AS Sociology Sociology Nik Jorgensen Text © Nelson Thornes Distance Learning 2010 Illustrations © Nelson Thornes Distance Learning 2010 All rights reserved. The copyright holders authorise ONLY users of NTDL AS Sociology to make photocopies for their own or their students’ immediate use within the teaching context. No other rights are granted without permission in writing from the publisher or under licence from the Copyright Licensing Agency Limited‚ of Saffron House‚ 6–10 Kirby Street
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of functions that every family has had to follow in order to fit in with society. Some of these functions include social control and the gender-role socialisation. Some Sociologists that have explored these functions are Murdock and Parsons. Murdock looks at reproductive‚ sexual and economic functions. Whereas‚ Parsons looks at the primary socialisation of children and the warm bath theory. I will be looking at these functions and assessing the view of some sociologists that in today’s society the
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Assess the sociological explanations for the educational underachievement of certain social groups‚ focus on gender‚ social class and ethnicity. It has been said that education is a “major social institution”. According to functionalists socialization should be provided by education. In this way young people learn how to become contributing citizens by means of formal subjects. The hard work of these young people is rewarded by the acquisition of formal recognised qualifications. By teaching
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Who am I? Where do I fit? Drawing on both your life experiences and academic understandings of the process of socialisation‚ explore the major influences in the formation of your social identity. Explain why you think these influences are significant. Who am I? Where do I fit? Drawing on both your life experiences and academic understandings of the process of socialisation‚ explore the major influences in the formation of your social identity. Explain why you think these influences are
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this assignment will examine the similarities and differences. From a Sociological perspective‚ norms are described by Newbold et al (2008) as “guidelines for behaviour in a specific social setting” (p4). Norms are learned through primary socialisation‚ which refers to learning the norms and values of ones society in the family. In British Society a norm could be that one would queue in a supermarket at the checkout. In Amish society a norm would be that of following the Ordnung. Norms are learned
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WORKBOOK ANSWERS AQA A2 Sociology Unit 4 Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods This Answers book provides suggestions for some of the possible answers that might be given for the questions asked in the workbook. They are not exhaustive and other answers may be acceptable‚ but they are intended as a guide to give teachers and students feedback. The student responses for the longer essay-style questions are intended to give some idea about how the exam questions might be answered. The examiner
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hij Teacher Resource Bank GCE Communication and Culture Other Guidance: • A2 Key Terms Copyright © 2009 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. The Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA) is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (company number 3644723) and a registered charity (registered charity number 1073334). Registered address: AQA‚ Devas Street‚ Manchester M15 6EX. Dr Michael Cresswell‚ Director General. Teacher Resource Bank / GCE Communication
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of the family in society. (33 marks) Functionalist macro theory looks at the society as a whole‚ and analyses how it fits together. Functionalist view of the role of the family in society is that it maintains social order‚ and it’s a tool for socialisation and a key social institution in sustaining the value consensus‚ which is harmony in the society as well as social solidarity. Functionalists focus on the positive functions of the family such as the sexual function‚ reproductive function‚ economic
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Hegemony describes the “socialisation process by which the dominant class persistently projects its ideologies‚ while subordinate classes see these ideological practices and expectations as ’common sense ’ and consent to them” (Lealand and Martin‚ Pg 52‚ 2001). Lealand and Martin (2001) argue hegemony is primarily a Marxist ideology in the sense that social class is a key factor in determining the ownership of the media and how audiences fathom media text. The general Marxist belief in view of a capitalist
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Agents of socialisation‚ like the Media‚ Family‚ and Peer groups‚ can either reinforce traditional gender roles or create new gender roles – like Metrosexuality. Movements like Feminism have changed the way femininity is viewed. Feminine identities are first developed by the family‚ an agent of socialisation that socialises us during Primary Socialisation. A family can consist of individuals that are law/blood-related‚ and share a common residence. Families use Gender Role Socialisation (GRS)‚ socialising
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