Sociology Taster Session

Sociology Taster Session

What is Sociology all about?

Choose 3 terms from the image that you think you will find interesting to learn about - pop them in the chat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32KG_ba_NJc&t=16s

Sociology is the study of people, the patterns and behaviors we have, and the way in which we interact with each other

Lets have a go at a little quiz about the kinds of things you will explore when studying your Sociology A level.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes Sociology?

• Study of Philosophy

• Study of Life

• Study of Society

• Study of the Human Body

Multiple Choice

Sociology is concerned with right and wrong answers....

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

In Sociology you will look at lots of theories, which of the following best describes what theories are?

• Based on factual evidence

• An assumption or system of ideas intended to explain something

• Can be 100% proven

Multiple Choice

Macro theories study.....

• Middle scale studies, such as sports and schools/ colleges

• Large scale social processes such as organisations, institutions and cultures

• Small scale social processes, such as social interactions and identity

Multiple Choice

Micro theories study

• study of biological traits

• small scale social processes such as social interactions and self-identity

• study of society

• large scale social processes such as organisations, cultures and institutions

Multiple Choice

Culture consists of the ways of life that people create as they participate in a group or society. True or False

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Society has an influence on an individuals personality and beliefs.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Power in sociology refers to.....?

• economic strength of a nation

• the ability to influence people and achieve goals, even in the face of opposition

• he product of the force and velocity on an object

Multiple Choice

What do you think the term 'Stratification' means?

• placing objects into categories

• no divisions in society are present

• socially structured inequalities

Stratification

• Idea that there are inequalities found in societal structures.

• Some examples are; Ethnicity/Gender/ Wealth/ Social Class/ Religion

Open Ended

For one of the following examples of Stratification, explain what inequalities may exist for that group of people. Try and also include why those inequalities exist.

Ethnicity/ Gender/ Wealth/ Social Class/ Religion

Sociological Imagination!!!

• How would a child born today experience the world differently than you did, than I did?

• How might this change/ shape their lives.

• Everything is amazing, nobody is happy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdFB7q89_3U

Comedy Sketch - Traffic Lights

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU35XlTkLnA

Social Influence

• Our society influences our behaviour and choices. It shapes you as a person.

• Just thinking about how things have changed, and how that has changed has impacted how we behave.

• Being a sociologist is about questioning your interactions with the world, thinking about the why. Accepting you are a part of something bigger, and that you are shaped by many things that are out of your control.

Sociological Perspective on the Pandemic

• What has the pandemic allowed us to see that we took for granted?

• Closing schools - about learning and how students would go hungry due to poverty

• Underlying health conditions and how they are tied to social conditions

• Highlights strengths - people came to help, society does not breakdown. go to neighbours to help instead of causing issues.

EDUQAS AS Level Sociology - What to Expect!

• Section A - One essay question on the theme of socialisation, culture and identity.

• Section B - Two essay questions. You will have studied either families and households or youth cultures.

• Section C - One essay question. You will have studied Education, media or religion.

EDUQAS A Level Sociology - What to expect

• Paper 1 - Socialisation and Culture. Structured very similar to this paper in AS level.

• Paper 2 - Sociological methods

• Paper 3 - Power and Stratification (inequalities in societies systems)