OCR AS Sociology Student Unit Guide: Unit G671 Exploring Socialisation, Culture and Identity

Summary:
Student Unit Guides are perfect for revision. Each guide is written by an examiner and explains the unit requirements, summarises the relevant unit content and includes a series of specimen questions and answers.

There are three sections to each guide:

Introduction - includes advice on how to use the guide, an explanation of the skills being tested by the assessment objectives, an outline of the unit or module and, depending on the unit, suggestions for how to revise effectively and prepare for the examination questions.

Content Guidance - provides an examiner's overview of the module's key terms and concepts and identifies opportunities to exhibit the skills required by the unit. It is designed to help students to structure their revision and make them aware of the concepts they need to understand the exam and how they might analyse and evaluate topics.

Question and Answers - sample questions and with graded answers which have been carefully written to reflect the style of the unit. All responses are accompanied by commentaries which highlight their respective strengths and weaknesses, giving students an insight into the mind of the examiner.

• A revision guide specifically written to meet the requirements of the unit
  

• Written by an examiner with commentary on key points and concepts 
  

• Features specimen questions and answers, together with examiner's comments
  

Table of Contents:
Introduction
How to use this guide
The AS specification
Examinable skills
Study skills and revision strategies
The unit question paper
Content Guidance
About this section
The formation of culture
The process of socialisation
The role of socialisation in the creation of gender identities
The role of socialisation in the creation of social-class identities
The role of socialisation in the creation of ethnic identities
The role of socialisation in the creation of age identities
Exploring the research process
Research methods
Questions and Answers
About this section
Q1 The formation and meaning of class identities
Q2 The formation and meaning of gender identities
Q3 The formation and meaning of ethnic identities
Q4 The formation and meaning of age identities

About the Author(s):
Steve Chapman teaches at Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College in Leeds.