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AICE Sociology AS Level

Summer 2016 Assignments


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II.

Sociology
a. In a rapidly changing world, Cambridge International AS and A
Level Sociology offers students the opportunity not only to
explore the processes that are shaping current trends, but also to
develop an understanding of the complexity and diversity of
human societies and their continuities with the past. The study of
Sociology should stimulate awareness of contemporary social,
cultural, and political issues, and focus attention on the
importance of examining these issues in a rigorous, reasoned
and analytical way.Cambridge International AS and A Level
Sociology 9699 syllabus
Unit 1 Vocabularydefine the following words in a sociological
context; create flashcards with an illustration for each word
a. Adolescence
ab.
Family diversity
b. Ageism
ac.Family functions
c. Age set
ad.
Family ideology
d. Age stratification
ae.
Female carer-core
e. Beanpole family
af. Fertility rate
f. Civil partnership
ag.
Functional fit
g. Child-centred families
ah.
Functional
h. Childhood
prerequisites
i. Chosen family
ai. Same sex families (gay
j. Cohabitation
and lesbian)
k. Common-law family
aj. Gender inequality
l. Communes
ak.
Horizontal and
m. Confluent love
vertical structures
n. Conjugal roles
al. Household
o. Convergence of
am.
Industrializatio
diversity
n
p. Demographic transition
an.
Infantilisation
q. Dependency ratio
ao.
Instrumental/expr
r. Disengagement
essive roles
s. Divorce
ap.
Joint/segregated
t. Domestic division of
conjugal roles
labour
aq.
Kibbutzim
u. Domestic labour
ar. Kinship patterns
v. Domestic violence
(networks)
w. Double shift/dual
as.Life course analysis
burden
at. Lone/single parent
x. Dysfunctional family
family
y. Emotion work
au.
Loss of function
z. Empty-shell marriage
av.
Marriage
aa.
Extended family

aw.
Marital
breakdown/instabilit
y
ax.
Matriarchy
ay. Matrifocal family
az.Matrilineal
ba.
Matrilocal
residence
bb.
Migration
bc.
Modified
extended family
bd.
Monogamy
be.
Neolocal
residence
bf. New man
bg.
Nuclear family
particularistic values
bh.
Partnership
bi. Patriarchy
bj. Patrifocal family
bk.
Patrilineal
bl. Patrilocal residence

bm.
Pensioner
household
bn.
Pester power
bo.
Polygandry
bp.
Polygamy
bq.
Polygyny
br. Postmodern family
bs.Primary socialization
bt. Privatized family
bu.
Reconstituted
family
bv.
Rite of passage
bw.
Serial monogamy
bx.
Social
construction
by. Symmetrical family
bz.Triple shift
ca.
Universalistic
values
cb.
Urbanization
cc.Youth culture
cd.

III.

ce.
Reading and Reflecting
a. Find and read scholarly articles on the above bolded words.
After reading:
i. Identify and explore the links between relevant sociological
concepts, theories, and research findings
ii. Recognize the special character of sociological knowledge
and distinguish it from the knowledge and understanding
produced by other academic subjects such as biology and
psychology.
iii. Cite your articles in the above reflections

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