Course description

Paper 1 – Socialisation, identity and methods of research

1 Socialisation and the creation of social identity

 1.1 The process of learning and socialisation

 1.2 Social control, conformity and resistance

 1.3 Social identity and change

2 Methods of research

 2.1 Types of data, methods and research design

 2.2 Approaches to sociological research

 2.3 Research issues

Paper 2 – The Family

3 Theories of the family and social change  

 3.1 Perspectives on the role of the family

 3.2 Diversity and social change

4 Family roles and changing relationships

 4.1 Gender equality and experiences of family life

 4.2 Age and family life

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