 11 questions, starting with two 1 mark multiple                choice questions, seven short answer questions - marks no higher than 4 - and two                mini 12 mark essays.

All questions are compulsory.

Two question papers, each worth 50%, max 100 marks.

Six topics

The Understanding Social Processes question paper has 22                questions and the Understanding Social Structures paper has 24 questions. These are                a mix of short answer, structured questions and extended writing questions.

All questions are compulsory.

Two question papers, each worth 50% max 100 marks.

• Research design
• Quantitative and qualitative methods
• Different types of data Primary and secondary sources
• Interpretation of data
• Practical issues Ethical issues.

There is no separate section of questions on research methods,                this content is assessed within the four main topic areas.

• Functions of families
• Family forms
• Conjugal role relationships
• Changing relationships within families
• Criticisms of families
• Divorce.

• Usefulness of different types of data
• Methods of research
• Sampling processes
• Practical issues affecting research
• Ethical issues affecting research.

• The process of research design
• Interpreting data.

NB There are three standalone questions on research methods on                Paper 1, including a 12 mark essay. There are also three standalone questions on                Paper 2 on applied methods of sociological enquiry.

• Key sociological concepts
• Debates over the acquisition of identity
• Family diversity and different family forms in the UK and in a global context
• Social changes and family structures
• Social changes and family relationships
• Sociological theories of the role of the family
• Criticisms of families.

• Roles and functions of education
• The relationship between education and capitalism
• Educational achievement
• Processes within schools.

• Processes inside schools
• Patterns of educational achievement
• Factors affecting educational achievement.

• The social construction of crime and deviance
• Social control
• Criminal and deviant behaviour
• Data on crime.

• Social construction of concepts of crime and deviance
• Social control
• Patterns of criminal and deviant behaviour
• Sociological theories and explanations of deviance and criminal behaviour                    (structural, subcultural, interactionist and feminist)
• Sources of data on crime

• Functionalist theory of stratification
• Socio-economic class
• Life chances
• Poverty as a social issue
• Power and authority
• Power relationships.

• Sociological theories of stratification
• Different forms and sources of power and authority
• Equality/inequality in relation to class, gender, ethnicity, ag, disability                    and sexuality
• Factors which may influence access to life chances and power
• Poverty as a social issue.