A level Sociology Question Bank

6 mark questions (2 AO1 and 4 AO2 6 minutes)

1. Explain, using examples, the concept of culture.
2. Explain, using examples, the concept of norms.
3. Explain, using examples, the concept of values.
4. Explain, using examples, the concept of subculture.
5. Explain, using examples, the concept of high culture.
6. Explain, using examples, the concept of popular culture.
7. Explain, using examples, the concept of global culture.
8. Explain, using examples, the concept of consumer culture.
9. Explain, using examples, the concept of cultural diversity.
10. Explain, using examples, the concept of cultural hybridity.
11. Explain, using examples, the concept of primary socialisation.
12. Explain, using examples, the concept of secondary socialisation.
13. Explain, using examples, the concept of agencies of socialisation.
14. Explain, using examples, the concept of formal social control.
15. Explain, using examples, the concept of informal social control.
16. Explain, using examples, the concept of identity.
17. Explain, using examples, the concept of hybrid identity.

12 mark questions (4 AO1 AND 8 AO2, 12 minutes)

1. Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, explain the concept of
culture.
2. Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, explain the concept of
norms.
3. Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, explain the concept of
values.
4. Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, explain the concept of
subculture.
5. Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, explain the concept of
high culture.
6. Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, explain the concept of
popular culture.
7. Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, explain the concept of
global culture.
8. Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, explain the concept of
consumer culture.
9. Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, explain the concept of
cultural diversity.
10. Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, explain the concept of
cultural hybridity.
11. Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, explain the concept of
primary socialisation.
12. Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, explain the concept of
secondary socialisation.

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 13. Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, explain the concept of
agencies of socialisation.
14. Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, explain the concept of
formal social control.
15. Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, explain the concept of
informal social control.
16. Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, explain the concept of
identity.
17. Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, explain the concept of
hybrid identities.

20 mark questions (8 AO1, 8 AO2 and 4 AO3 20 minutes)

1.Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, outline and briefly
evaluate the view that…………..* is a strong influence on an individual’s identity.
*Class
*Hybrid Identity
*Age
*Nationality
*Gender
*Ethnicity
*Disability
*Sexuality
(CHANGES)

2. Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, outline and briefly
evaluate the view that…………….* identities are changing in contemporary UK.
*Class
*Hybrid
*Age
*National
*Gender
*Ethnic
*Disability
*Sexual
(CHANGES)

3.Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, outline and briefly
evaluate the importance of ...……..* in the creation and reinforcement of ………………(*1)
identities.
*Family
*Peer group
*Media
*Religion
*Education
*Workplace

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*Class
*Hybrid
*Age
*National
*Gender
*Ethnic
*Disability
*Sexual
(CHANGES)

4. Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, outline and briefly
evaluate the ways in which…………. may shape a person’s identity.
*Class
*Hybrid Identity
*Age
*Nationality
*Gender
*Ethnicity
*Disability
*Sexuality
(CHANGES)

5.Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, outline and briefly
evaluate the view that………….* is the most important source of an individual’s identity.
*Class
*Hybrid Identity
*Age
*Nationality
*Gender
*Ethnicity
*Disability
*Sexuality
(CHANGES)

6. Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, outline and briefly
evaluate the view that………..* are created through socialisation.
*Class
*Hybrid Identity
*Age
*Nationality
*Gender
*Ethnicity
*Disability
*Sexuality
(CHANGES)

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7.Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, outline and briefly
evaluate the view that human behaviour is shaped more by nurture than nature.

8.Outline and briefly evaluate the view that there have been major changes in gender
identity in the last 40 years (20 marks)

9.Outline and briefly evaluate the view that ethnicity plays a significant part in the
construction of identity (20 marks)

10. Outline and briefly evaluate the view that age plays a significant part in the
construction of identity (20 marks)

 Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, outline and briefly
evaluate why males adopt laddish behaviour.
 Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, outline and briefly
evaluate how males are socialised into traditional male identities.
 Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, outline and briefly
evaluate the role of the family in socialising females inti feminine identity.
 Using Sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, outline and briefly
evaluate the view that an individual’s identity is created by nurture rather than
nature.

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