AQA A2 SOCIOLOGY: Official Revision Thread for 2015 exams!

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Reply 1180

StrongBelwas

Original post by 3mmz

Yep please do!

So we won't lose out on marks if we do this?

Reply 1181

ScruffyQuaver

Original post by alconnow

Is anyone doing mass media for unit 3???

Reply 1182

Tinkerbell1997

Original post by Bonica

Do you get less marks if they find out in your exam you've wrote a page or two learnt of by heart from the internet?

not a bad idea, but yeah probs :frown:

Reply 1183

PurpleHills

Original post by alconnow

Is anyone doing mass media for unit 3???

I am

Reply 1184

alconnow

For a punishment essay question would the functionalist, Marxist and postmodernist views on the functions and forms be enough for the 21 markers?

Reply 1185

risteard

Original post by alconnow

For a punishment essay question would the functionalist, Marxist and postmodernist views on the functions and forms be enough for the 21 markers?

Yes. Make sure you mention the new labour stuff such as asbos tagging, community sentences, relate back to those three theories

Reply 1186

shann_ng

Original post by kikess_

Can anyone help me answer this question please for beliefs? Or help with a structure/ plan ?
"Using material from item A and elsewhere examine the view that cults and sects have taken the place of established churches as the most important religious spiritual movement in society today"(June 2010)
And "using material from item a and elsewhere assess the view that whilst the Church of England is declining other religious and spiritual movements are flourishing"
Really struggling to structure these two essays..so if anyone has any advice

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Hi! I would start with talking about yes cults and sects more popular than church because of dissolutionment with traditional religion with if been seen as outdated, irrelevant, boring, negative (with science as a replacement and traditional religion seen as having negative effects EG ISIS) and 'uncool' (Bruce) especially with certain social groups like younger people as a result of media

Maybe talk about influence of feminism meaning in modern society traditional religion reflects idea women should be subordinate etc with women confined to only certain roles so women joining cults and sects - Bruce twice as many women involved in sects then maybe evaluate with secularisation and idea women leaving cults and sects and traditional religion

Could talk about sects and cults in globalised society more appealing in uncertain world and with relative deprivation, marginality , universe of meaning undermined (Wilson)etc
Postmodernism - pick and mix, more choice etc

Sorry this is so rambley haha! Hope it helps slightly :smile:

Reply 1187

chl0ejasminee

For the 18m because its 12m AO2 and 6m AO1- does that mean you have to argue against the statement mostly?

Reply 1188

Husnara_a

Original post by chl0ejasminee

For the 18m because its 12m AO2 and 6m AO1- does that mean you have to argue against the statement mostly?

Yes, or give supporting evidence/theory for it.

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Reply 1189

Husnara_a

Original post by alconnow

Is anyone doing mass media for unit 3???

Yeah.

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Reply 1190

llik

Original post by risteard

Realism

Globalisation and crime

Do you have any exemplar 33mark essays on intrepretivist?

Reply 1191

chl0ejasminee

Original post by Husnara_a

Yes, or give supporting evidence/theory for it.

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Thank you!

Reply 1192

chrissie19913

Original post by steeeephtaylor

Here are my teachers predictions:

SCLY3:
- Functionalism (33 marker)
- Secularisation (33 marker)
- Postmodernity (33 marker)
- Fundamentalism (18 marker)
- Age and religion
- Social groups, ethnicity and class
- Cults & sects
- Social change

SCLY4:
- Ethnicity & crime
- Crime reduction strategies
- State crime
- Age, crime and victimisation
- Social action theories
- Postmodernism (33 marker)
- Functionalism (33 marker)
- Social policy
- Sociology and science

Hope this helps, he correctly predicted the questions for SCLY1 and SCLY2 in AS so I trust him. :smile:

Did functionalism come up in scly 1/2 xxx

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Reply 1193

steeeephtaylor

Original post by chrissie19913

Did functionalism come up in scly 1/2 xxx

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In SCLY2, yes it did.

Reply 1194

ScruffyQuaver

Original post by steeeephtaylor

What would we write for "age, crime and victimisation"? I never new there was a focus on age?

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Reply 1195

Economicsgirl08

Predictions for SCLY3
Or SCLY4?

By the way, I got full UMS last year in sociology if anyone wants me to help them out I'm always willing :smile:

Reply 1196

marx123

Original post by Economicsgirl08

Predictions for SCLY3
Or SCLY4?

By the way, I got full UMS last year in sociology if anyone wants me to help them out I'm always willing :smile:

scly 4- 33 marker social policy or globalisation and postmodernity
21 markers- realist theories/ labelling theory also a chance of suicide and ethnic differences or gender (female) crime

Reply 1197

Husnara_a

will they repeat questions? there are a few questions aqa are still yet to ask, such as HR & SC, as well as realist theories.

considering there's only one year left on this spec after this, they would want to test everything wouldn't they?

Reply 1198

marx123

Original post by Husnara_a

they have repeated questions in the past, i hope they dont as im revising the topics that has never came up

Reply 1199

Husnara_a

Original post by marx123

they have repeated questions in the past, i hope they dont as im revising the topics that has never came up

what about since the specification updated in Jan 2012? They haven't repeated since then...

dw, i'm prioritising them too.
this subject will be death of me, rip.