AQA A2 SOCIOLOGY: Official Revision Thread for 2015 exams!

Does anyone know anything about the functionalist stratifiction theory?

God I'm going to do so well in these exams >.<

Reply 187

_Dani

Ah great, I haven't even been taught that :frown:

Reply 188

saikhan

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I have a feeling suicide will come up this year for c&d. It's getting removed from the syllabus, there hasn't been a question on it and also "students hate the topic". All the more reason to put it in! D:

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Reply 189

Tarnybxxx

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Original post by catsRgr8

We've got just over two months so if you start you'll be fine!
Yeah i reckon social policy, postmodernism/late modernism or realism might come up in theories and methods seeing as they haven't for a while if ever. But again you never know what they're going to throw in there. I actually quite like the methods in context questions though, pretty much the only part of this subject I'm not too worried about!!
Also, thinking about it has suicide come up in a while in crime and deviance??

Oh yes thank god haha! I checked the exam date in my panicy state last night. 18th June right?

Well, last year, the reason I got a C on the paper was because I focused on all those you have mentioned. I also thought they would come up but no! Feminism came up hahaa! I do not know what to think, the examiners seem to love feminism.

I like methods in context too I still can remember it from last year!

I do not think so but my old teacher is going to send me some tips and I will tell you them as soon as I get them. He was spot on last year apart from feminism in C&D :frown:

Reply 190

darcw27

Original post by pikachupotter

Does anyone know anything about the functionalist stratifiction theory?

God I'm going to do so well in these exams >.<

They believe that society is meritocratic and that the class system helps people find their right role in society. The most important positions must be filled by the brightest people.

Parsons - stratification is inevitable and it evaluates individuals in terms of common social values. It reinforces the collective goals of society and establishes order.

Davis and Moore - role allocation makes the most able and talented do the most important jobs. Inequalities in rewards, such as pay, are essential to motivate the best people to take on the most important roles which require lots of training, high rewards compensate the time spent in education and training :smile:

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Reply 191

pikachupotter

Original post by darcw27

They believe that society is meritocratic and that the class system helps people find their right role in society. The most important positions must be filled by the brightest people.

Parsons - stratification is inevitable and it evaluates individuals in terms of common social values. It reinforces the collective goals of society and establishes order.

Davis and Moore - role allocation makes the most able and talented do the most important jobs. Inequalities in rewards, such as pay, are essential to motivate the best people to take on the most important roles which require lots of training, high rewards compensate the time spent in education and training :smile:

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Thank you so much! I don't recall any of that, but I guess it's time I really knuckle down and do some revising

Reply 192

I think it was in this thread someone asked for an exemplar A2 methods essay. One of my students did this.

Methods aidan qualitiative research.pdf

Reply 193

xxvine

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Original post by catsRgr8

We've got just over two months so if you start you'll be fine!
Yeah i reckon social policy, postmodernism/late modernism or realism might come up in theories and methods seeing as they haven't for a while if ever. But again you never know what they're going to throw in there. I actually quite like the methods in context questions though, pretty much the only part of this subject I'm not too worried about!!
Also, thinking about it has suicide come up in a while in crime and deviance??

suicide came up in 2012 i think

can you help with methods and context....like how do you answer the question? what technique do you use?

Reply 194

Kay101xoxo

Hey guys, just wondering how far people have gotten with revision so I can stop panicking. I should have finished all of mass media (SCLY3) by this weekend. I'm not sure if this is good progress? :/ Some reassurance would be awesome :smile:

xxxx

Reply 195

sophiesmout

Original post by xxvine

Good you are doing C&D....

Is there a point revising things that came up last year.....?
Like Feminism, Green crime etc....

I'm going to revise them all because they have repeated topics in the past. However, there are only two more exams in this specification and they have not included a question on Postmodernism and Social Policy - I think.

Reply 196

Original post by xxvine

suicide came up in 2012 i think

can you help with methods and context....like how do you answer the question? what technique do you use?

Methods aidan qualitiative research.pdf

one of my students wrote this. It's an A.

Remember you have about 20 minutes only

Reply 197

Use the pervert mneomic.

Practical
Ethical
Reliable
Valid
Examples
Representative
Theoretical

Reply 198

Stephaniecamille

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Original post by sophiesmout

I'm going to revise them all because they have repeated topics in the past. However, there are only two more exams in this specification and they have not included a question on Postmodernism and Social Policy - I think.

My teacher hasnt taught us postmodernism or social policy yet. I don't understand why she's left it so late.. I don't even understand what social policy is.. In the Ken Browne book it had like 6 pages, how on earth are we supposed to condense that into 2 pages??? 😢

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