OCR A-level Sociology Paper 2 (H580/02) - 9th June 2023 [Exam Chat]

workplace is likely as it’s on the spec and they’ve asked it before but i don’t think they will on education and health, how many studies would u usually put for the 20 markers?

I planned to talk about Parsons, Murdock's study on 200 societies, Human Capital Theory and Schafly from the New Right but yeah all of these are basically arguing about the same thing

what does human capital theory say?

okay im in a dilemma. theres too much to learn and not enough time. how likely is it that questions that have come up before will come up again? I want to focus on topics that havent appeared before

a quixk way to narrow down things. They wont repeat the 40 and 20 markers from last year so you can at least rule those out.

do you know what the 20 marker and 40 marker was for last year?

do you know what the 20 marker and 40 marker was for last year?

Human capital means the knowledge, skills and competency embedded within an individual and functionalists argue that because men are more work oriented and committed to their jobs, they gain more human capital compared with women who prioritise caring for their family, so this explains why men and women are not rewarded equally.

honestly functionalism and gender inequalities wouldn't be that bad. as you said, you're basically repeating yourself in every paragraph but it makes it kind of easy...

Should we learn essay plans for questions which have already come up?

For the inequality 40m I was planning on not thoroughly going through questions which are already mentioned in previous past papers. Like functionalist views on ethnicity for instance. Maybe learn like one or two ao1 points from there to use as AO3 in my other essays but that’s it. Am I taking too big of a risk by not learning it in detail if it’s already come up?

can someone remind me of structure for 25 marker?

my teacher said to do a brief introduction and then do 5/6 paragraphs evaluating the method. he used the accronym PERRV (Practicality, Ethics, etc) and said to do a paragraph on each aspect with a focus on reliability&validity. to maximize marks you also need to include at least one paragraph about a theory and state whether its favored by positivists or interpretivists and why.

can someone remind me of structure for 25 marker?

The main body should be split into strengths and weaknesses that focus on 3 of the 4 keywords (validity, reliability, representativeness) and 2 main theories (positivism and interpretivism). These points must be supported by evidence from the source.

There should be a conclusion that considers the usefulness of the research method in relation to the research topic. Base this around the concept of generalisability.

do you know what the 20 marker and 40 marker was for last year?

what is the stucture of a 20 marker on inequalities?