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Basics- Themes
What is sociology,
What does sociology include,
What did marx believe
23
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Basics- Sociological Theories
What does functionalism say,
What does durkheim say,
What kind of theory is functionalism
45
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Research Methods
What do sociologists aim to do,
What is reliable research,
What is reliable data
19
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Research Methods- Issues in Research
What are the two theoretical appr...,
What does positivism look at,
What does interpretivism look at
22
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Research Methods- Research Design
How does specialist skills influe...,
What influences a sociologist whe...,
What are sources of funding
45
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Research Methods- Questionnaires
What kind of questions do questio...,
How do closed questions affect re...,
How do open ended questions affec...
8
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Research Methods- Interviews
What is an interview,
What do you have to do for an int...,
What are structured interviews
11
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Research Methods- Experiments
Who are experiments used by,
How does an experiment start,
What happens to the variables in ...
11
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Research Methods- Observations
What happens in a covert observation,
What happens in an overt observation,
What is a participant observation
8
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Research Methods- In-Depth Research Methods
What are case studies,
What is a life history case study,
Why do interpretivists like case ...
14
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Research Methods- Secondary Data
What kind of statistics are objec...,
What kind of statistics are objec...,
What is social trends
10
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Education- Role of the Education System
What are the three functions of e...,
What did durkheim say,
What did parsons say
26
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Education- Relationships and Processes within Schools
What is the hidden curriculum,
What is part of the hidden curric...,
What is labelling theories
21
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Education- Class and Differential Achievement
How are pupils from professional ...,
Who are more likely to take a lev...,
How are pupils from disadvantaged...
28
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Education- Ethnicity and Differential Achievement
Who are the highest achievers at ...,
How do indian pupils perform in e...,
How do students from mixed ethnic...
22
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Education- Gender and Differential Achievement
Who generally get better results ...,
Who generally get better results ...,
Who are generally more likely to ...
30
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Education- State Policy and Education
What types of schools were involv...,
What did the 1944 act do,
What were grammar schools
57
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Education- Applied Research Methods
What is a subculture,
Which studies used unstructured i...,
What are advantages of using unst...
12
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Families and Households- Nature and Role of Family in Society
What is a household,
What is a family,
What does kinship mean
38
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Families and Households- Changes in Family Structure
What is pre industrial society,
What is industrial society,
What family is most common in pre...
38
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Families and Households- Roles and Relationships Within the Family
What are conjugal roles,
What did bott study,
What are segregated conjugal roles
34
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Families and Households- Changing Family Patterns
What is a matrifocal family,
What could be the reason for the ...,
What is the fastest growing house...
23
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Families and Households- Demography
What is demography,
What does immigration cause,
What does emigration cause
27
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Families and Households- Diversity and Social Change
What does chester think,
What does chester argue that stat...,
What doe new right theorists beli...
17
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Families and Households- Childhood
Why is childhood a social construct,
What did pilcher highlight,
How did aries study children
18
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Theory and Methods- Functionalism and New Right
How do structural theories view s...,
What is parsons organic analogy,
Why do functionalists describe ch...
29
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Theory and Methods- Marxism
What do conflict theorists believ...,
What does marx say,
What does marx say that the means...
26
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Theory and Methods- Feminism
How do feminists view society,
What does feminist theory aim to do,
What do feminists believe about t...
18
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Theory and Methods- Action Theories
What do action theorists say,
What do action theorists say abou...,
Why are action theories often cal...
34
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Theory and Methods- Modernity and Postmodernity
What does modernity refer to,
What did modernity bring about 3 ...,
What is thinking like in modernit...
44
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Theory and Methods- Sociology and Science
How do scientists collect data,
What does science value,
What are scientific statements ba...
36
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Theory and Methods- Sociological Theory and Methods
What are values,
What did comte marx and durkheim ...,
What did comte marx and durkheim ...
21
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Theory and Methods- Sociology and Social Policy
What are the 4 practical purposes...,
What are social policies,
What are 3 examples of social pol...
34
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Beliefs- Theories of Ideology
What are the 5 ways ideology has ...,
Who uses the word ideology,
How do marxists see ideology
24
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Beliefs- Theories of Science
What do critics of religion claim,
What do critics of religion believe,
What is the traditional view of s...
22
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Beliefs- Theories of Religion
Why is the definition of religion...,
What is a substantive definition,
What is a problem with substantiv...
34
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Beliefs- Religion and Social Change
Why is religion often seen as tra...,
What is the example in india of h...,
How do marxists and feminists vie...
21
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Beliefs- Religious Organisations
Why do sociologists often use a t...,
What are the four main features o...,
What is a monopoly of truth
28
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Beliefs- Religion and Social Groups
What is religious belief,
What is religiosity,
What did the 2011 census find abo...
21
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Beliefs- Religiosity in the Contemporary World
What is the purpose of recording ...,
What has been the trend in uk chu...,
What has been the trend in attend...
11
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Crime and Deviance- Defining Crime and Deviance
What is crime,
What is deviance,
Is all crime deviant
10
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Crime and Deviance- Functionalist Theories of Crime
How does crime and deviance reinf...,
What did durkheim say about deviance,
When does crime become dysfunctional
13
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Crime and Deviance- Labelling Theory of Crime
What assumption did becker challenge,
What did interactionists study,
How do interactionists argue that...
11
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