TCE SociologyPractice Examination 5

This paper covers

• Section A stimuli: a constructed item on military basic training (resocialisation); a constructed interview with a retiree adjusting after work; a constructed court-report item on repeat youth offenders; a constructed item on changing laws about cannabis in different jurisdictions.
• Section A emphasis: Q3 deviance theories, stressing Hirschi and differential association.
• 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 same-sex attracted parents at a school event; education: a constructed item on the hidden curriculum in uniforms; work: a constructed item on remote work since the early 2020s; media: a constructed item on a public broadcaster's funding debate.
• 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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