Sociology 0495 revision by topic
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1Research methods
- 1.1 How do sociologists approach the study of society?The positivist approach5 questions
- 1.1 How do sociologists approach the study of society?The interpretivist approach5 questions
- 1.1 How do sociologists approach the study of society?Triangulation and longitudinal studies5 questions
- 1.1 How do sociologists approach the study of society?Judging research: validity, reliability and bias5 questions
- 1.2 What types of data and evidence do sociologists use?Primary, secondary, quantitative and qualitative data5 questions
- 1.2 What types of data and evidence do sociologists use?Secondary evidence5 questions
- 1.2 What types of data and evidence do sociologists use?Reading tables, charts and graphs5 questions
- 1.3 How do sociologists investigate society?Stages in research design5 questions
- 1.3 How do sociologists investigate society?Sampling5 questions
- 1.3 How do sociologists investigate society?Surveys, questionnaires and types of question5 questions
- 1.3 How do sociologists investigate society?Interviews5 questions
- 1.3 How do sociologists investigate society?Observation5 questions
- 1.3 How do sociologists investigate society?Theoretical and practical issues in research5 questions
- 1.3 How do sociologists investigate society?Ethical issues in research5 questions
2Identity: self and society
- 2.1 How do we learn our identity?Culture, norms, values, roles and status5 questions
- 2.1 How do we learn our identity?Nature, nurture and the making of identity5 questions
- 2.1 How do we learn our identity?Agencies of socialisation5 questions
- 2.1 How do we learn our identity?Consensus and conflict views of socialisation5 questions
- 2.2 How does society control us?Social control and sanctions5 questions
- 2.2 How does society control us?Agencies of formal social control5 questions
- 2.2 How does society control us?Agencies of informal social control5 questions
- 2.2 How does society control us?Resisting social control5 questions
- 2.3 What influences our social identity?Age, gender, ethnicity and social class5 questions
- 2.3 What influences our social identity?The digital self and online identities5 questions
- 2.3 What influences our social identity?Globalisation, postmodernism and identity5 questions
3Social stratification and inequality
- 3.1 What is social stratification?Social stratification: open and closed societies5 questions
- 3.1 What is social stratification?Life chances and intersectionality5 questions
- 3.1 What is social stratification?Labelling theory and Marxism on inequality5 questions
- 3.2 What attempts have been made to reduce social inequalities?Laws to reduce inequality5 questions
- 3.2 What attempts have been made to reduce social inequalities?The welfare state and life chances5 questions
- 3.2 What attempts have been made to reduce social inequalities?The work of NGOs5 questions
- 3.2 What attempts have been made to reduce social inequalities?Have attempts to reduce inequality worked?5 questions
- 3.3 How has globalisation affected inequalities between societies?Migration and its impact5 questions
- 3.3 How has globalisation affected inequalities between societies?Global ecological issues and inequality5 questions
- 3.3 How has globalisation affected inequalities between societies?Explaining global inequalities5 questions
4Family
- 4.1 What are the different types of families?Family structures5 questions
- 4.1 What are the different types of families?Family diversity5 questions
- 4.1 What are the different types of families?Types of marriage and alternatives to the family5 questions
- 4.2 What is the role of the family for the individual and society?Functionalist views of the family5 questions
- 4.2 What is the role of the family for the individual and society?Marxist views of the family5 questions
- 4.2 What is the role of the family for the individual and society?Feminist views of the family5 questions
- 4.2 What is the role of the family for the individual and society?Is family life good or bad for its members?5 questions
- 4.3 How is family life changing?Demographic change and the family5 questions
- 4.3 How is family life changing?Marriage, divorce and cohabitation5 questions
- 4.3 How is family life changing?Changing roles in the family5 questions
5Education
- 5.1 What is education and schooling?Formal and informal education5 questions
- 5.1 What is education and schooling?Types of school5 questions
- 5.1 What is education and schooling?Alternative approaches to education5 questions
- 5.2 What are the roles and functions of education?The functionalist view of education5 questions
- 5.2 What are the roles and functions of education?The Marxist view of education5 questions
- 5.2 What are the roles and functions of education?The feminist view of education5 questions
- 5.3 What factors help to explain differences in educational achievement and experience?Social class and educational achievement5 questions
- 5.3 What factors help to explain differences in educational achievement and experience?Ethnicity and educational achievement5 questions
- 5.3 What factors help to explain differences in educational achievement and experience?Gender and educational achievement5 questions
- 5.3 What factors help to explain differences in educational achievement and experience?Global differences in education5 questions
6Crime, deviance and social control
- 6.1 What are crime, deviance and social control?Crime and deviance5 questions
- 6.1 What are crime, deviance and social control?How social control prevents crime5 questions
- 6.1 What are crime, deviance and social control?Types of crime5 questions
- 6.1 What are crime, deviance and social control?Measuring crime5 questions
- 6.2 What are the patterns of and explanations for crime and deviance?Age and crime5 questions
- 6.2 What are the patterns of and explanations for crime and deviance?Ethnicity and crime5 questions
- 6.2 What are the patterns of and explanations for crime and deviance?Gender and crime5 questions
- 6.2 What are the patterns of and explanations for crime and deviance?Social class and crime5 questions
- 6.2 What are the patterns of and explanations for crime and deviance?Sociological theories of crime5 questions
- 6.3 How is crime dealt with in different societies?The aims of punishment5 questions
- 6.3 How is crime dealt with in different societies?Types of punishment and how well they work5 questions
- 6.3 How is crime dealt with in different societies?Policing and law enforcement5 questions
Paper 1 covers topics 1 to 3. Paper 2 covers topics 4 to 6, and you answer questions on two of those three, so revise the two your school teaches.
The topics follow the Cambridge IGCSE Sociology (0495), syllabus for examination in 2025, 2026 and 2027. The questions are Papermunch’s own, written for revision: none of them are taken from past papers. For the real thing, theSociology past papers are on the shelf.