Sociology study guides

A complete overview of the Eduqas GCSE Sociology crime and deviance topic. Covers defining crime and deviance and the social construction of deviance, the theories (Durkheim, Merton, Cohen, Marxism and labelling), the data on crime, the social distribution of crime, and social control and moral panics, with the key thinkers and exam technique.

A complete overview of the Eduqas GCSE Sociology education topic. Covers the functions of education (Durkheim, Parsons, Davis and Moore), processes within schools (labelling, streaming and subcultures), the factors affecting achievement, the hidden curriculum (Bowles and Gintis), and the perspectives, with the key thinkers and exam technique.

A complete overview of the Eduqas GCSE Sociology key concepts and socialisation topic. Covers culture, norms, values, roles and status, primary and secondary socialisation and its agencies, the nature versus nurture debate, and the four perspectives (functionalism, Marxism, feminism and interactionism), with the key thinkers and exam technique.

A complete overview of the Eduqas GCSE Sociology research methods topic. Covers the research process (aims, hypotheses, positivism and interpretivism), the primary methods, secondary sources, sampling and ethics, the evaluative concepts of reliability, validity and representativeness, and the applied enquiry assessed on Component 2, with exam technique.

A complete overview of the Eduqas GCSE Sociology social differentiation and stratification topic. Covers defining stratification, the theories (Davis and Moore, Marx and Weber), class, gender, ethnicity and age, life chances and poverty, and power and inequality, with the key thinkers and exam technique.

A complete overview of the Eduqas GCSE Sociology family topic. Covers the functions of families (Murdock and Parsons), the diversity of family forms, conjugal roles and power, changing family patterns, and the functionalist, Marxist, feminist and New Right perspectives, with the key thinkers and exam technique.