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Answers in this band will show sound, conceptually detailed knowledge of a range of relevant material on Marxist explanations of the role of families in society today. Sophisticated understanding of the question and of the presented material will be shown.
Using one example, briefly explain how the modern family could be seen as patriarchal. Using one example, briefly explain how migration may affect the structure of a population. Using one example, briefly explain how the increases in family breakdown can affect household structure.
May 28, 2019 · Here are some example answers to the written questions on Family in AQA GCSE Sociology Paper 1 (2019). Q3. According to Functionalists, such as Parsons one function of the family would be act as an agent of primary socialisation, so the children understand the social norms and values.
- An Introduction to The Sociology of The Family
- Families and Households Exam Advice
- Perspectives on The Family
- Marriage, Divorce and Cohabitation
- Power and Equality Within Domestic Roles
- Childhood
- Social Policy and The Family
- Demography
- The AQA’s Families and Households Specification
Families and Households: Key Concepts – definitions of key terms covering most of the major sociological concepts relevant to the AQA’s families and households module. Let’s face it, learning the language of sociology is half the battle! Defining the Family – your perspective on the family will depend on how you define the family. Defining the fami...
AQA A-level paper 2: topics in sociology exam advice – a general post explaining the 3 styles of questions in this section of paper 2. Only covers the families and households section (section A) of paper 2. How I would have answered the 2017 A-level Sociology paper 2 exam (families and households section) – brief notes briefly outlining how I would...
Sociological perspectives include Functionalism, Marxism, Feminism, post and late modernism and the personal life perspective. Generally the first three all focus on the nuclear family in relation to social structure. The final three focus on how families are becoming more diverse with social changes in recent years. An Overview of what you need to...
There has been a long term decline in marriage and corresponding increase in divorce, but a more recent decrease in divorce too. Cohabitation is also increasing. For this section of the course you need to be able to evaluate the main social factors which explain these trends and apply sociological perspectives to examine the consequences. Overview ...
This section of the families and households module looks at how equal men and women are in relationships. Conceptualising gender equality in relationships – a summary of some of the different concepts sociologists have developed in order to explain different relationship types, with different levels of equality. This post looks at concepts such as ...
To what extent is childhood socially constructed? – While children are clearly biologically different to adults, childhood is also socially constructed – that is social norms influence the boundaries and differences between adults and children. The March of Progress View of Childhood – the ‘common sense’ view is that childhood in Europe has general...
Social policies are acts which the government puts in place in order to change some aspect of social life. Some social policies are aimed to directly influence family life, such as the 1969 Divorce Act, but many more general social policies will impact family life even though they have not been designed to affect family life, as was the case with E...
Explaining changes to the birth rate – there has been a long term decline in the birth rate, world wide, largely attributed to rising living standards, improved rights for women, and the decline in the infant mortality rate. Explaining the long term decline of the death rate – life expectancy has been increasing, hence the death rate has been decli...
The AQA’s specificationcriteria for this families and households topic are quite clumsy – in bold below… I’ve mapped out in italics how my own structure above covers the specification criteria below… 1. the relationship of the family to the social structure and social change, with particular reference to the economy and to state policies – The pers...
Sep 9, 2024 · This article provides a comprehensive overview of the different types of family structures, including nuclear, extended, reconstituted, lone parent, and single-sex families. We will explore the significance of each type within both UK and global contexts.
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Introduction. In general, the functionalist perspective is seen as a structural theory because it claims that the social structures in society (eg, religion, family, education, media and the law) perform a number of ’functions’ which shape and influence our behaviour.
