AQA A Level Sociology Exam Questions By Topic

The Functionalist View of Education, Neoliberalism & The New Right View of Education, The Marxist View of Education, The Feminist View of Education

Education Policy: Pre 1988, Education Policy: The 1988 Education Act, Education Policy: New Labour 1997, Education Policy: Coalition & Conservative Policies from 2010, The Privatisation of Education, Policies on Class, Gender & Ethnicity

Ethnicity & Achievement: External Factors, Ethnicity & Achievement: Internal Factors

Social Class & Achievement: External Factors, Social Class & Achievement: Internal Factors

Gender & Achievement: External Factors, Gender & Achievement: Internal Factors, Reasons For Boys' Underachievement, Gender Differences in Subject Choice

Questionnaires & Education, Interviews & Education, Observations & Education, Experiments & Education

Official Statistics & Education, Documents & Education

Types of Data, Practical & Ethical Factors Influencing Choice of Methods, Theoretical Factors Influencing Choice of Methods, Research Design, Stages in Research Design, Sampling Techniques

Experiments, Questionnaires, Formal Interviews, Longitudinal studies

Informal Interviews, Observations

Official Statistics

Documents

Functionalism, Neo-Marxism, Triple Systems Theory & Poststructuralist Feminism, Action Theories: Weber & Symbolic Interactionism, Action Theories: Phenomenology & Ethnomethodology, Postmodernism & Globalisation, Late Modernity, Sociology & Science, Sociology & Value Freedom, Sociology & Social Policy

Functionalist Perspective of the Family, New Right Perspective of the Family, Marxist Perspective of the Family, Feminist Perspective of the Family, The Personal Life Perspective of the Family, The Impact of Social Policy on the Family

Marriage & Cohabitation, Childbearing, Divorce

Family Types, Views on Family Diversity

Gender Roles & Domestic Labour, Power & Decision-Making in Families

The Nature of Childhood, The Future of Childhood

Demographic Trends: Birth Rate, Demographic Trends: Death Rate & Life Expectancy, Demographic Trends: Ageing Population, Demographic Trends: Migration & Globalisation

Definitions & Types of Religion, Ideology & Belief Systems, The Functionalist View of Religion, The Marxist View of Religion, The Feminist View of Religion

The Neo-Marxist View of Religion, Weber: Religion & Social Change, Bruce: Religion & Social Change, The Postmodernist View of Religion

Types of Religious Organisations, New Religious Movements (NRMs), New Age Movements

Social Class & Religiosity, Ethnicity & Religiosity, Age & Religiosity, Gender & Religiosity

Defining & Measuring Secularisation, Secularisation in the UK, Secularisation in the US, Religious Fundamentalism, Religion & Economic Development

The Functionalist Perspective on Crime, Functionalism: Strain Theory, Functionalism: Subcultural Strain Theories of Crime, The Marxist Perspective on Crime, The Neo-Marxist Perspective on Crime, The Interactionist Perspective on Crime, Right Realism, Left Realism

Official Criminal Statistics, Self-Report Methods

Gender & Criminal Behaviour, Feminist Theories of Gender & Crime, Ethnicity & Criminal Behaviour, Theories of Ethnicity & Crime, Social Class & Criminal Behaviour

Media Representations of Crime, The Media as a Cause of Crime, Moral Panics

Crime & Globalisation, Global Capitalism & Transnational Crime, Green Crime, State Crime

Crime Prevention & Control: Right Solutions, Crime Prevention & Control: Left Solutions, Surveillance, Punishment, Victims of Crime