Higher Sociology

It covers the exam and how marks are awarded, common sense versus sociology, the main theories, the research process and nine research methods, socialisation, culture and identity, Cohen’s folk devils, social mobility and a second social issue, child poverty in Scotland.

It also shows how to write the 25-mark and 13-mark answers and how to do the assignment, with answer plans for 27 Clarity questions, a topic checklist and a glossary.

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• What the Higher Sociology exam looks like
• How marks are awarded
• Common sense, perspectives and theories
• The seven theories
• The research process
• The nine research methods
• Socialisation, culture and identity
• Cohen’s folk devils, and a second study
• Social mobility
• A second social issue: child poverty
• Writing the long answers
• The assignment
• Answer plans for the Clarity questions