Past Paper Revision - Sociology: Socialization & Methodology

Sociology - 2024 Novmeber

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1. Describe two sampling techniques [4]

#Written Answers: 

- Systemetic sampling

- Random sampling

#Mark Scheme:

- Snowball sampling

- Volunteer sampling

- Cluster sampling

2. Explain two ethical issues linked to sociological research [8]

#Written Answers: 

- Without formal consent from participants

- Using under age participants that may leave a life time affect

#Mark Scheme:

- Avoidance of harming research subjects

- Researcher deception

- Right to withdraw from the study

2. Explain two limitations of using officaial statistics in sociological research [6]

#Written Answers: 

- Risk of out - dated

- May be low qualitative

#Mark Scheme:

- May be prone to government manipulation

- Survey design is not by researcher

- The definition of the concepts are not given by the researcher

- Government statistics serve interests of elite groups

3. "Media is the most important influence in shaping youth identity"  Explain [10]

#Written Answers: 

- Toxic childhood: Screen saturation

- Postman: Child imitating adult - only behavior, Sexualize Child

- Media create a ideal female and male image

- Chandler: Media exaggreation

#Mark Scheme:

- One of the major source of information, idea, norms and values

- Globalized popular culture - media offers huge choice of lifestyles for youth

3. "Media is the most important influence in shaping youth identity" Argue against [6]

#Written Answers: 

- Family: Role model

- Family: Cooley - looking glass self

- Education - where spend the most time (Suzman)

#Mark Scheme:

- Influenced more by subcultures

4. Evaluate the view that traditional male identity has little influence on male behavior today [26]

#Written Answers: 

- For

- Media, Passing new global values

- Secularization, releasing new generations from the strict traditional expectations

- Many males have chosen to drop traditional male expectation and dive into Complicit masculinity

- New father starting in 1980s

- Crisis of masculinity (Mac an Ghaill)

- Aganist

- Role model & Looking glass self: the influence of traiditonal masculinity would pass on generations to generations

- Grandparenting, pass on out - dated values.

- Subcultures

- Still inequalities in workplace => Males are able to continue to play the role of breadwinner.

#Mark Scheme:

- For

- Decline in traditional male jobs

- Increased in gender identities.

- Aganist

- Social resistance of new male identities

5. Evaluate the arguments for using a covert approach to participant observations [26]

#Written Answers: 

- For

- Aviod Hathorne effect

- Aganist

- Dangerous

- Need a gatekeeper

#Mark Scheme:

- For

- More likely to provide more detailed research because they are more aware

- Against

- May be losing objectivity, 'go native'

Sociology - 2024 November 

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1. Describe two social value [4]

#Written Answers: 

- Being punctual: taught in school and required in workplace

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#Mark Scheme:

- Honestly

- Fairness

- Respect

2. Explain two ways an interviewer may influence answers when carring out sociological interviews [8]

#Written Answers: 

- Interviewer written questions => Interviewer may brought their unobjective ideology into question making process.

- Respondents may give the answers that they think the researcher wants to hear (Socail desirability characteristics)

#Mark Scheme:

- Respondents may be influenced by the characteristics of the researcher such as their age, class

2. Explain one strength and one limitation fo using an overt approach to participant observation. [6]

#Written Answers: 

- No ethical issue

- Can aviod some danger of covert observation

- Horthorne affect

#Mark Scheme:

- Low personal involvement, avioding to 'native'

- Harder to achieve verstehen

3. "Religion is the most important influence in shaping an individual's identity"  Explain [10]

#Written Answers: 

- Justify capitalist's value

- Building supporting network

#Mark Scheme:

- community solidarity

3. "Religion is the most important influence in shaping an individual's identity" Argue against [6]

#Written Answers: 

- secularization

- young people may be less effected by religion

#Mark Scheme:

- Scientific education may be less likely to introduce religion

4. Evaluate the use of longitudinal studies in sociological research [26]

#Written Answers: 

- For

- Not a 'snapshot' as other short term studies

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- Aganist

- May go native as the studies goes

- Have risk of sample attrition

#Mark Scheme:

- For

- Possible to cover the cause and changes

- Useful tool in discussing the affect of policies

- Researchers and participants are likely to build a solid relationship so that answer wouuld be more valid, avoid social desireability characteristic.

- Aganist

- hard to maintain the research over time

- Go native

- hawthorne effect

5. Evaluate the view that sociologists exaggerate the extent to which human behavior is shaped by socialization [26]

#Written Answers: 

- For

- Social biologist - Morris, tiger and fox

- Postmodernism

- Interactionism - free will (Wrong)

- Aganist

- Feral children

- Functionalism - socializationa s a fundemental part

#Mark Scheme:

- For

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- Against

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1. Describe [4]

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3. ""  Explain [10]

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4. Evaluate [26]

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3. ""  Explain [10]

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4. Evaluate [26]

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