CIE Exam Review

CIE Exam Review

IGCSE Sociology

CIE Test

Date: 02 June 2022

Day: Thursday

Time: 08:45- 10-30

Venue: AQ3-201 | AQ3-203

• Culture, Identity and Socialisation

• Social Inequality

Culture, Identity and Socialisation

• understand the key terms culture, norms, values, roles, beliefs and identity, appreciate that these are social constructions and understand how they influence human behaviour​

• understand the terms conformity and non-conformity and how agencies of social control work

• know examples of rewards and sanctions applied in different societies and organisations​

Culture, Identity and Socialisation

• explain the nature of sub-cultures and how these impact on the consensus and conflict

• describe and account for diversity and variations in human behaviour and culture, including issues related to cultural relativism and multiculturalism

• assess the view that globalisation is creating a global culture

• explain the ways in which childhood is socially constructed​

Culture, Identity and Socialisation

• describe the processes of learning and socialisation both primary and secondary

• explain the different agencies of socialisation and their impact on individuals, including the consequences of inadequate socialisation

• assess the different views in the nature/nurture debate

• assess role, age, gender, ethnic group and class as influences on social identity

Social Inequality

• describe social stratification and the different forms that stratification can take in modern industrial society: class, age, ethnicity and gender

• explain the difference between achieved and ascribed status

• describe life chances and account for differences in life chances among and within stratified groups

• explain the main features o inequality and how it is created

Social Inequality

• assess evidence of and reasons for the distribution of wealth and income in different societies

• assess the impact of the welfare state and other government measures, including equal opportunities legislation, to reduce inequality

• explain the problems involved in defining wealth and poverty

• explain the causes of poverty and the consequences of being rich or poor in a global context

Social Inequality

• discuss examples of racial prejudice and discrimination in education, employment and housing

• discuss scapegoating and the consequences of racism for ethnic groups

• discuss the effects of gender on the life chances of males and females and the changing role of women in modern industrial societies, including gender discrimination in employment

• assess explanation of gender discrimination

Social Inequality

• assess different ways of defining and measuring class

• discuss the changing nature and role of different classes and class cultures

• discuss the nature, extent and significance of social mobility

Quizizz Review

Multiple Choice

Which of the following refers to the acting in accordance with norms and social expectations?

• Gender

• Social conformity

• Ostracism

• Laws

Multiple Choice

Which of the following refers to the use or threat of force or violence?

• Adulthood

• Coercion

• Social order

• Concensus

Multiple Select

Select two examples of coercion (force):

• Arresting people

• Educating people

• Criticising people

• Charging people with fines

Multiple Choice

The following are examples of informal social control, EXCEPT:

• Shame

• Sarcasm

• Criticism

• Imprisonment

Multiple Choice

The following are examples of secondary socialisation, EXCEPT:

• Family

• Workplace

• Schools

• Media

Multiple Choice

The following are examples of how the family serves as primary socialisation, EXCEPT:

• Children absorb norms and values

• Children are demoted or promoted to different ranks

• Children learn the culture

• Children learn to regulate their own behaviour

Multiple Choice

Which of the following refers to the expected behaviour associated with being male?

• Patriarchy

• Ethnicity

• Culture

• Masculinity

Multiple Choice

The following are examples of masculinity, EXCEPT:

• Boys are stronger and more adventurous

• Boys are superior

• Boys are able to do more than girls

• A guy doing household chores

Multiple Choice

Which of the following refers to ways in which members of society are made to conform to norms and values?

• Social control

• Value consensus

• Hidden curriculum

• Peer pressure

Multiple Choice

Which of the following refers to the movement of individuals or groups from one class to another?

• Upper class

• Social mobility

• Open society

• Lower class

Multiple Select

Identify two groups who may be disadvantaged in society.

• Bourgeoisie

• Working-class

• Ethnic minorities

• Upper class

Multiple Choice

Which of the following refers to the prejudice or discrimination against an individual or group because of their ethnicity or perceived race?

• Racism

• Multicultural society

• Lower class

• Elite

Multiple Choice

The following are scenarios how ethnic minorities are disadvantaged, EXCEPT:

• Minority groups are rarely offered housing by banks

• The majority group may stereotype ethnic minority pupils as lazy or deviant

• Job application favours those in the majority group

• Societies are becoming more multicultural

Multiple Choice

Which of the following refers to moving down the class ladder (for example from middle to lower class)?

• Intragenerational mobility

• Intergenerational mobility

• Downward mobility

• Upward mobility

Multiple Choice

The following are factors that lead to social mobility, EXCEPT:

• Getting education

• Marrying someone of a different class

• Getting career advancement

• Becoming a lower class

Writing Task

Writing Task

1. Explain how agencies of secondary socialisation transmit norms. [6]

2. Explain how privileged groups maintain their power and status in society. [6]​

3. Explain why a cycle of poverty exists in modern industrial societies. [8]

4. To what extent do the working class still have a distinct social identity. [15]

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