AQA GCSE Sociology Paper 1: The sociology of families and education June 2025 question paper 8192/1

What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe a family where members come from many generations, but with few members in each generation?

What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe the role men traditionally perform within the family?

Describe one example of patriarchy within a family.

Identify and describe one function of a family.

From Item A, examine one strength of using official statistics to research the number of cohabiting couples.

Identify and explain one factor which may have led to an increase in cohabitation rates as shown in Item A.

Identify and explain one disadvantage of using postal questionnaires to investigate cohabitation rates.

From Item B, identify and describe one type of family diversity identified by Rapoport and Rapoport, including what you know of their research method.

Identify and explain one practical issue sociologists may encounter when researching the extent of family diversity.

Discuss how far sociologists would agree that the extended family is still important in Britain today.

Discuss how far sociologists would agree that the family is the main agent of socialisation.

What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe the norms and values that provide the middle class with an advantage in education?

What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe the process of creating competition between schools?

Describe what is meant by an anti-school subculture.

Identify and describe one way in which material deprivation may affect the educational achievement of some students.

From Item C, examine one weakness of the research.

Identify and explain one in-school factor that may explain social class differences in educational achievement as shown in Item C.

Identify and explain one advantage of using non-participant observation to investigate pupil behaviour in the classroom.

From Item D, identify and describe one way in which Durkheim believes education prepares students for wider society, including what you know of his perspective on education.

Identify and explain one disadvantage of using a structured interview to research the educational experiences of students from different ethnic groups.

Discuss how far sociologists would agree that gender differences in educational achievement are mainly due to factors outside of school.

Discuss how far sociologists agree that the main function of the education system is to produce obedient workers.