Sociology

FAMILIES

• Key sociologists & studies

• Family types & diversity

• Functions of the family

• Conjugal roles & domestic division of labour

• Changing family relationships

• Childhood

• Changing position of women

• Marriage, divorce & relationship breakdown

EDUCATION

• Key sociologists & studies

• Functions of education

• Educational achievement

• Class, gender & ethnicity

• School processes & labelling

• Parental choice & education policy

• Labelling + anti-school subcultures

SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

• Key sociologists & studies

• Social class

• Wealth, income & poverty

• Power & authority

RESEARCH METHODS

• Types of data

• Research methods

• Sampling

• Research design

• Practical, ethical & theoretical issues

• Reliability, validity & representativeness

• Interpreting data

CRIME & DEVIANCE

• Key sociologists & studies

• Crime, deviance & social construction

• Official crime statistics & the dark figure

• Social class, gender, ethnicity & age

• Labelling

• Social control

• Theoretical perspectives on crime