IGCSE Sociology Unit 1
Structuralism - correct answer ✔An approach focusing on large scale social
structures in which people play defined roles.
Macro/micro - correct answer ✔large scale, whole societies/small scale
social interactions.
Interpretivism - correct answer ✔Approaches that start at the level of the
individual, small scale phenomena, qualitative methods
Identity - correct answer ✔How a person sees themselves and how others
see them.
Perspectives - correct answer ✔Ways of viewing social life.
Consensus - correct answer ✔Basic agreement on a set of shared values +
shared beliefs and practices, resulting in a stable society.
Conflict - correct answer ✔Disagreement between different groups with
different values and interests, an unstable society.
Positivism - correct answer ✔An approach to sociology favouring scientific
research methods.
Quantiative data - correct answer ✔Information that can be expressed in
statistical or numerical form
, Bias - correct answer ✔Prejudice that distorts fhe truth when research is
influenced by researcher's personal values.
Objectivity - correct answer ✔Absence of bias
Factors in deiciding research topics - correct answer ✔-interests
-new developments in society
-funding
-if it is practical
-ethical issues
Hypothesis - correct answer ✔A theory or explanation at the start of research
that research is designed to test.
Pilot study - correct answer ✔A small scale test of a piece of a research
project before the main research is started.
Survey population - correct answer ✔All those to whom the findings of a
study apply and from whicj the sample is chosen.
Sampling frame - correct answer ✔A list of members of the same population
from which the sample is chosen.
Common sampling frames - correct answer ✔-electoral roll
-telephone directories
-school registers
Structuralism - correct answer ✔An approach focusing on large scale social
structures in which people play defined roles.
Macro/micro - correct answer ✔large scale, whole societies/small scale
social interactions.
Interpretivism - correct answer ✔Approaches that start at the level of the
individual, small scale phenomena, qualitative methods
Identity - correct answer ✔How a person sees themselves and how others
see them.
Perspectives - correct answer ✔Ways of viewing social life.
Consensus - correct answer ✔Basic agreement on a set of shared values +
shared beliefs and practices, resulting in a stable society.
Conflict - correct answer ✔Disagreement between different groups with
different values and interests, an unstable society.
Positivism - correct answer ✔An approach to sociology favouring scientific
research methods.
Quantiative data - correct answer ✔Information that can be expressed in
statistical or numerical form
, Bias - correct answer ✔Prejudice that distorts fhe truth when research is
influenced by researcher's personal values.
Objectivity - correct answer ✔Absence of bias
Factors in deiciding research topics - correct answer ✔-interests
-new developments in society
-funding
-if it is practical
-ethical issues
Hypothesis - correct answer ✔A theory or explanation at the start of research
that research is designed to test.
Pilot study - correct answer ✔A small scale test of a piece of a research
project before the main research is started.
Survey population - correct answer ✔All those to whom the findings of a
study apply and from whicj the sample is chosen.
Sampling frame - correct answer ✔A list of members of the same population
from which the sample is chosen.
Common sampling frames - correct answer ✔-electoral roll
-telephone directories
-school registers
