SCLY3 Beliefs In Society June 13th 2012 exam

I think this exam proves you cannot predict what will come up.

Reply 142

heartsandcrosses

Original post by Elana8

For question 3 I put secularisation, religious pluralism against fundamentialism, Marxism and spiritual movement flourishing is this right??

i did this! :smile:

Reply 143

anna1213

Original post by Just Josh

Wow..what the **** was that paper? There goes an A for me.. no idea what the hell the ideology question was about, we never got taught that. And the sects question was so vague...ended up rambling about why people join sects and why sects are gaining members...not even sure if that's what the question was asking me

I just said everything I could remember about sects from my notes, how it can be a good thing for society and the different thoughts sociologists had on the idea of sects. I really was rambelling about anything, and even went onto too talk about why people join them :/ oh well its over now, it wasn't too bad, most of the time sociology grade boundaries are low :smile:

Reply 144

heartsandcrosses

as for question 03 i put -

Intro:weighed up the inclusivist/exclusivist definitions of religion and talked about in terms of exclusivist (belief in a supernatural God, one would suggest it is declining) however the inclusivist (in terms of worshipping celebrities etc would suggest it is increasing) i then criticised the inclusivist definition and said that some would argue this supports secularization as they no longer place emphasis on traditional religion

first paragraph: first off i spoke about measuring religiosity and how this is difficult due to statistics and then i spoke about the rationalisation of the world and how science is now providing a more rational view of the world predicting religion wrong for instance in terms of the 'big bang' science has proved evolution did take place.

Second paragraph: i spoke about ways in which religion is declining in significance, churches closing down, attendance decreasing (one has to be careful when using statistics), younger generation placing more emphasis on leisure activities. socialisation is also not reinforcing children. i also spoke about the archbishop of cantenbury who said 'the church is like an old women muttering away to herself' therefore supporting that the church is boring and talks about issues that are bizarre to the young. i also suggested western countries are less religious due to industrialisation.

Third paragraph: i spoke about ethnic minorities and the reason they place emphasis on religion, however criticised this with how they may not actual be really religious it could be as a cultural defence against racism or the fact that church provides a social mechanism for many members. i also spoke the older generation being more religious, however criticised this with them turning to religion for social mechanisms due to spouse dieing and leaving paid employment, not because they place a huge emphasis on religion.

Fourth paragraph: i spoke about fundamentalism, both in the USA and Islamic countries. i said however that the USA population disregards religion and places emphasis on the american life, suggesting that these fundamentalists are a minority. i backed this up with right wing politicians who have to down play their religion in order to be elected, i also spoke about Tony Blair and said that when he was prime minister he said he didnt want to portray himself as a catholic because he didnt want to be regarded as a 'nutter' therefore supporting religion is declining in importance. I also spoke about people turning to fundamentalism due to globalisation, but this is also a minority

Fifth paragraph: i briefly spoke about NAM and said how these are growing and it could be that this shows that traditional religion is in decline, however in times of crisis people turn to the church which suggests it plays a role when people need it but most of the time it is back seated. i cant remember the rest to be honest but i think i spoke about ways in which it is important and stuffs.

conclusion: summed up essay, said religion was not as important as science no longer especially in the west and it can be suggested that once the east such as asia and africa begin to industrialise they will no longer place as much emphasis on religion, however religion will always be around and not dissapear therefore it does play a vital function in the world, it just isnt as important as it used to be.

TA DAAAAAAH. (sorry about lack of caps and spelling, my hand really aches ahah)

Reply 145

Vestada

Original post by ToyosiBaby

SORRY I JUST SAW THIS, but I spoke about Nanda (just realised I put Ninda but I'm sure they know who I;m on about LOL) redding, Armstrong etc...
I DO NOT THINK IT IS BAD THAT YOU FOCUSED ON GLOBALISATION I SLIGHTLY DID as long as you have added other things like post-modernity, secularisation, marxism -if possible, functionalism- if possible, neo-marxism -if possible, religious pluralism ..those kinda things, then you're fine! LOL :smile:

Regarding Nanda, it took me SO long to stop calling him Nando's :colondollar:

Reply 146

hayleyob

What if you did not talk about secularisation and just focused on marx.fem and func views?

