PAPER 1 SOCIOLOGY AQA A-LEVEL LATEST
EXAM 2025 WITH MULTIPLE CHOICE OF
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED CORRECT
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+ AND 100%
GUARANTEE PASS (BRAND NEW!!!!!)
Function 3: Developing Human Capital-SCHULTZ - CORRECT
ANSWER-Educational investment benefits wider economy. It
provides a qualified and flexible workforce. Education makes
sure best and most qualified people end up in highly skilled
roles.
Function 4:Role allocation-DAVIS AND MOORE - CORRECT
ANSWER-Education system provides means to selecting and
sifting people into social hierarchy. Power, wealth and status
directly linked to educational acheivement in meritocratic
society.
Two Evaluation points for Socialisation and social solidarity -
CORRECT ANSWER--Ignores dysfunctional aspects of education e.g.
negative conflict
- Myth of meritocracy yet there is private education systems
Two Evaluation point for Bridge between family and society -
CORRECT ANSWER-- Marxists: Hidden curriculum: Reinforces social
inequality and maintains ruling class ideology
,- Feminists: Hidden curriculum: Maintains and reinforces
patriarchy not meritocracy
Evalution point for Developing human capital - CORRECT ANSWER-
Wong: Functionalists assume children are passive puppets of
socialisation but process complex and they ignore pupil-teacher
relationships
Evalution point for role allocation - CORRECT ANSWER-Weak link
between educational achievement and economic success
New Right view of education - CORRECT ANSWER-State takes too
much of a crucial role in education and marketisation would
raise standards.
What does the New Right say school should do? - CORRECT
ANSWER-They should compete with each other, parents and
pupils are consumers
Chubb and Moe - CORRECT ANSWER-Competition would lead to
raising educational standards. Necessary for schools to attract
their 'customers' by being successful and popular.
One example of New Right influence in educational policy
making - CORRECT ANSWER-> 1980 Vocational Education
> 1988 Education Reform Act:
* League Tables
* OFSTED
New Labour: Academies
, Coalition Government:
* Free schools
* Education privatisation
Four functions of Education, according to Marxists: - CORRECT
ANSWER-> Reproducing social inequality
> Legitamising social inequality
> Correspondance principal
> Myth of Meritocracy
Function 1: Reproducing social inequality-ALTHUSSER -
CORRECT ANSWER-Private education prepares elite children for
positions of power.
Hidden curriculum shaped to assist M/C achievement deterring
W/C
Function 2: Legitamising social inequality- ALTHUSSER -
CORRECT ANSWER-M/C has access to cultural and economic capital
putting them at an advantage.
Education encourages students to accept capitalist values
through hidden curriculum
Function 3: Correspondence principal- BOWLES AND GINTIS -
CORRECT ANSWER-Schools mirror world of work to prepare for
manual labour e.g. discipline and consequences
Function 4: Myth of meritocracy- BOWLES AND GINTIS -
CORRECT ANSWER-Schools discriminate in favour of M/C.
EXAM 2025 WITH MULTIPLE CHOICE OF
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED CORRECT
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+ AND 100%
GUARANTEE PASS (BRAND NEW!!!!!)
Function 3: Developing Human Capital-SCHULTZ - CORRECT
ANSWER-Educational investment benefits wider economy. It
provides a qualified and flexible workforce. Education makes
sure best and most qualified people end up in highly skilled
roles.
Function 4:Role allocation-DAVIS AND MOORE - CORRECT
ANSWER-Education system provides means to selecting and
sifting people into social hierarchy. Power, wealth and status
directly linked to educational acheivement in meritocratic
society.
Two Evaluation points for Socialisation and social solidarity -
CORRECT ANSWER--Ignores dysfunctional aspects of education e.g.
negative conflict
- Myth of meritocracy yet there is private education systems
Two Evaluation point for Bridge between family and society -
CORRECT ANSWER-- Marxists: Hidden curriculum: Reinforces social
inequality and maintains ruling class ideology
,- Feminists: Hidden curriculum: Maintains and reinforces
patriarchy not meritocracy
Evalution point for Developing human capital - CORRECT ANSWER-
Wong: Functionalists assume children are passive puppets of
socialisation but process complex and they ignore pupil-teacher
relationships
Evalution point for role allocation - CORRECT ANSWER-Weak link
between educational achievement and economic success
New Right view of education - CORRECT ANSWER-State takes too
much of a crucial role in education and marketisation would
raise standards.
What does the New Right say school should do? - CORRECT
ANSWER-They should compete with each other, parents and
pupils are consumers
Chubb and Moe - CORRECT ANSWER-Competition would lead to
raising educational standards. Necessary for schools to attract
their 'customers' by being successful and popular.
One example of New Right influence in educational policy
making - CORRECT ANSWER-> 1980 Vocational Education
> 1988 Education Reform Act:
* League Tables
* OFSTED
New Labour: Academies
, Coalition Government:
* Free schools
* Education privatisation
Four functions of Education, according to Marxists: - CORRECT
ANSWER-> Reproducing social inequality
> Legitamising social inequality
> Correspondance principal
> Myth of Meritocracy
Function 1: Reproducing social inequality-ALTHUSSER -
CORRECT ANSWER-Private education prepares elite children for
positions of power.
Hidden curriculum shaped to assist M/C achievement deterring
W/C
Function 2: Legitamising social inequality- ALTHUSSER -
CORRECT ANSWER-M/C has access to cultural and economic capital
putting them at an advantage.
Education encourages students to accept capitalist values
through hidden curriculum
Function 3: Correspondence principal- BOWLES AND GINTIS -
CORRECT ANSWER-Schools mirror world of work to prepare for
manual labour e.g. discipline and consequences
Function 4: Myth of meritocracy- BOWLES AND GINTIS -
CORRECT ANSWER-Schools discriminate in favour of M/C.
