Covers the whole AQA GCSE Sociology (8192) specification: the sociological approach and research methods, families, education, crime and deviance, and social stratification, for Paper 1 and Paper 2.
15 questions, 15 minutes. Your score by study and the topic to fix first.
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Question 11 mark
Weber argued that a person's social position depends on more than their economic class. What did he add?
Question 21 mark
Which of these is a research aim rather than a hypothesis?
Question 31 mark
A researcher interviews set numbers of men and women of different ages, in the same proportions as the population. What type of sample is this?
Question 41 mark
Which two functions did Parsons argue that families keep in all societies?
Question 51 mark
Parsons described a role in the family focused on earning money and providing for the family. What did he call it?
Question 61 mark
According to Zaretsky, what illusion has modern capitalist society created about the family?
Question 71 mark
According to Durkheim, how does the teaching of history help to build social solidarity?
Question 81 mark
In Halsey's study of class and education, how were the men in the sample placed into social classes?
Question 91 mark
According to Ball, what happened to the behaviour of many pupils in Band 2?
Question 101 mark
What do sociologists mean when they say that deviance is socially constructed?
Question 111 mark
Why did Albert Cohen think many working-class boys could not reach mainstream success goals?
Question 121 mark
Which of these is a weakness of self-report studies?
Question 131 mark
Davis and Moore said every society must make sure of four things. Which of these was NOT one of them?
Question 141 mark
What term describes discrimination that is built into the routines and rules of an organisation, rather than coming from one person?
Question 151 mark
Which type of authority did Weber see as typical of a bureaucracy?
