AQA GCSE Sociology Paper 1: The sociology of families and education November 2020 question paper 8192/1

What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe a pattern of divorce and remarriage where an individual marries several times but only to one partner at a time?

What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe when two adults with children from previous relationships remarry to form a new family?

Describe a dual career family.

Identify and describe one factor that may have led to an increase in the number of lone parent families in Britain.

Item A

Cohabiting couple families, UK (millions)

From Item A, examine one strength of using statistics to research cohabiting couple families.

Describe the type of statistical data shown in Item A. Identify the trend shown by the data and explain one factor which may account for this trend.

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

From Item B, identify and describe one way in which the family can be seen as important for society, including what you know of Parsons’ perspective on the family.

Identify and explain one advantage of using unstructured interviews to research the role of parents in families.

Discuss how far sociologists would agree that families in Britain today are symmetrical.

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

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

What term is commonly used by sociologists to describe the idea that the school system should be abolished?

Describe one function of education.

Identify and describe one type of pupil subculture that may be found in schools.

Item C

Percentage of pupils achieving GCSE grade 5 or above in English and Maths by ethnicity, England 2017

From Item C, examine one weakness of research using official statistics on the educational achievement of different ethnic groups.

Identify and explain one in-school factor which might account for the differences in educational achievement between ethnic groups shown in Item C.

Identify and explain one advantage of using covert observation to investigate the extent of sexism in schools.

From Item D, identify and describe one example of how the correspondence principle works according to Bowles and Gintis, including what you know of their perspective on education.

Identify and explain one advantage of using a longitudinal study to investigate the effects of streaming students in schools.

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

Discuss how far sociologists would agree that the education system enables upward social mobility.