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OCR A-level Sociology H580
39 points in 3 topics, with OCR's codes and titles.
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01 Socialisation, culture and identity
- 01.A Introducing socialisation, culture and identity
- 01.A.1 What is culture?
- 01.A.2 What is socialisation?
- 01.A.3 What is identity?
- 01.B1 Families and relationships
- 01.B1.1 How diverse are modern families?
- 01.B1.2 To what extent are roles and relationships within families and households changing?
- 01.B2 Youth subcultures
- 01.B2.1 How and why are youth culture and subcultures formed?
- 01.B2.2 Why do young people participate in deviant subcultures?
- 01.B3 Media
- 01.B3.1 How are different social groups represented in the media?
- 01.B3.2 What effect do the media have on audiences?
02 Researching and understanding social inequalities
- 02.A Research methods and researching social inequalities
- 02.A.1 What is the relationship between theory and methods?
- 02.A.2 What are the main stages of the research process?
- 02.A.3 Which methods are used in sociological research?
- 02.B Understanding social inequalities
- 02.B.1 What are the main patterns and trends in social inequality and difference?
- 02.B.2 How can patterns and trends in social inequality and difference be explained?
03 Debates in contemporary society
- 03.A Globalisation and the digital social world
- 03.A.1 What is the relationship between globalisation and digital forms of communication?
- 03.A.2 Digital communication in a global context
- 03.B1 Crime and deviance
- 03.B1.1 How are crime and deviance defined and measured?
- 03.B1.2 What are the patterns and trends in crime?
- 03.B1.3 How can crime and deviance be explained?
- 03.B1.4 How can crime and deviance be reduced?
- 03.B2 Education
- 03.B2.1 What is the role of education in society?
- 03.B2.2 What are the patterns and trends of educational inequalities?
- 03.B2.3 How can differential educational achievement be explained?
- 03.B2.4 How has the UK education system changed?
- 03.B3 Religion, belief and faith
- 03.B3.1 How are religion, belief and faith defined and measured?
- 03.B3.2 What is the role of religion, belief and faith?