Key term
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
Work, Poverty and Welfare
Work, worklessness and life chances
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Overview
What work provides beyond income, Jahoda's latent functions, the effects of unemployment, and precarious work.
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Key term
What is the gig economy?
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Besides income, what does work provide in terms of identity?
Model answer
Work provides a sense of who we are and contributes to our self-concept and how others perceive us.
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Besides income, what does work provide in terms of social status?
Model answer
Work provides a position in society and a basis for social standing and respect.
- 3
Besides income, what does work provide in terms of time structure?
Model answer
Work organises daily life and provides routine and regularity.
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Besides income, what does work provide in terms of sense of purpose?
Model answer
Work provides goals, meaning and a feeling of contributing to something beyond oneself.
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What latent functions of employment did Jahoda identify that are lost during unemployment?
Model answer
Time structure, social contact, collective purpose, status and identity, and regular activity.
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What are the effects of unemployment on physical and mental health?
Model answer
Increased rates of depression, anxiety and mortality.
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