OCR AS Sociology Student Unit Guide: Unit G672 Topics in Socialisation, Culture and Identity: The Family

Summary:
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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.

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

Table of Contents:
Introduction
About this guide
The AS specification
Examinable skills
Study skills and revision strategies
The unit test
Content Guidance
About this section
Key concepts and key trends within the family
The role of the family in society
Family diversity
Roles, responsibilities and relationships within the family
Questions and Answers
About this section
Q1 Families; households; family diversity
Q2 Marriage and divorce
Q3 Functionalist views on the nuclear family; Marxist and feminist critiques; dark side of family life
Q4 Single person households; family diversity
Q5 Demographic change; women’s roles
Q6 Changing economic and domestic roles of men and women; changing relationships within the family
Q7 Family and social change; nuclear and extended families
Q8 Lone parenthood; divorce; dark side of family life
Q9 Family change and diversity