Cambridge sociology Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

This is a comprehensive and detailed summary of the topics present in Chris Livesey’s A-Level Sociology Coursebook. It has all the information you’ll need to study the topics of Religion, Education and Media (chapters 6, 8 and 9 in the book). Contains lots of knowledge, with differentiation between key terms, scholars and criticisms for each theory. I also added a couple exercises for myself and a solved exam question. About 50 pages long. I put lots of care into the design and layout of t...

1JM11 - Performance Enhancement, a complete summary of lectures and articles. Lecture 1: Introduction; Lecture 2: Creativity: Hennessey, B. A. & Amabile, T. M. (2010) Creativity. Annual Review of Psychology, 61, 569-598; Nijstad, B. A., De Dreu, C. K., Rietzschel, E. F., & Baas, M. (2010). The dual pathway to creativity model: Creative ideation as a function of flexibility and persistence. European Review of Social Psychology, 21(1), 34-77; Burt, R. S. (2004). Structural holes and good ideas....

Product details Publisher : SAGE Publications Ltd; 1st edition (24 Mar. 1997) Language: : English Paperback : 366 pages ISBN-10 : 7 ISBN-13 : 978-7 Dimensions : 18.9 x 2.11 x 24.61 cm Synopsis  'The book is easy to use and its layout demonstrates some skill in constructing volumes that 'work' as study guides and reference tools. The merit of this book goes well beyond its suitability for course applications. Contemporary ideas on identity provide n...

unit 3 (education) is about: • Theories about the links between education and the economy. • Explanations of educational achievement and intelligence. • The relationship between education and social mobility. • Debates about the links between social inequality (class, gender, ethnicity) and educational opportunity and achievement. and so on

unit 5 is about: • Trends in the organisation and control of the media; ownership patterns. • Different perspectives on the relationship between ownership and control of the media. • Pluralist, Marxist and Post-Modernist theories of the nature and role of the media. • Different explanations of the processes of selection and presentation of media content. • Debates about the relationship between the media and the State. • The impact of the media on the political process in democratic ...

A detailed summary on the movie Freedom writers. It links sociological concepts and analysis to the movie giving the movie a whole new perspective.

Unit 1: Theory and methods This first unit provides a foundation for the other parts of the syllabus by considering the approaches and procedures used in sociological research. This provides a basis for understanding the uniquely sociological way of looking at society. It underpins and provides an understanding of each of the other study units.**(In the sociology exam we were asked to write the definitions of the key terms and this document contains the definitions of the required key words for ...

Unit 2: Culture, identity and socialisation This unit considers the relationship between the individual and society and how far humans are shaped by social processes by comparison with alternative influences, such as biological and psychological factors.This document contains definitions of the key words required for the unit 2.

Unit 6: Crime, deviance and social control This unit considers the nature of criminal, deviant and normal behaviour in different social contexts. This includes definitions and explanations of crime and deviance and patterns of crime. **This document contains the definitions of the key terms required for the unit 6 (crime).(for the IGCSE) It was very useful for me i hope it helps you too :D

Unit 7: Media This unit examines contemporary culture and communication through reference to the influence of the media. Key areas include: the nature and content of the media, the influence of the media, development of the new media. This document contains key term definitions of the unit:7 (media)