AS OCR sociology exam structure

G672 – EXAM STRUCTURE AND TIMING
Unit G672: Topics in socialisation, culture and identity
There are four areas to revise for this exam:

1. Key concepts and key trends within the family
2. The role of the family in society
3. Family diversity
4. Roles, responsibilities and relationships within the family

Instructions: Complete all questions on Option 1 - SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAMILY – answer them all (1 a and b, 2 a and b)
Question number and assessment objective (skills)
Out of
Time spent on in minutes
Examples of questions
a. questions (there will be two of these)
AO1 – out of 17- Knowledge and understanding.
17

15mins per a question (there will be two of these)
Jan 2009:
Identify and explain two reasons for the increase in cohabitation in the contemporary UK (17)
Identify and explain two ways in which an aging population affects family life (17)
Jan 2010:
Identify and explain two reasons for the decline in marriage over the last 30 years (17).
Identify and explain two characteristics of the nuclear family. (17)
June 2010:
Identify and explain two reasons for the increase in divorce over the last 30 years(17).
Identify and explain two types of family diversity(17).
Jan 2011:
Identify and explain two reasons for the increase in single-person households over the past
30 years.(17)
Identify and explain two ways in which extended families are important in the contemporary UK (17)
June 2011:
Identify and explain two ways in which demographic changes impact on family life (17).
Identify and explain two reasons for the growth in single-parent families in the contemporary UK (17)
Jan 2012:
Identify and explain two ways in which families vary according to ethnicity. (17)
Identify and explain two reasons why family size has decreased (17)
June 2012:
Identify and explain two functions of the family (17)
Identify and explain two reasons why the marriage rate has decline in the contemporary UK (17)
Jan 2013:
Identify and