12 markers

Question 1

Using sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, explain the relative nature of culture
(Speci 1)

Answer 1

• Culture not being fixed or absolute, change within society, subcultures

• Asian couples likely to marry someone from same ethnic background than other ethnicity, cross-cultural references

• Change over time, attitudes towards minorities+women
-late 1960s

Question 2

Using sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, explain the concept of cultural hybridity
(2017)

Answer 2

• Merging/fusion of 2+ cultures & creation of new ones

• Brasians, have both Brit+Asian culture
-kurta+jeans

• Globalisation and development of cultural hybridity
-Global restaurant chains (McDonald’s/KFC), modifying menus to suit tastes of different cultures

Question 3

Using sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, explain how labelling an individual as disabled may affect their identity
(2018)

Answer 3

• Negative stigma & stereotyping - Interactionism

• Master status - primary identifying characteristic of social position

• Employers’ doubt
-employing a disabled is a sign of poor leadership
-judging them based on their disability
-lead to depression, lowered self-esteem

Question 4

Using sources A and B and your wider sociological knowledge, explain how the police act as agents of social control. (2019)

Answer 4

• Social control is society makes sure members conform to culture & rules that they learned during socialisation

Question 5

Social control

Answer 5

• Social control is society makes sure members conform to culture & rules that they learned during socialisation