AQA a level sociology paper two exam
questions With Verify Answers
Outline and explain two ways in which changing gender roles may have effected
children's experience of childhood - Correct Answer - 1 - joint conjugal role
• increasing equality in the home
• closer to both parents
• more likely to be in equal relationships in the future
• however women still oerform triple shift
2 - more lone parent families
• increasing divorce as women are more financially stable
• boys lack male role models - dysfuntional
• however gives girls positive independent role models
Analyse two ways in which migration patterns have affected household structures in the
uk - Correct Answer - P1 - younger
• more fertile so more likely to have children - may still be part of culture to have many
kids
• dependency ratio would reduce in the future
• more siblings
• however they may be more focused on careers rather than children
P2 - extended family
• aunts, uncles and grandparents
• able to help out with the socialisation of children and domestic labour
• children may be taught more about respect
• however the nuclear family is still the most common
type - extended family may remain in host country
Evaluate functionalist explanations of the role in society - Correct Answer - P1 - one
family is the norm (nuclear) and meets the needs of individuals
• Murdock - stable satisfaction of the sex drive, reproduction of the next generation,
socialisation of the young, meeting members economic needs
• other institutions can perform but most practical for the family to
• however ignores the oppression of women and maintainable of the patriarchy
P2 - meeting needs of society as a whole
• parsons - needs have changed with modern society due to industrialisation
• geographically mobile - nuclear family is easier to move about the country for work
• socially mobile - easier for adult sons to move out to avoid tensions over work place
hierarchy
,• ignores increasing family diversity
P3 - dysfunctional
• Marxist - teaches ideology that inequality is inevitable
• socialises children into a hierarchy - parental power particularly male parental power
• prepares them for working life where they will accept orders
• creates illusion of safe haven but doesn't actually meet needs
• however it ignores the benefits family can provide
Outline and explain two ways in which government policies may affect family structure -
Correct Answer - P1 - changes to divorce policy
• increase in the number of divorces
• less stigma
• increased female financial independence
• increase in line parent families
• remarriage still high so increase in blended families
P2 - policies on gay marriage
• gay marriage and civil relationships made equal
• increase in same sex marriages
• able to adopt children
• different socialisation policies
Analyse in which the demographic trends since 1900 may have affected nature of
childhood in the United Kingdom - Correct Answer - P1 - increased life expectancy
• ageing population due to improvements medically
• may be able to help out within the family such as with domestic labour and children
socialisation
• children may be closer with their grandparent
• may increase dependency
P2 - fewer children
• change in women's position and decline of infant mortality
• may lead to a more child cantered family
• closer with parents and receive more attention and resources
• more emotionally enriched and more opportunities provided
Evaluate the view that individual choice in personal relationships has made family life
less important in the uk - Correct Answer - P1 - beyond ties of blood and marriage
• range of personal relationships based on different personal meanings
• relationships with friends, fictive kin, chosen families, dead relatives, pets
• changes the definition of family but does it make it less important
• however accused of taking to Broad of a view and ignored the special part of blood
and marriage that makes a family
P2 - pure relationships
, • relationships no longer bound by the traditional norms
• relationship based on love
• will only survive if it it's in both partners interests to and won't stay together for duty of
children
• people free to choose to enter and leave relationships as they see fit
• however this does result in more lone parent families and step families which in
functionalist view is dysfunctional
P3 - neoconventinal family
• change to both spouses to going out to work however this is the biggest change to
occur
• nuclear family still remains the ideal
• most people marry and have children so they are raised by two parents
Cohabitation may have increased but this mostly acts as a stage before marriage and
most marriages still continue till death
• however many of these may be a zombie family - appears alive but is actually dead
and only exists to try and provide stability yet it causes unhappiness and may end up in
divorce anyway
Outline and explain two ways in which an aging population may have led to policies that
affect families and households today - Correct Answer - P1 - taxation policies
• an ageing population increases the dependency ratio with a smaller working
population
• increasing taxation and amount put into saving will help to finance old age
• pensions need to be paid for
• working for longer as well which will decrease those in old age not working
P2 - housing policies
• encouraging older single people to trade down to flats or one bedrooms homes - some
special made village for older people providing them with aid
• frees up housing for younger people and families which will encourage more people to
start families
• will also increase standard of living
• will reduce how much welfare they receive to pay for house or how much pension they
must use up on their house
Analyse two ways in which the changing patterns of marriage and divorce have affected
the experience of childhood - Correct Answer - P1 - lone parent families
• increasing divorce results in an increase in line parent families
• tend to be female headed due to women's assumed biological nature of nurturing
children
• may result in a lack of role model for some children which may cause behaviour issues
• may create a dependency culture
• however nuclear family is still most popular and common family type
P2 - serial monogamy and blended families
