Transcript Top Ten Tips

Top ten tips for Sociology
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Number 1 – What is Sociology?
• Socialisation is the key word
• This is the process of learning how to
behave – nurture not just nature
• It can be used as a sociological
explanation for virtually anything from
gender roles within the family to why
people commit crime
Number 2 - Family
• There are many different
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types
These can be viewed as
good or bad
Marriage is on the decrease;
divorce is on the increase
Not much has changed for
women within the family
over the last 30 years
• Name 4 types of family
• Explain one positive and one
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negative view of the nuclear
family
Give 3 reasons for the rise in
the divorce rate
What do feminists and the
New Right say about the role
of women in the family?
Number 3 – Poverty and Welfare
• No one agrees on how to measure
poverty
• There are many different
explanations for poverty
• It is very difficult to escape from
poverty – poverty trap.
• The poor cannot afford to take
advantage of the opportunities
available in society – social
exclusion
• People disagree over how many
benefits people should get and
whether these actually help people
escape from poverty
• What is the difference between
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absolute and relative poverty?
Describe 2 explanations for
poverty
Give an example of how someone
can be trapped in poverty
What sorts of activities would the
very poor be unable to do and
how would this affect them?
In what ways can the benefits
system be seen to be a success
and in what ways is it a failure?
Number 4 - Education
• Girls have improved much
• Name 3 reasons why girls
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more at school than boys
Children from middle and
upper class families do better
at school
The government introduced
a series of changes in 1988
that have affected what
happens in schools
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outperform boys
Name 3 reasons why
working class children
under-achieve at school
Name 2 changes the
government has made and
explain the effects they have
had
Number 5 Work
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groups are more
likely to get a
job?
Men often hold
the most powerful
jobs
The job that you
have will affect
what
opportunities you
have in life.
What affects how
much satisfaction
you get from your
work?
• Name 2 groups who are more likely to be
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unemployed
Explain 2 reasons why men appear to be
more successful in work
Give an example of how your job can
influence your life chances
What can employers do to increase the
job satisfaction of the people who work
for them?
Number 6 – Social Control
and Deviance
• Many groups influence the
way you behave – these are
agencies of social control
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and when as to whether an
action is considered deviant
or criminal
There are several
explanations for why people
commit crime – poverty,
socialisation etc.
• It is difficult to accurately
measure crime.
• Name 3 agencies of social
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control
Can you think of a situation
where it wouldn’t be a
crime to kill someone?
How do sociologists explain
the fact that over 80% of
convicted criminals are
male?
What’s the dark figure of
crime and how could you
measure it?
Number 7 – For the 7 or 9 mark
questions…
• Always explain things
using 2 or more
sociological factors e.g.
peer pressure,
socialisation etc.
• Say which factor you
feel is more important
and WHY
Number 8 – Sociological methods
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find out about things
using interviews,
questionnaires or
observations
The people involved
in any research are
called the sample
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advantages and
2 disadvantages
of each of these
methods
Describe 2 types
of sample and
the potential
problems with
them
Number 9 – revision tips
• Revise in short sessions – no more than
40 minutes
• Try to make or do things as part of your
revision – e.g. make mindmaps or revision
cards
• Come into school on Monday 20th June or
Tuesday 21st June to revise with Mr Millar
and Mr Powney
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•Good luck!