AQA Sociology SCLY1 Family & Households 13th May 2013.

Is anyone doing or has done the unit 2 exam (education and methods), and would like to pass on good some advice

It's so much easier than unit 1. Know methods in context well as unless you link the 2nd section question to the issue your marks stay low. Time is tight again so just keep writing and focusing. Relax,, my friend forgot what theoretical issues were for the 3rd section and still got 10/20

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People who wrote about parsons and bott in the first essay, i don't think those studies may be relevant as it said factors AFFECTING power and division of labour , parsons doesnt give factors he just says they're suited to the roles, and bott just identifies two roles

People who wrote about parsons and bott in the first essay, i don't think those studies may be relevant as it said factors AFFECTING power and division of labour , parsons doesnt give factors he just says they're suited to the roles, and bott just identifies two roles

Question 3 was 3 reasons for Divorce rate apart from Laws DID MY WALES WORK YES IT DID


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Haha, I remembered that WALES thing and it actually helped a lot!
...Not that I could remember what A or E stood for :P But it still saved me from missing a question.

The paper on the whole was a dream. I knew every answer even though I've done probably a week of studying! Definitely got at least 30 marks. So hopefully a C or above

I finished so late that the examiner shut me in the exam hall and I had to bang on the door to get out :L!

if i didn't link back to the item for the assess question, does this limit my mark?

Yes

For my Functionalist question, I talked about um, Murdock four function, Parson function fit theory and the used eg. And then I talked about his irreducible functions only nuclear family do. THEN I just criszted it with Marxist and Feminist and then used Marxist Fem Ansley with her **** takers stuff. I also kept linking back to the damn question,


Is that enough? ;/

yeah that's exactly what i did! i think given the time limit and how we get 1 mark per minute then hopefully it should be enough! idk though.

I don't know if I've messed up or not. I didn't do any past papers or even timed essays prior to that exam. So I don't know if I have written in the correct exam style.

I opened the question booklet and for the first 5 minutes I sat there in amazement at how good the questions were.

For the first question regarding power relationships and division of labour I mentioned the likes of Bott, Young & Wilmott, Parsons, Hardill, Pahl & Vogler, Dobash & Dobash and Oakley.

For the second essay I outlined the functionalist perspective by using Murdock, Parsons' two functions, Parsons functional fit and criticised these points with Zaretsky, Millet, Oakley and other criticisms.

I feel that I focused too much on naming and criticising sociologists as oppose to expanding on the points I made and explaining them.

What do you guys think from what I have said?

Hope the exam went okay for everyone!

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Hi guys,
the exam was 'ok' could have done much better, and would of save time if iknew how pathetic these questions will be, would of not done such in-depth revision!
anyway, i was wondering if you loose mark for writing the wrong date next to a study.. I think i wrote Dunne 1997 instead of 1999;(
It went well apart from few spelling errors and having 10minutes to finish the last essay.
In jan i got 38/60 and got marked a D, how does that make sense?