GCSE AQA Sociology Paper 1 questions and
answers
achieved status - The respect a person has from something that they have done in
their lives
Ageism - This is behaviour in which people are treated differently because of age.
Young and older people are particularly likely to experience ageism.
Agency of socialisation - A social institution which socialises people, for example,
the family, education, the mass media or religion
Alternative status - This is when you gain respect in a sub-culture, or a small group
of people and
Ascribed status - This is the status or respect that you are born with and it can be
based on gender, family, or ethnicity
Asylum seeker - Person seeking to escape oppression or political in his or her
home country
Birth rate - Number of babies born per thousand people
,GCSE AQA Sociology Paper 1 questions and
answers
blended family - (Aka reconstituted family) has parents and children from more
than one relationship in it
Britain - The name of the large island that comprises Scotland, Wales and England
(aka Great Britain)
Canalisation - Parents try and push children in certain directions, for instance by
giving them gendered clothing
Capitalism - Economic structure of countries (e.g. USA and Britain) where people
acquire wealth through making profits
Class - Group of people of similar work, wealth, education and status
class identity - A way of seeing yourself as being part of a social class
cohabitation - People live together without marriage
Community - A group of people with a shared culture
,GCSE AQA Sociology Paper 1 questions and
answers
Comprehensive school - A type of school where people all have an equal chance
to succeed in education
Conform - To follow social rules
Conjugal roles - The work that is done in the home depending on the gender
Consumption - To use or buy
Contemporary - Happening now
Crime - An act against the law
Cultural capital - The type of knowledge that can give you power over other
people
Cultural relativity - The idea that right and wrong depend upon the norms and
values of the culture to which you belong
, GCSE AQA Sociology Paper 1 questions and
answers
cultural universal - There are certain features of social life that are common to all
cultures. All societies share These features:
- religions
- families
- traditions
- laws
- norms
Culture - The way of life of a group of people and consists of norms and values
Dark figure of crime - The crime we don't know about (e.g. not reported)
sometimes known as the hidden figure
Death rate - Number of people who die per thousand people (also called mortality
rate)
Delinquent - Young criminal
answers
achieved status - The respect a person has from something that they have done in
their lives
Ageism - This is behaviour in which people are treated differently because of age.
Young and older people are particularly likely to experience ageism.
Agency of socialisation - A social institution which socialises people, for example,
the family, education, the mass media or religion
Alternative status - This is when you gain respect in a sub-culture, or a small group
of people and
Ascribed status - This is the status or respect that you are born with and it can be
based on gender, family, or ethnicity
Asylum seeker - Person seeking to escape oppression or political in his or her
home country
Birth rate - Number of babies born per thousand people
,GCSE AQA Sociology Paper 1 questions and
answers
blended family - (Aka reconstituted family) has parents and children from more
than one relationship in it
Britain - The name of the large island that comprises Scotland, Wales and England
(aka Great Britain)
Canalisation - Parents try and push children in certain directions, for instance by
giving them gendered clothing
Capitalism - Economic structure of countries (e.g. USA and Britain) where people
acquire wealth through making profits
Class - Group of people of similar work, wealth, education and status
class identity - A way of seeing yourself as being part of a social class
cohabitation - People live together without marriage
Community - A group of people with a shared culture
,GCSE AQA Sociology Paper 1 questions and
answers
Comprehensive school - A type of school where people all have an equal chance
to succeed in education
Conform - To follow social rules
Conjugal roles - The work that is done in the home depending on the gender
Consumption - To use or buy
Contemporary - Happening now
Crime - An act against the law
Cultural capital - The type of knowledge that can give you power over other
people
Cultural relativity - The idea that right and wrong depend upon the norms and
values of the culture to which you belong
, GCSE AQA Sociology Paper 1 questions and
answers
cultural universal - There are certain features of social life that are common to all
cultures. All societies share These features:
- religions
- families
- traditions
- laws
- norms
Culture - The way of life of a group of people and consists of norms and values
Dark figure of crime - The crime we don't know about (e.g. not reported)
sometimes known as the hidden figure
Death rate - Number of people who die per thousand people (also called mortality
rate)
Delinquent - Young criminal
