AQA A2 SOCIOLOGY: Official Revision Thread for 2015 exams!

Original post by ness7

Is anyone doing beliefs in society or crime and deviance .. and if so how are you guys feelings ? You ready or ? ... Also does anyone have predictions on what could possibly come up ....

I am really shtting myself, we got two weeks left and i feel like i know nothing. PLUS everyone here is talking like they know what their doing, when i have no clue. I HAVENT EVEN STARTED REVISING C&D!

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Original post by xxvine

May i ask

This is a previously exam question

'Assess the view that interpretivist methods are the most appropriate methods for researching society' How would you tackle that?

I answered that on the pervious page.

It's interprevetism versus positivism
Social action theories versus structutalism
Subjective world versus objective world
Opinions versus facts

Reply 943

Original post by xxvine

So basically its interpretivist vs positivism and we have to bring in sociology as a science vs post modernism

Yes, you got it :smile:

Reply 944

Shamsa8

Anyone know possible theories that might come up for mass media????

Reply 945

xxvine

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Original post by risteard

I answered that on the pervious page.

It's interprevetism versus positivism
Social action theories versus structutalism
Subjective world versus objective world
Opinions versus facts

so for social action theories vs structuralism does that mean marxism vs post modernism?

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Original post by xxvine

so for social action theories vs structuralism does that mean marxism vs post modernism?

No.

If the question is about social action theories -weber, interactionism, phenomenology and ethnomethedology - then you compare them with structural theories - functionalism, marxism and feminism

You would refer to the methodological sides of those theories - interprevetism and postivism

An a*student would see the link between interactionism and a later interpretive theory -postmodernism and would end with that theory and show how it links back to interactionism but how they differ when it comes to establishing 'the truth'.

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Magnus Taylor

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[QUOTE=risteard;56337147]No.

If the question is about social action theories -weber, interactionism, phenomenology and ethnomethedology - then you compare them with structural theories - functionalism, marxism and feminism

You would refer to the methodological sides of those theories - interprevetism and postivism

An a*student would see the link between interactionism and a later interpretive theory -postmodernism and would end with that theory and show how it links back to interactionism but how they differ when it comes to establishing 'the truth'.

On an essay assessing social action theories could you get away with just doing Weber's theory and then throw in humanistic Marxism post structuralist feminism? Phenomenology and ethnomethodology are harder to write about tbh. Beliefs in society is like five times easier than the other module and it is so bad that we only get three days between them

Reply 948

ness7

Original post by risteard

I answered that on the pervious page.

It's interprevetism versus positivism
Social action theories versus structutalism
Subjective world versus objective world
Opinions versus facts

Could you send me the answer again .. thanks !

Reply 949

Magnus Taylor

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Btw, what structure is everyone taking for methods short essay? Have we enough time to use pervert still or are people opting for PET? If so surely the theoretical paragraph would be nearly double the size of ethical considerations lol

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Original post by Magnus Taylor

On an essay assessing social action theories could you get away with just doing Weber's theory and then throw in humanistic Marxism post structuralist feminism? Phenomenology and ethnomethodology are harder to write about tbh. Beliefs in society is like five times easier than the other module and it is so bad that we only get three days between them

In my experience of teaching sociology and examining it, I would not advise that. Symbolic interactionism is influenced by but profoundly different from Weber, for one thing they do not explicity address social structure, Weber does. Also some students find beliefs harder ad the question usually requires them to address two if not three topics in their textbook

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Reply 951

abdulwadud13

Is it just me that found family & education with methods so much easier and interesting than crime and deviance?

Reply 952

fieldy_xo

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What exactly comes under Social Action Theories?

(probably a bit late in the year to be asking this :/)

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Original post by fieldy_xo

What exactly comes under Social Action Theories?

(probably a bit late in the year to be asking this :/)

Weberianism
Symbolic interactionism
Phenomenology
Ethnomethodology

Reply 954

fieldy_xo

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Original post by risteard

Weberianism
Symbolic interactionism
Phenomenology
Ethnomethodology

Thank you!

Reply 955

Stephaniecamille

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Original post by risteard

Weberianism
Symbolic interactionism
Phenomenology
Ethnomethodology

Are phenomenology and ethnomethodology necessary? Can't we just use them as criticisms?

Only because social action theory is so huge and frankly there's way too much to cover in so little time.

Reply 956

diamondluck