AQA A Level Sociology Paper 3 7192/3 - 13 Jun 2022 [Exam Chat]

How would you answer 'evaluate the view that the positivist approach is useful in understanding society'
Could this be a possible theory and methods question ?

I don't know what sections you did, but the info did not fit. I had revised enough to answer them but the point is, they shouldn't have been the 20 markers.
They gave the additional info to help aid the focus of revision for those questions and nothing about it came up, even my teachers complained about it.

wait lol do we have to learn that for the advanced info? im confused now.. i was told its just theories

could be a 10 marker but the 20 marker is gonna be on “consensus, conflict, structural and social action theories” which i think is just functionalism marxism feminism and social actions theories xx

I do - they are along these lines!

4- nature of capitalism causes crime
6-gender differences in level of recorded crime
10- 2 ways media leads to an increase in crime
30- evaluate the view that differences in crime rates between ethnic groups are a result of the way the CJS operates

10- 2 perspectives for social policy in society
20-theoretical factors are the most important in a sociologists choice of research

Hope this helps!

no the 20 markers both fit the advanced info. the advanced info is ONLY for big questions. marxist view of the family comes under the advanced info for family, definitions of religion come under “science, ideology and RELIGION including christian and non christian” my teacher gave us revision sheets that show you which areas come under which spec. i agree that the definitions is not rlly a good 20 marker as there isn’t enough to write though.

I'm aware it's only for the big questions, that's my point. Obviously religion's going to come up in the beliefs section, but what I'm saying is the emphasis of ideology & science was misleading.

If the question was something like Evaluate the view that... 'A belief in science is a religion' or 'Science can be defined as religion', or 'Influence of Sci ideology Vs. Religious ideology' that would've made so much more sense because from what I've seen, everyone seemed to prioritise science for that beliefs section, which seemed to make sense

I'm aware it's only for the big questions, that's my point. Obviously religion's going to come up in the beliefs section, but what I'm saying is the emphasis of ideology & science was misleading.

If the question was something like Evaluate the view that... 'A belief in science is a religion' or 'Science can be defined as religion', or 'Influence of Sci ideology Vs. Religious ideology' that would've made so much more sense because from what I've seen, everyone seemed to prioritise science for that beliefs section, which seemed to make sense

Can sociology as a science be the 20 mark theory?

Can sociology as a science be the 20 mark theory?

No but it could be the 10 marker

no because thats one of the debates and its a different part of the spec.

yeah i agree, i prioritised that too and didn’t even revise the definitions so i ****ed it up!! but i’m just saying that definitions of rel do fall under that part of the spec not other parts so they did stick to it

But it’s linked to positivism/Interpretivism. So surely it could be linked to that.

Positivism and interpretivism is again another part of the specification
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It comes under theory as objectivity and values in society ?

Positivism and interpretivism is again another part of the specification
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It comes under theory as objectivity and values in society ?

Which point of the spec does labelling theory and mental illness fit into?