Unit 1 Specimen Paper
General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Examination
SOCIOLOGY Unit 1
Specimen Paper Showing Layout from 2005
In addition to this paper you will require: an 8-page answer book.
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Time allowed: 1 hour 15 minutes
Instructions • Use blue or black ink or ball-point pen. • Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Examining Body for this paper is AQA. The Paper Reference is SCY1. • This paper is divided into three Sections. Choose one Section and answer all parts of the question from that Section. • Do all rough work in the answer book. Cross through any work you do not want marked. Information • The maximum mark for this paper is 60. • Mark allocations are shown in brackets. • You will be assessed …show more content…
• The degree of legibility of your handwriting and the level of accuracy of your spelling, punctuation and grammar will also be taken into account.
2005/SCY1 SPECIMEN PAPER
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Choose one Section and answer all parts of the question from that Section. SECTION A – FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS
1 Item 1A
Total for this Section: 60 marks Ideas about the nature of children have changed over time. The modern view is that children are fundamentally different from adults – innocent, inexperienced and vulnerable. Thus modern childhood involves segregation: children’s vulnerability means they need to be shielded from the dangers and responsibilities of the adult world. Childhood has become a specially protected and privileged time of life. Yet children were not always viewed in this way. Until the 17th century, childhood was regarded as a brief period (up to the age of about 7), after which the individual was ready to enter the wider world. Some sociologists argue that we are now witnessing a further change in the nature of childhood, and that the differences between childhood and adulthood are once …show more content…
(4 marks) Suggest three practical and/or organisational factors that “play a part in shaping [the] output” of media organisations (Item 3A, line 12). (6 marks) Identify and briefly explain two criticisms of the “manipulative model” of mass media output (Item 3A, line 1). (8 marks) Examine reasons why the mass media may exert only a limited influence over their audiences. (20 marks) Using material from Item 3B and elsewhere, assess sociological explanations of the ways in which the mass media portray gender and social class. (20 marks) END OF
SOCIOLOGY Unit 1
Specimen Paper Showing Layout from 2005
In addition to this paper you will require: an 8-page answer book.
SCY1
Time allowed: 1 hour 15 minutes
Instructions • Use blue or black ink or ball-point pen. • Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Examining Body for this paper is AQA. The Paper Reference is SCY1. • This paper is divided into three Sections. Choose one Section and answer all parts of the question from that Section. • Do all rough work in the answer book. Cross through any work you do not want marked. Information • The maximum mark for this paper is 60. • Mark allocations are shown in brackets. • You will be assessed …show more content…
• The degree of legibility of your handwriting and the level of accuracy of your spelling, punctuation and grammar will also be taken into account.
2005/SCY1 SPECIMEN PAPER
SCY1
2
Choose one Section and answer all parts of the question from that Section. SECTION A – FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS
1 Item 1A
Total for this Section: 60 marks Ideas about the nature of children have changed over time. The modern view is that children are fundamentally different from adults – innocent, inexperienced and vulnerable. Thus modern childhood involves segregation: children’s vulnerability means they need to be shielded from the dangers and responsibilities of the adult world. Childhood has become a specially protected and privileged time of life. Yet children were not always viewed in this way. Until the 17th century, childhood was regarded as a brief period (up to the age of about 7), after which the individual was ready to enter the wider world. Some sociologists argue that we are now witnessing a further change in the nature of childhood, and that the differences between childhood and adulthood are once …show more content…
(4 marks) Suggest three practical and/or organisational factors that “play a part in shaping [the] output” of media organisations (Item 3A, line 12). (6 marks) Identify and briefly explain two criticisms of the “manipulative model” of mass media output (Item 3A, line 1). (8 marks) Examine reasons why the mass media may exert only a limited influence over their audiences. (20 marks) Using material from Item 3B and elsewhere, assess sociological explanations of the ways in which the mass media portray gender and social class. (20 marks) END OF