Sir John Hunt

1 Studying Society (incl. research methods)

Studying Society

Social Structures

Social Stratification
Education system
Families

Social Processes

Socialisation (Primary/Secondary)
Social Control
Social Change

Social Issues

Causes and consequences of authority
Sources and distribution of power and authority

Approaches

Marxism
Functionalism
Feminism

Research Methods

Research Process

Aims and hypotheses
Pilot studies
Sampling procedures
Ethics
Data collection methods and their evaluations

Data Collection Methods

Questionnaires
Interview types
Longitudinal studies
Observation types
Official statistics
Content analysis

Data

Primary vs secondary data
Quantitative vs qualitative
Draw simple conclusions from data and graphs

Sociological Research
You need to know how research may be used to implement new policies in social structures such as the education system, the criminal justice system or the welfare system. E.g. If research shows that ethnic minorities are too embarrassed to choose PE at GCSE, what policies might be implemented to reduce this?

Key Words

Primary Socialisation
Secondary Socialisation
Norm
Value
Law
Social Policy
Quantitative
Qualitative
Social Stratification
Social Class
Ethnicity
Social Control
Conformity
Canalisation
Primary Data
Secondary Data
Sample
Sampling Frame
Representative
Generalisation
Bias
Reliability
Validity
Pilot Study
Ethics
Gatekeeper
Triangulation

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2 Families

Families part 1 - FILTER & LEARN

Family Functions

Reproduction
Primary socialisation
Economic provision
Emotional Support
Parsons - stabilisation of personality

Family Types

Nuclear family (cereal packet)
Extended family
Reconstituted family
Lone-parents family
Same-sex family
Empty next family
Beanpole family
Symmetrical family
Neo-conventional family (new nuclear family)
What family types are increasing/decreasing? Why?

Nuclear Family

Which sociologist likes it? Why?
Which sociologist doesn't like it? Why?
What has happened to the nuclear family over time? Why has this happened?

Alternatives to Family

Communes
Co-housing

Family Relationships

Relationships between teenagers and adults in modern families compared to old families

Families Part 2

Marriage

What is happening to marriage?
What is happening to remarriages?
Cohabitation
Secularisation (religion)
Cost

Divorce

What is happening to divorce?
Why are there more divorces than before?
What are the consequences of divorce?

Family Roles

Domestic division of labour
Role of dads at home (changing?)
Dual burden
Triple shift
Invisible work
Decision making
Money management
Childcare

Debates

Is marriage still important?
Do men and women do the same amount of work for the family?

Extra Key Words

Family
Family diversity
Breadwinner
Cohabiting
Marriage
Divorce
Domestic Division of Labour
Segregated Conjugal Roles
Integrated Conjugal Roles
Commune

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Year 9 Sociology Topics & Homework

Studying Society

Research Methods

Key Words

Families part 1 - FILTER & LEARN

Families Part 2

Extra Key Words

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Year 9 Sociology Topics & Homework

Studying Society

Research Methods

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Families part 1 - FILTER & LEARN

Families Part 2

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