TCE SociologyPractice Examination 17

This paper covers

• Section A stimuli: a constructed item on citizenship ceremonies and learning new norms; a constructed item on siblings socialised differently by birth order and gender; a constructed item on labelling in a school's streaming of 'at-risk' students; a constructed item on littering fines in a tourist town.
• Section A emphasis: Q1 social control, stressing formal and informal sanctions.
• Section B lead institutions: Q5 stratification led by family; Q6 power and politics led by education; Q7 interrelationships led by work; Q8 changes over time led by media.
• Section B stimuli, one per institution: family: a constructed item on children's screen time rules; education: a constructed item on school attendance policy; work: a constructed item on deregulated trading hours; media: a constructed item on scapegoating in headlines.
• Criterion 7: evaluative topic sentences and a judgement in the conclusion.

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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