TCE SociologyPractice Examination 20

This paper covers

• Section A stimuli: a constructed item on classroom seating plans and teacher authority; a constructed item on a retiree's identity after moving into aged care; a constructed item on a moral panic over a new youth trend; a constructed item on changing norms about tattoos for politicians.
• Section A emphasis: Q3 deviance theories, stressing Hirschi and differential association.
• Section B lead institutions: Q5 stratification led by media; Q6 power and politics led by family; Q7 interrelationships led by education; Q8 changes over time led by work.
• Section B stimuli, one per institution: family: a constructed item on the family as a site of consumption; education: a constructed item on university fees; work: a constructed item on AI tools in office jobs; media: a constructed item on the networked society.
• Criterion 7: balanced strengths and limitations of each theory.

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