Sociology A Level What is Sociology What is

Sociology A Level

What is Sociology?

What is Sociology? Psychology: the effect of the mind on behaviour e. g how mental illnesses such as Schizophrenia have influenced the man’s homelessness Sociology: the effect of society on behaviour e. g society has influenced his homelessness because his workplace closed and he became unemployed, lost his home and wife etc

What is Sociology? Sociology could be described as a science of society. The methods we use to research society are studied at A level e. g. How to observe people accurately , the importance of using interviews and questionnaires

Why is Sociology a good subject to study? Sociology is so popular because crosses over with a lot of different over subjects: • History • English • Psychology • Geography

How is the course set out? In the A level you have three modules: 1. The Family/Beliefs 2. Education 3 Crime and Deviance You will be assessed at the end of the 2 year course with 3 exams.

In each of the 3 units one common theme is about explaining why or even if British society has changed In the family we will look at how family units have changed over time.

How could we group people together in society?

What impact does belonging to social groups have on our identities and our opportunities ?

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Theories and Research • Feminists and The Family: ‘men benefit from family life more than women. Men use family life to assert their domination over women. Women are much more likely to be expected to do the bulk of housework and childcare when men are more likely to spend more time out of the home, engaging in things other than housework or childcare ’ ……. . Germaine Greer ( 2011)