Aqa-Scly1-W-Qp-Jun11
General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Examination June 2011
Sociology
Unit 1 Wednesday 18 May 2011
For this paper you must have: an AQA 8-page answer book.
SCLY1
9.00 am to 10.00 am
Time allowed 1 hour Instructions Use black ink or black 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 SCLY1. This paper is divided into three sections. Choose one section and answer all of the questions from that section. Do not answer questions from more than one section. Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked. Information The marks for questions are shown in brackets. The maximum mark for this paper is 60. Questions carrying 24 marks should be answered in continuous prose. In these questions you will be marked on your ability to: – use good English – organise information clearly – use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
G/T64897/Jun11/SCLY1
6/6/
SCLY1
2 Choose one section and answer all of the questions from that section.
Section A: Culture and Identity
Total for this section: 60 marks Read Items 1A and 1B below and answer questions Item 1A Interactionists see a person’s identity as arising from interactions with other people and from how those interactions are interpreted. For example, social expectations about what is an appropriate leisure activity for an older person may influence what that person does in their spare time. This choice of leisure activity may affect how they see themselves and how others see them, both of which contribute to their sense of identity. Item 1B For Marxists, culture in society reflects ruling-class ideology. It expresses the distorted view of the world put forward by the dominant class and is important in maintaining the system of social inequality that exists in capitalist society. Functionalist sociologists argue that the culture
Sociology
Unit 1 Wednesday 18 May 2011
For this paper you must have: an AQA 8-page answer book.
SCLY1
9.00 am to 10.00 am
Time allowed 1 hour Instructions Use black ink or black 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 SCLY1. This paper is divided into three sections. Choose one section and answer all of the questions from that section. Do not answer questions from more than one section. Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked. Information The marks for questions are shown in brackets. The maximum mark for this paper is 60. Questions carrying 24 marks should be answered in continuous prose. In these questions you will be marked on your ability to: – use good English – organise information clearly – use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
G/T64897/Jun11/SCLY1
6/6/
SCLY1
2 Choose one section and answer all of the questions from that section.
Section A: Culture and Identity
Total for this section: 60 marks Read Items 1A and 1B below and answer questions Item 1A Interactionists see a person’s identity as arising from interactions with other people and from how those interactions are interpreted. For example, social expectations about what is an appropriate leisure activity for an older person may influence what that person does in their spare time. This choice of leisure activity may affect how they see themselves and how others see them, both of which contribute to their sense of identity. Item 1B For Marxists, culture in society reflects ruling-class ideology. It expresses the distorted view of the world put forward by the dominant class and is important in maintaining the system of social inequality that exists in capitalist society. Functionalist sociologists argue that the culture