TCE SociologyPractice Examination 11

This paper covers

• Section A stimuli: a constructed item on social media platform community standards; a constructed item on a child moving between two cultures; a constructed item on retail theft rising during cost-of-living pressure; a constructed item on protest behaviour judged differently by different groups.
• Section A emphasis: Q3 deviance theories (the most chosen question in 2025) with Merton and labelling as the obvious pair.
• Section B lead institutions: Q5 stratification led by work; Q6 power and politics led by media; Q7 interrelationships led by family; Q8 changes over time led by education.
• Section B stimuli, one per institution: family: a constructed item on family carers and government payments; education: a constructed item on scholarships and social mobility; work: a constructed item on migrant workers' credentials; media: a constructed item on stereotyped images of welfare recipients.
• Criterion 7: a thesis in the first paragraph that answers the exact question.

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