Sociology Testpaper
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level and GCE Advanced Level
MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2011 question paper for the guidance of teachers
9699 SOCIOLOGY
9699/11 Paper 1 (Essay), maximum raw mark 50
This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began, which would have considered the acceptability of alternative answers. Mark schemes must be read in conjunction with the question papers and the report on the examination.
• Cambridge will not enter into discussions or correspondence in connection with these mark schemes.
Cambridge is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2011 question papers for most IGCSE, GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level syllabuses and some Ordinary Level syllabuses.
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Mark Scheme: Teachers’ version GCE AS/A LEVEL – May/June 2011 Section A: The Sociological Perspective
Syllabus 9699
Paper 11
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“Socialisation is the most significant factor in shaping human behaviour.” Explain and assess this view. [25] (0–6) A few simple remarks about human behaviour, or about different ways of studying humans, might be worth two or three marks. Higher in the band, answers will contain a few basic observations about socialisation and may offer some assertions about the part it plays in shaping human behaviour. There will be little or no reference to appropriate sociological evidence and arguments at this level.
(7–12) Answers here are likely to be descriptive and confined to an account of the ways in which socialisation may influence human behaviour. At the lower end of the band, the answer may be limited to an account of the agencies of socialisation and/or the stages of socialisation. A
GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level and GCE Advanced Level
MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2011 question paper for the guidance of teachers
9699 SOCIOLOGY
9699/11 Paper 1 (Essay), maximum raw mark 50
This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began, which would have considered the acceptability of alternative answers. Mark schemes must be read in conjunction with the question papers and the report on the examination.
• Cambridge will not enter into discussions or correspondence in connection with these mark schemes.
Cambridge is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2011 question papers for most IGCSE, GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level syllabuses and some Ordinary Level syllabuses.
www.XtremePapers.net
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Mark Scheme: Teachers’ version GCE AS/A LEVEL – May/June 2011 Section A: The Sociological Perspective
Syllabus 9699
Paper 11
1
“Socialisation is the most significant factor in shaping human behaviour.” Explain and assess this view. [25] (0–6) A few simple remarks about human behaviour, or about different ways of studying humans, might be worth two or three marks. Higher in the band, answers will contain a few basic observations about socialisation and may offer some assertions about the part it plays in shaping human behaviour. There will be little or no reference to appropriate sociological evidence and arguments at this level.
(7–12) Answers here are likely to be descriptive and confined to an account of the ways in which socialisation may influence human behaviour. At the lower end of the band, the answer may be limited to an account of the agencies of socialisation and/or the stages of socialisation. A