questions With Verify Answers
Outline and explain two ways in which changing gender roles may have effected
children's experience of childhood - Correct Answer - 1 - joint conjugal role
• increasing equality in the home
• closer to both parents
• more likely to be in equal relationships in the future
• however women still oerform triple shift
2 - more lone parent families
• increasing divorce as women are more financially stable
• boys lack male role models - dysfuntional
• however gives girls positive independent role models
Analyse two ways in which migration patterns have affected household structures in the
uk - Correct Answer - P1 - younger
• more fertile so more likely to have children - may still be part of culture to have many
kids
• dependency ratio would reduce in the future
• more siblings
• however they may be more focused on careers rather than children
P2 - extended family
• aunts, uncles and grandparents
• able to help out with the socialisation of children and domestic labour
• children may be taught more about respect
• however the nuclear family is still the most common
type - extended family may remain in host country
Evaluate functionalist explanations of the role in society - Correct Answer - P1 - one
family is the norm (nuclear) and meets the needs of individuals
• Murdock - stable satisfaction of the sex drive, reproduction of the next generation,
socialisation of the young, meeting members economic needs
• other institutions can perform but most practical for the family to
• however ignores the oppression of women and maintainable of the patriarchy
P2 - meeting needs of society as a whole
• parsons - needs have changed with modern society due to industrialisation
• geographically mobile - nuclear family is easier to move about the country for work
• socially mobile - easier for adult sons to move out to avoid tensions over work place
hierarchy
,• ignores increasing family diversity
P3 - dysfunctional
• Marxist - teaches ideology that inequality is inevitable
• socialises children into a hierarchy - parental power particularly male parental power
• prepares them for working life where they will accept orders
• creates illusion of safe haven but doesn't actually meet needs
• however it ignores the benefits family can provide
Outline and explain two ways in which government policies may affect family structure -
Correct Answer - P1 - changes to divorce policy
• increase in the number of divorces
• less stigma
• increased female financial independence
• increase in line parent families
• remarriage still high so increase in blended families
P2 - policies on gay marriage
• gay marriage and civil relationships made equal
• increase in same sex marriages
• able to adopt children
• different socialisation policies
Analyse in which the demographic trends since 1900 may have affected nature of
childhood in the United Kingdom - Correct Answer - P1 - increased life expectancy
• ageing population due to improvements medically
• may be able to help out within the family such as with domestic labour and children
socialisation
• children may be closer with their grandparent
• may increase dependency
P2 - fewer children
• change in women's position and decline of infant mortality
• may lead to a more child cantered family
• closer with parents and receive more attention and resources
• more emotionally enriched and more opportunities provided
Evaluate the view that individual choice in personal relationships has made family life
less important in the uk - Correct Answer - P1 - beyond ties of blood and marriage
• range of personal relationships based on different personal meanings
• relationships with friends, fictive kin, chosen families, dead relatives, pets
• changes the definition of family but does it make it less important
• however accused of taking to Broad of a view and ignored the special part of blood
and marriage that makes a family
P2 - pure relationships
, • relationships no longer bound by the traditional norms
• relationship based on love
• will only survive if it it's in both partners interests to and won't stay together for duty of
children
• people free to choose to enter and leave relationships as they see fit
• however this does result in more lone parent families and step families which in
functionalist view is dysfunctional
P3 - neoconventinal family
• change to both spouses to going out to work however this is the biggest change to
occur
• nuclear family still remains the ideal
• most people marry and have children so they are raised by two parents
Cohabitation may have increased but this mostly acts as a stage before marriage and
most marriages still continue till death
• however many of these may be a zombie family - appears alive but is actually dead
and only exists to try and provide stability yet it causes unhappiness and may end up in
divorce anyway
Outline and explain two ways in which an aging population may have led to policies that
affect families and households today - Correct Answer - P1 - taxation policies
• an ageing population increases the dependency ratio with a smaller working
population
• increasing taxation and amount put into saving will help to finance old age
• pensions need to be paid for
• working for longer as well which will decrease those in old age not working
P2 - housing policies
• encouraging older single people to trade down to flats or one bedrooms homes - some
special made village for older people providing them with aid
• frees up housing for younger people and families which will encourage more people to
start families
• will also increase standard of living
• will reduce how much welfare they receive to pay for house or how much pension they
must use up on their house
Analyse two ways in which the changing patterns of marriage and divorce have affected
the experience of childhood - Correct Answer - P1 - lone parent families
• increasing divorce results in an increase in line parent families
• tend to be female headed due to women's assumed biological nature of nurturing
children
• may result in a lack of role model for some children which may cause behaviour issues
• may create a dependency culture
• however nuclear family is still most popular and common family type
P2 - serial monogamy and blended families
