AQA sociology Paper 2 Questions
With Verify Answers
Absolute Poverty - Correct Answer - The point at which a household's income falls
below the necessary level to purchase food to physically sustain its members
Achieved Status - Correct Answer - A social position that a person attains largely
through his or her own efforts
aging population - Correct Answer - A demographic trend that occurs as the average
age of a population rises
Agencies of Formal Social Control - Correct Answer - Agencies of the state such as the
police force that exercise control over people based on laws.
Agencies Of Informal Social Control - Correct Answer - Groups and organisations such
as the Workplace and the family that control people's behaviour based on social
processes such as approval.
Anomie - Correct Answer - a sense of aimlessness or despair that arises when we can
no longer reasonably expect life to be predictable; too little social regulation;
normlessness
Alienation - Correct Answer - Under capitalism workers become cut off from their work
because they have no control over the production or products of their labour.
Anti-social behaviour - Correct Answer - Any behaviour that is disruptive or harmful to
the wellbeing or property of another person or to the functioning of a group or society.
Ascribed Status - Correct Answer - A social position assigned to a person by society
without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics.
Authority - Correct Answer - the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and
enforce obedience.
Benefit Cheats - Correct Answer - People who claim Welfare they're not entitled to
Bureaucracy - Correct Answer - A system of government in which most of the important
decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
, Caste System - Correct Answer - a set of rigid social categories that determined not
only a person's occupation and economic potential, but also his or her position in
society
Childhood - Correct Answer - the stage of life that follows infancy and spans the period
from the second birthday to the beginning of adolescence
Chivalry Thesis - Correct Answer - The belief that the police and courts, because they
are male dominated, are easier on women
Class alignment - Correct Answer - Suggests a connection between voters' class
positions and their voting preferences.
Class deal - Correct Answer - A deal that offers women material rewards such as
consumer goods in return for working for a wage
Class dealignment - Correct Answer - The decline in the relationship between social
class and voting
Constituancy - Correct Answer - a group of citizens who can elect reprisentatives to
government positions; a group of supporters
control theory - Correct Answer - A view of conformity and deviance that suggests that
our connection to members of society leads us to systematically conform to society's
norms.
Corporate Crime - Correct Answer - the illegal actions of a corporation or people acting
on its behalf
Crime - Correct Answer - A violation of criminal law for which some governmental
authority applies formal penalties.
Crime Rate - Correct Answer - A measure of the incidence of crime expressed as the
number of crimes per unit of population or some other base.
criminal justice system - Correct Answer - the system of police, courts, and prisons set
up to deal with people who are accused of having committed a crime
Criminal Subculture - Correct Answer - in Cloward and Ohlin's theory, the subculture
that emerges in areas where criminal role models and financially rewarding crimes are
available; offenders tend to focus on using criminal means to make money
Crisis of masculinity - Correct Answer - The idea that men's perception of what a man is
and how he ought to behave has been undermined by social and economic changes.
With Verify Answers
Absolute Poverty - Correct Answer - The point at which a household's income falls
below the necessary level to purchase food to physically sustain its members
Achieved Status - Correct Answer - A social position that a person attains largely
through his or her own efforts
aging population - Correct Answer - A demographic trend that occurs as the average
age of a population rises
Agencies of Formal Social Control - Correct Answer - Agencies of the state such as the
police force that exercise control over people based on laws.
Agencies Of Informal Social Control - Correct Answer - Groups and organisations such
as the Workplace and the family that control people's behaviour based on social
processes such as approval.
Anomie - Correct Answer - a sense of aimlessness or despair that arises when we can
no longer reasonably expect life to be predictable; too little social regulation;
normlessness
Alienation - Correct Answer - Under capitalism workers become cut off from their work
because they have no control over the production or products of their labour.
Anti-social behaviour - Correct Answer - Any behaviour that is disruptive or harmful to
the wellbeing or property of another person or to the functioning of a group or society.
Ascribed Status - Correct Answer - A social position assigned to a person by society
without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics.
Authority - Correct Answer - the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and
enforce obedience.
Benefit Cheats - Correct Answer - People who claim Welfare they're not entitled to
Bureaucracy - Correct Answer - A system of government in which most of the important
decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
, Caste System - Correct Answer - a set of rigid social categories that determined not
only a person's occupation and economic potential, but also his or her position in
society
Childhood - Correct Answer - the stage of life that follows infancy and spans the period
from the second birthday to the beginning of adolescence
Chivalry Thesis - Correct Answer - The belief that the police and courts, because they
are male dominated, are easier on women
Class alignment - Correct Answer - Suggests a connection between voters' class
positions and their voting preferences.
Class deal - Correct Answer - A deal that offers women material rewards such as
consumer goods in return for working for a wage
Class dealignment - Correct Answer - The decline in the relationship between social
class and voting
Constituancy - Correct Answer - a group of citizens who can elect reprisentatives to
government positions; a group of supporters
control theory - Correct Answer - A view of conformity and deviance that suggests that
our connection to members of society leads us to systematically conform to society's
norms.
Corporate Crime - Correct Answer - the illegal actions of a corporation or people acting
on its behalf
Crime - Correct Answer - A violation of criminal law for which some governmental
authority applies formal penalties.
Crime Rate - Correct Answer - A measure of the incidence of crime expressed as the
number of crimes per unit of population or some other base.
criminal justice system - Correct Answer - the system of police, courts, and prisons set
up to deal with people who are accused of having committed a crime
Criminal Subculture - Correct Answer - in Cloward and Ohlin's theory, the subculture
that emerges in areas where criminal role models and financially rewarding crimes are
available; offenders tend to focus on using criminal means to make money
Crisis of masculinity - Correct Answer - The idea that men's perception of what a man is
and how he ought to behave has been undermined by social and economic changes.
