Process
AQA A-Level Sociology 7192
Education
Topic overviewThe role and functions of educationClass differences in educational achievementLabelling, subcultures and processes within schoolsGender and educational achievementEthnicity and educational achievementSelection and marketisationPrivatisation and vocational educationEducational policy, equality and globalisation
Methods in Context
Theory and Methods
Culture and IdentityOptional topic
Families and HouseholdsOptional topic
Topic overviewFunctionalist views of the familyMarxist and feminist views of the familyThe New Right, postmodernism and family policyMarriage, cohabitation and divorceFamily diversity and the personal life perspectiveConjugal roles and domestic labourPower relationships and domestic violenceThe social construction of childhoodBirth rates and death ratesFamily size and the ageing populationMigration and globalisation
HealthOptional topic
Work, Poverty and WelfareOptional topic
Beliefs in SocietyOptional topic
Topic overviewIdeology and science as belief systemsFunctionalist views of religionMarxist and feminist views of religionReligion as a force for social changeChurches, sects, denominations and cultsNew religious movements and New Age movementsReligion, gender, ethnicity, age and social classSecularisationBelieving without belonging and postmodern religionGlobalisation, fundamentalism and religion worldwide
Global DevelopmentOptional topic
The MediaOptional topic
Stratification and DifferentiationOptional topic
Crime and Deviance
Topic overviewFunctionalist, strain and control theories of crimeSubcultural theories of crimeInteractionism and labelling theoryMarxist and critical theories of crimeLeft and right realismGender and crimeSocial class, white-collar and corporate crimeEthnicity, policing and the criminal justice systemGlobalisation and crimeThe media, crime and fear of crimeMoral panics and the deviancy amplification spiralGreen crimeState crime and human rightsDenial, neutralisation and prosecuting state crimeSituational and environmental crime preventionRealist crime control, surveillance and the panopticonPunishment, sentencing and the criminal justice systemVictims and victimologyCrime prevention strategies and their limits
Theory and Methods
Consensus, conflict, structural and social action theories
- 3 things to know
- Papers 1 and 3
Overview
The four theoretical traditions, and the core concepts of socialisation, culture, power and stratification.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
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Key term
What is the difference between manifest and latent functions, according to Merton?
Key term
What is the difference between class consciousness and false consciousness?
Questions from this subtopic
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What is the central claim of consensus theories about society?
Model answer
Consensus theories view society as based on shared values and norms that create social order and integration, with institutions functioning to maintain stability.
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How do conflict theories explain social order differently from consensus theories?
Model answer
Conflict theories view society as characterised by inequality and competing interests between groups, with social order maintained through power and coercion rather than consensus.
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What do structural theories emphasise about the relationship between society and individuals?
Model answer
Structural theories emphasise how social structures and institutions shape individual behaviour, seeing society as existing above and constraining individuals.
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What is the focus of social action theories?
Model answer
Social action theories emphasise how individuals create society through meaningful interactions, focusing on how people interpret situations and construct social reality.
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What is primary socialisation?
Model answer
Primary socialisation is the process occurring in early childhood, mainly through the family, where individuals first learn basic norms, values and behaviours of their culture.
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What is secondary socialisation?
Model answer
Secondary socialisation occurs later in life through agents such as education, media and peer groups, building on primary socialisation to prepare individuals for wider society.
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