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What are material factors and how do they affect educational achievement?

This question needs to be broken down in to two elements; 1 st what is material capital and what are examples of material capital 2 nd what is educational achievement and how can this be shown in schools. To...
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Explain and briefly evaluate the view that age is the most important source of an individual’s identity.  (24 marks)

Whilst age can be considered from a chronological (biological) perspective, it is arguable that age identity is a social construction; it is learned through the processes of primary and secondary socialisati...
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What is the body analogy?

The body analogy is used by the Functionalists to show the way in which society functions as an organism. It argues that society is made up of various institutions that act as vital organs and enable society...
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Is the 'nuclear family' still relevant in today's society?

The tradiitional idea of a nuclear family, consisting of a husband and wife and their children, can still be seen as the dominant form of family today, however changes in society in recent decades have seen ...
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Explain what is meant by a beanpole family 2 marks

A beanpole family is a multi-generational extended family, this means that there are many different generations within the family that have few siblings in each generation.
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