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Beliefs in Society
0  cards
Topic 1 - Theories of Religion
Substantive definition of religion 1,
Criticisms of substantive definit...,
Functional definition of religion...
24  cards
Topic 2 - Religion and Social Change
How is religion a conservative fo...,
Civil rights movement in the usa 2,
The new christian right in the usa 3
7  cards
Topic 3 - Secularisation
How many attended church in 1851 ...,
By 2015 how many attended church ...,
What has occurred with religious ...
7  cards
Topic 4 - Religion, Renewal & Choice
What is the existential security ...,
Evaluations of the existential se...,
What is the rise of new age spiri...
8  cards
Topic 5 - Religion in the Global Context (Globalisation)
Outline 3 key aspects of fundamen...,
Fundamentalism and modernity 2,
How does globalisation lead to fu...
9  cards
Topic 6 - Organisations, Movements & Members
Characteristics of churches 3 1,
Characteristics of sects 3 2,
Characteristics of denominations 3 3
16  cards
Topic 7 - Ideology & Science*
Science as a belief system popper 1,
Science as a belief system kuhn 4 2,
Marxist feminist perspective on s...
11  cards
Crime & Deviance
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Topic 1 - Functionalism & Crime
Why do functionalists believe cri...,
Why do functionalists believe cri...,
Durkheim crime is inevitable due ...
10  cards
Topic 2 - Interactionist Theories
Interactionist view of crime 3 1,
Becker social construction of cri...,
Cicourel stereotypes of criminals...
7  cards
Topic 3 - Marxist Theories
How is capitalism criminogenic 1,
Why can the exploitation of the w...,
Lawmaking chambliss 3 e 3
7  cards
Topic 4 - Realist Theories of Crime & Deviance
Right and left realist perspectiv...,
Right realist explanations for cr...,
Evaluation of right realist expla...
7  cards
Subcultural Theories of Crime & Deviance
Cohen status frustration 4 1,
Evaluation of cohen s status frus...,
What group did cohen study 3
17  cards
Topic 5 - Gender and Crime
What are the gender patterns in c...,
Do women really commit more crime...,
Why do women commit less crime th...
9  cards
Topic 6 - Ethnicity and Crime
Why emg s appear more criminal le...,
Why emg s appear more criminal gi...,
Why emg s appear more criminal ha...
7  cards
Topic 7 - Media and Crime
How is the media a cause of crime...,
The distorted image of crime 4 2,
Fictional representations of crim...
6  cards
Topic 8 - Globalisation, Green Crime & State Crime
What has happened as a result of ...,
Name 3 crimes affected by globali...,
Globalisation and crime taylor 2 3
14  cards
Topic 9 - Control, Punishment and Victims
Positivist victimology 1,
Critical victimology 2,
What is situational crime prevent...
12  cards
Education
What is material deprivation e 1,
What is cultural deprivation e 2,
Examples of cultural deprivation 3
39  cards
Topic 1 - Class Differences in Achievement (External)
What is material deprivation 1,
What is cultural deprivation 2,
Examples of cultural deprivation 3
13  cards
Topic 2 - Class Differences in Achievement (Internal)
What are internal factors e 1,
Internal factors of educational d...,
Labelling becker 3
9  cards
Topic 3 - Ethnic Differences in Achievement
Ethnic statistics who achieves be...,
Ethnic statistics who achieves wo...,
Linguistic skills external 2 3
11  cards
Topic 4 - Gender Differences in Achievement
External factors impact of femini...,
External factors changes in law 2,
External factors changing girls a...
13  cards
Topic 5 - The Role of Education (Theories)
Functionalist durkheim 2 main fun...,
Functionalist parsons 2 2,
Functionalist davis moore 2 3
10  cards
Topic 6 - Educational Policy*
The tripartite system 2 1,
The comprehensive system 1 2,
What is marketisation 3
15  cards
Families
March of progress view couples 1,
Willmott and young couples 1973 2,
Triple shift couples 3
23  cards
Topic 1 - Couples
Domestic division of labour parso...,
Domestic division of labour bott 2 2,
Willmott and young 3 3
14  cards
Topic 2 - Childhood
Changes to childhood over time ar...,
Changes to childhood over time po...,
Changes to childhood over time sh...
6  cards
Topic 3 - Theories of the Family
Functionalists the organic analog...,
Functionalists murdock 4 2,
Functionalists parsons 3 3
23  cards
Topic 4 - Demography
Reasons for the decline in birth ...,
Impacts of a declining birth rate...,
Reasons for a decline in death ra...
10  cards
Topic 5 - Changing family patterns
__ of marriages end in divorce ch...,
What are the reasons for increase...,
Fletcher marriage expectations 3
8  cards
Topic 6 - Family diversity
What has happened to family diver...,
Family diversity parsons 2,
Family diversity the new right 3
10  cards
Topic 7 - Social Policies and the Family*
New right social policies promoti...,
New labour social policies promot...,
Feminist and marxist views of pol...
15  cards
Research Methods
Practical issues of methods 3 1,
Ethical issues of methods 3 2,
Theoretical issues of methods 3 3
16  cards
Theory & Methods
0  cards
Topic 1 & 2 Qualitative & Quantitative Research Methods
Which research methods are prefer...,
Why do positivists prefer quantit...,
Examples of quantitative research...
6  cards
Topic 3 - Sociology & Science
Sociology is a science comte 2 1,
Sociology is a science durkheim 2 2,
Sociology is not a science popper...
5  cards
Topic 4 - Objectivity & Values
What does value free mean 1,
Positivist view on values 1 2,
Interpretivist view on values 2 3
9  cards
Topic 5 - Functionalism
Durkheim s view 3 1,
Organic analogy parsons 3 2,
What 4 functions does society pro...
7  cards
Topic 6 - Marxism
3 successive class societies marx...,
What s marx s two class model of ...,
How does the family support capit...
7  cards
Topic 7 - Feminism
Liberal feminism oakley 3 1,
Carol hanisch 2,
Radical feminism millet firestone...
7  cards
Topic 8 - Action Theories
What are action theories 1,
Weber s social action theory 4 2,
How can we generalise why people ...
10  cards
Topic 9 - Globalisation, Modernity & Postmodernity
What are aspects of modernity 7 1,
What are aspects of postmodernity...,
What is modernity 3
6  cards
Topic 10 - Social Policy
What are social policies 2 1,
Define a social problem 2,
Define a sociological problem 3
12  cards
*Educational Policies
What is ofsted 1,
Criticism of ofsted 2,
What are league tables 3
38  cards

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