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Strengthen your performance in OCR A Level Sociology Component 1 Section A with this comprehensive solutions-based revision resource. Designed to support effective exam preparation, this guide includes structured practice questions, model answers, and detailed explanations to improve understanding of key sociological theories and concepts. Covering essential areas such as education, families and households, socialisation, and sociological perspectives, this 2025/ 2026 aligned resource helps students refine essay technique, improve evaluation skills, and boost exam confidence with solution.

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OCR A Level Sociology Component 1
Section A Solutions

Culture - ANS-Ideas, customs and values of a particular society

Mead (study) - ANS-found that there were 3 different societies on an island in Papua
New Guinea, that each had a unique setup when it came to gender expectations

norms - ANS-Behaviour that is seen as normal in society

Linton's definition of norms - ANS-the way of life of a society and its members

values - ANS-issues that people have strong beliefs about in society

subculture - ANS-Small group within society minority part of culture Emos,

Skaters, Goths or religious scientologists

Some develop to oppose authority

Membership of cultures change overtime

popular culture - ANS-shallow activites associated and enjoyed by the masses

Football and Gucci

a product of a media dominated world

Strinati - Popular culture - ANS-the media is largely responsibe for this type of culture

global culture - ANS-The process in which events in one area influence what happens
everywhere else

The world has become increasingly interconnected

Socially (trends and fashion) politically (political leaders) and economically (stock




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markets)
Global cultures have emerged through migration, spread of media

McLuhan - ANS-cultural homogenity is key

we now live in a global village in which many different countries have assimilated into
one global culture

Ritzer- global culture - ANS-the process of different companies producing at a faster
rate to keep up with the culture change

McDonalisation and Americanisation questions whether global culture is American
culture

consumer culture - ANS-Things we consume and use in society

Based on cultural and economic factors

Creates a sense of identity through provided goods- conspicuous consumption

Lury- consumer culture - ANS-debt is accepted as a social norm

Cultural Hybridity - ANS-How members of society, especially young people, are
increasingly mixing elements of the different cultures that now exist in the UK to
construct a sense of identity

Nayak - ANS-Used the term 'white wannabes' to describe white British males who act in
a way that is influenced by black hip-hop culture.

other examples; Brasian, Blasian, Spanglish

cultural diversity - ANS-culturally embedded differences in society

Parekh - ANS-3 types of cultural diversity

1. Trying to open up to society on what's accepted as a norm to break the
dominant culture (homosexuality)

2. Rebel against dominant values and central principles (reclaim the streets)




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