Some sociologists believe in-school factors are responsible for educational underachievement because of many reasons such as- subcultures‚ setting and streaming and Interactionism where teachers label a pupils likely performance which have an impact on that individual which can be in the form of racism. In opposition‚ some sociologists disagree because there out-of-school factors too such as; material deprivation‚ cultural deprivation and innate explanation theory. I have to discuss if in-school
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Examine the ways in which feminist sociologist have contributed to our understanding of family roles and relationships. Feminist believe that women in society are oppressed and exploited by men‚ they are not seen as equal purely based on their gender. Women are therefore are expected to be subordinate to men resulting in women being disadvantaged in life. Radical feminists believe the family oppress women by patriarchal structures and the family itself. They believe the family benefits men as
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“How far would sociologists agree that the media causes eating disorders in women? In this essay I will discuss how far sociologists would agree that the media causes eating disorders in women. Eating disorders refer to a group of conditions characterized by abnormal eating habits that may involve either insufficient or excessive food intake to the damage of an individual’s physical and emotional health. Eating disorders include: bulimia‚ anorexia and obesity. First Marxists would argue all
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Examine the problems some sociologists may face when using different kinds of experiments in their research (20 Marks) To have control over variables and the environment they are researching‚ sociologists often use laboratory experiments in research. Lab experiments are used to test a hypothesis in a controlled environment‚ by altering an independent variable to see the dependant variable being tested changes. Positivists favour this method of research as it is a more scientific approach to research
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Evaluate the competing ways in which sociologists have examined how gender exerts a significant influence over a person’s involvement with sport. Within sport‚ gender has played a huge role the way it affects one’s involvement in participation. As I will explore sociologically in this essay‚ there are a great number of reasons why this has occurred and still does occur‚ and the way in which pre-conceived ideas and stereotypes along with many other things affect sport involvement. One of the
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discuss how far sociologists would agree that the image of women represented by the mass media tends to be stereotypical rather than realistic The image of women in mass media is constantly under discussion and always changing. Mass media have been known to represent women in various ways; for example page 3 of the sun makes women appear to be some sort of sexual object and James Bond films also portray most women in this way. Many shows portray women as simple housewives and mothers and nothing
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‘Discuss how far sociologists would agree that teenage criminal and deviant behaviour results from parents failing to socialise their children correctly’ In this essay I will be discussing how far sociologists would agree that teenage criminal and deviant behaviour results from parents failing to socialise their children correctly. Teenage criminal and deviant behaviour is when teenagers (13-19 yr olds) participate in activities which breach the law and are involved in activities which are seen
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Discuss how far sociologists would agree that teenage criminal and deviant behaviour results from parents failing to socialise their children correctly (12 marks) Most criminologists would agree that the majority of criminal and/or deviant behaviour both stems and/or develops during either childhood or the early years of adolescence. Therefore‚ many how deduced that the adequacy of socialising in the home by parents is likely to have an effect and possible even result in teenage criminal and deviant
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Essay – How far would sociologists agree that working class people are more likely to commit crimes than any other social class group? The upper class is the group of people at the top of a social hierarchy. Members of an upper class may have great power over the grant of resources and governmental policy in their area. The middle class is the group of people who are at the mediocre level of the social class hierarchy. Nurse‚ teacher and accountant are just three of the fastest growing
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Karl Marx‚ Max Weber and Emile Durkheim offered differing perspectives on the role of religion. Choose the theorist whose insights you prefer and outline how they perceived religion operating socially. Discuss why you chose your preferred theorists views over the others. Marx‚ Durkheim and Weber each had different sociological views of the role and function of Religion. My preferred theorists view’s on Religion is Karl Marx’s as I feel his ideas are more relevant
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