TCE SociologyPractice Examination 10

This paper covers

• Section A stimuli: a constructed item on hazing rituals in a sports team; a constructed item on anticipatory socialisation before university; a constructed item on media coverage of a 'crime wave'; a constructed item on age-based norms for dating and marriage.
• Section A emphasis: Q3 deviance theories, stressing Hirschi and differential association.
• Section B lead institutions: Q5 stratification led by education; Q6 power and politics led by work; Q7 interrelationships led by media; Q8 changes over time led by family.
• Section B stimuli, one per institution: family: a constructed item on childless couples; education: a constructed item on streaming and ability grouping; work: a constructed item on the shift to the tertiary sector; media: a constructed item on streaming services replacing free-to-air TV.
• Criterion 7: balanced strengths and limitations of each theory.

Students are permitted to bring into the examination the materials normally allowed for this subject. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

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