Reply 147

Original post by scaredofexams

I think this exam proves you cannot predict what will come up.

Agreed. Until now, every past paper had a theory question (Functionalists, Marxists, Weber) for an 18 or a 33 marker. This paper, whilst you could definitely include theory in one or two questions - wasn't a stand-alone question.

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I need a little reassurance that I did well ><' but how long should the 33 marker be in order to get an average grade? providing the input is correct.

And the 18 marker? because I think I wrote too little because I spent too long planning :\

Reply 149

Original post by Mariya786

I need a little reassurance that I did well ><' but how long should the 33 marker be in order to get an average grade? providing the input is correct.

And the 18 marker? because I think I wrote too little because I spent too long planning :\

For the top grades (assuming the quality is very good) you'd need three pages for 18 marks and four pages for 33 marks. I wrote half a page more for each of these so I'm hoping the quality matches the quantity...

Mind you, I wouldn't say you needed more than 4 pages for an A* as long as you answer the question coherently.

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Reply 150

Amyyyy:)

I really thought the two essay question were good in a sense you could bring so much in.
The feminism one had an odd line of arguement but easy to criticise but so that women are no longer oppressed. Could talk about Marx, New Age movements, or even postmodernty.
The 33marker was alright aswell.
Opted for the ideological one. Talked about science and political ideologies to criticise it, Comte, lyotard, secularisation rationalisation etc.
But then like fundamentalism, ethnic minorities rise in Nrms etc. ahhh hope it went well for everyone :smile:

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Reply 151

Original post by R3cognize

For the top grades (assuming the quality is very good) you'd need three pages for 18 marks and four pages for 33 marks. I wrote half a page more for each of these so I'm hoping the quality matches the quantity...

Mind you, I wouldn't say you needed more than 4 pages for an A* as long as you answer the question coherently.

ah right thankyou ^^, ah hope I did well :|

Reply 152

iamkeeley

At first when I saw the questions I freaked out but when I thought about it they weren't that hard! My mind went blank during the feminism essay don't know if I wrote enough but we'll see

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Reply 153

iamkeeley

Original post by R3cognize

For the top grades (assuming the quality is very good) you'd need three pages for 18 marks and four pages for 33 marks. I wrote half a page more for each of these so I'm hoping the quality matches the quantity...

Mind you, I wouldn't say you needed more than 4 pages for an A* as long as you answer the question coherently.

That's not true at all I did a science essay in class a few weeks back. I only wrote 2 sides and got 33/33

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Reply 154

Original post by iamkeeley

That's not true at all I did a science essay in class a few weeks back. I only wrote 2 sides and got 33/33

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As I said previously - I very much doubt you'd need over 4 pages. If your arguement is strong enough, you can get an A* with as little as two pages. Generally speaking, you should aim for three pages for 18 markers and 4 pages for 33 markers, though.

Reply 155

Original post by iamkeeley

That's not true at all I did a science essay in class a few weeks back. I only wrote 2 sides and got 33/33

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ah you have no idea how much you have helped my confidence a little ><' though fingers crossed! and well done with that essay that's bloody brilliant! I spent too long planning and thus didn't get to write enough. Now to find a C&D thread ~

Reply 156

heartsandcrosses

Original post by R3cognize

For the top grades (assuming the quality is very good) you'd need three pages for 18 marks and four pages for 33 marks. I wrote half a page more for each of these so I'm hoping the quality matches the quantity...

Mind you, I wouldn't say you needed more than 4 pages for an A* as long as you answer the question coherently.

i wrote 6 pages for the 18 marker and 9 for the 33 :colondollar:

thats not to say you had too, my hand just went mental.

Reply 157

sati-deol

reading some answers on here makes me even more worried! question 1 was okayish, question 2 was great! however i did question 3 walking out the room feeling confident but no reading stuff on here im not as confident i spoke about postmodernity and a bit of globalisation and science and arguments against were secularisation don't know if this is correct or not :\

Reply 158

Original post by heartsandcrosses

i wrote 6 pages for the 18 marker and 9 for the 33 :colondollar:

thats not to say you had too, my hand just went mental.

Not always a good thing! I wouldn't advise anyone to write that much to be honest! But I hope it does pay off, well done for writing so much. :smile:

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