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WJEC GCSE Sociology
Preparing for the examination
Overview of the examination
SOC 1
Understanding Social Processes
1 ½ hours
SOC 2
Understanding Social Structures
1 ½ hours
Compulsory Core
Compulsory Core
Key elements: socialisation and
agencies of socialisation; research
methods
Key elements: Differentiation and
inequalities in modern Britain; research
methods
Assessment: Compulsory stimulus
questions which may be drawn from the
options within the examination.
Assessment: Compulsory stimulus
questions which may be drawn from the
options within the examination.
Optional Topics
Candidates must answer a structured
question from one of the following:
Optional topics
Candidates must answer a structured
question from one of the following:
Family
World Sociology
Education
Participation and Protest
Mass Media
Crime and Deviance
Sports
Work and Unemployment
What are the assessment
objectives?
AO1
•
Recall, select and communicate their knowledge and
understanding of social structures, processes and
issues
AO2
•
Apply knowledge and understanding in a range of
contexts both familiar and unfamiliar
AO3
• Select, interpret, analyse and evaluate information
from different sources
Examining the specification
• There are two examinations. Each examination
allows for 1 ½ hours
• There is now a single paper in both units which
offers the full range of grades A*-G.
• Unit One, Understanding Social Processes is
also available as a short course GCSE.
• Each examination is marked out of one
hundred.
Answering the paper
• Answer the examination questions
on the paper.
• It is not necessary to fill up space
available; some people write
larger than others and plenty of
space is left for those people with
big writing.
Section A:
The compulsory core
• This will be marked out of 60. Spend
about 50 minutes or fewer on this
part of the paper.
• Many of the answers will only require
one word, these are worth one mark.
• Some extended answers are worth
up to five marks. You will need to
write a lot more to gain the marks.
Stimulus materials
• There will be a number of items to
help you with the paper, these may
be:
– Cartoons
– Graphs and tables
– Pieces of writing
• They may be drawn from the options
on that paper, but will test the core
knowledge.
Tips for success
• Learn the key words on the
specification as you will be tested on
their meanings
• Learn the key sociological methods
as you will be tested on these.
• Use examples, when required,
marks are awarded for these.
Available marks
• Some questions are worth one mark, keep your
answer short.
• If two marks are available, add explanation or
an example.
• Five mark extended answers will require detail
and explanation.
• A good extended answer will be organised in
this way
– Make a statement
– Explain the point
– Use evidence to support the point
Tips for success in the core
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Read the marks available
Move through the paper quickly
Keep answers to the point.
If you are not sure of an answer,
leave it and go back later.
• Sometimes more than one possible
answer is acceptable and will be
credited if the examples or reasons
are good.
Section B
• Each paper offers a choice of four
options.
• Answer only one option.
• Each option will be worth 40 marks.
• You will need to write in detail.
Optional questions
• These questions will require extended
writing skills. The questions will use the
same command words:
• a) Describe………..
(10)
• b) Explain ………
(10)
• c) Using sociological knowledge,
discuss…….
(20)
Timing your answers
• In section B, spend about a minute a
mark on each section.
• Write in as much detail as you can.
• Refer to the questions in your
answers
• Use sociological language in your
writing.
Good luck in your examination
Remember, marking is positive, so if
you are not sure of an answer then
write something down and it may still be
credited.