AQA A2 Sociology Beliefs in society 5 June 2013

can't really say that about functionalism

marxism came up in the family. religion and c&d paper in 2013

What do you guys do for questions like 'assess the role of sects in society today'

What the hell do you do for these sorts of questions?


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Hi, the essay question on sects should not be a problem. You simply ought to describe some charasteristics of sects in your introduction, for example they tend to have a charismatic leader. Unlike the church, sects have quite few followers but more commitment is required and contact with the family, relatives and friends is restricted.

Explication : you should explain why sects are short-lived, here are some key points you can make:

*marginality - Max Weber

*relative deprivation (social deprivation, organismic deprivation, ethical deprivation, psychic deprivation) - Glock and Stark

*social change - Wilson, Bellah, Heelas

*disenchatment with the world - Giddens

*status frustration - Wallis

Conclusion...

Hope it helps x

I don't understand how you could write a 33 marker on this: assess the view that, for minority ethnic groups, the practice of religion and membership of religious groups is mainly a form of cultural defence. So would you talk about cultural defence and than counter it with cultural transition? I really don't know


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wow thats hard

what topic is that

What year did that come up in? i'm a teacher of sociology, highly unlikely i think, not enough in the textbooks to cover 3 - 4 sides. Before anyone asks..no i dont have any predictions but as someone has written above marxism was in so many units last year (paper could have been written by an SWP member) it is unlikely to come up this year...

Also for the person trying to tie social change into the sects question it's not particularly relevant, social change is a discrete topic in itself and is really a comparison of materialist views of social change (functionalism, traditional marxism and traditional feminism) with idealist/materialist views (Neo-marxism and Weber)

Best wishes

A January paper you say? Yes, they always made those harder...

http://filestore2.aqa.org.uk/subjects/AQA-SCLY3-W-MS-JAN11.PDF

page 9. Look those authors up in your textbook make a note of what they say and string an essay together.

You are not expected to include all of those writers, it's quite obvious looking at it now but i can see why you may think you cant three or four sides out of it.

Anyone else getting lots of weaknesses of theories but few strengths?

Yeah I'm the same! But I'm really struggling for both on the explanations, like age and religiosity and ethnicity and religiosity


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Age I'm okay on, ethnicity I can't do! D:

has anyone got any predictions for this exam!! even if you tell me what has come up before and is unlikely to come up again, anything will help. struggling with revision for this, my worst exam by far.