OCR A LEVEL SOCIOLOGY: Socialisation, culture and identity essays (PAPER 1)

The following file contains over 20 answers to questions that may come up in the socialisation, culture and identity topic in paper 1 for OCR A Level sociology (new spec). When I sat this exam in June 2018, I achieved 79/90 (88%) in the first paper.

Examples of these essays include:

1. Using Sources A and B (don’t have) and your wider sociological knowledge, explain the concept of high culture (8/12)
2. Using Sources A and B (don’t have) and your wider sociological knowledge, explain the concept of consumer culture (8/12)
3. Using Sources A and B (don’t have) and your wider sociological knowledge, explain the concept of subcultures (8/12)
4. Discuss the view that human behaviour is shaped more by nurture rather than nature (20)
5. Using Sources A and B (don’t have) and your wider sociological knowledge, explain the concept of identity (8/12)
6. Outline and briefly evaluate the view that social class is a strong influence on an individual’s identity (20)
7. Outline and briefly evaluate the view that ethnicity plays a significant part in the construction of identity (20)
8. Outline and briefly evaluate the view that age plays a significant part in the construction of identity (20)
9. Outline and briefly evaluate the view that nationality plays a significant part in the construction of identity (20)
10. Outline and briefly evaluate the view that gender plays a significant part in the construction of identity (20)
11. Outline and briefly evaluate the view that disability plays a significant part in the construction of identity (20)
12. Outline and briefly evaluate the view that sexuality is a strong influence on an individual’s identity (20)