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A Level Sociology Exam Practice Families And Households Exam Questions And Answers 2024Explain what is meant by the infant mortality rate - correct answer-The number of live babies that die in the first year of their life per 1000 per year Suggest two reasons for rising life expectancy apart from improvements in medicine and health care - correct answer-Better health education, we are now taught and informed on the most beneficial diets, exercises and how to do it properly through a range of ...

Postmodernism and Religion Questions and Answers What are the key arguments for the postmodernist view of religion? ANSWER Postmodernists reject secularisation that religion is undergoing inevitable decline - instead seeing religion as changing form - often linked to changes in wider society e.g. individualisam Lyotard? ANSWER People have lost faith in meta-narratives (Lyotard) - want to construct their own religions Harrison ANSWER Abrahamic religions have declined - Harrison (2008) re...

WJEC CRIMINOLOGY UNIT 2 AC4.2 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS Morals - CORRECT ANSWER-good ways of behaving. Norms that are too serious to break e.g Murder Why did women's rights change? - CORRECT ANSWER-Social attitutudes changes, Decline in religion (secularisation), Drawing attention to an issue using drastic measures- augmentation principle, World wars meant we needed women When was homosexuality decriminalized? - CORRECT ANSWER-1967 When was the Wolfenden report published? - COR...

Item J: Postmodernists argue that there has been an increase in spirituality in the United Kingdom. For example, there is increased interest in New Age activities such as yoga, meditation and crystal healing. However, theories of secularisation claim that traditional organised religion has declined, while science and rational thought have become more important. Applying material from Item J and your knowledge, evaluate the view that an increase in spirituality in the United Kingdom has com...

This AQA A2 Theory and Methods Document includes: - Topic 1: What is Religion (functionalist, marxism, feminism) - Topic 2: Religion as a Conservative Force - Topic 3: Secularisation - Topic 4: Religion, Renewal and Choice - Topic 5: Religion in a Global Context - Topic 6: Organisations, Movements and Members - Topic 7: Ideology and Science

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A* summary of Topic 3 social Secularisation, beliefs in society clear tables of information Including AO1 AO2 and A03 All relevant sociologists critique Evaluation In elaborated bullet point form

Morals - Answer- good ways of behaving. Norms that are too serious to break e.g Murder Why did women's rights change? - Answer- Social attitutudes changes, Decline in religion (secularisation), Drawing attention to an issue using drastic measures- augmentation principle, World wars meant we needed women When was homosexuality decriminalized? - Answer- 1967 When was the Wolfenden report published? - Answer- 1957 When was the age of consent for homosexuals lowered to 18? - Answer- ...

AQA A-Level Sociology Beliefs in Society - summarised using all the relevant information, with key points and names in bold. Evaluations are clearly marked as + / - which allows for these notes too easily be converted into essay plans. Includes all sub-topics in the specification. Learning these notes achieved me an A*.

Item A11: Sociologists disagree about the extent of secularisation in the modern world. For example, some suggest that the development of Science and Technology has the plate displace religious fat as a means of interpreting the world. Postmodernists point to the decline of meta narratives, which mean people are abandoning once taken-for-granted belief systems, like religion. Other sociologists suggest religion is not declining but simply changing and appearing in new forms. Applying material...