1. Is GCSE Sociology for you?
What Sociology is.
What Sociology is not.
Some key terms.
What is studied at GCSE.

2. What Sociology is; The study of society
So what is “society”? It’s us!

3. We look at the way society shapes the way we behave
We look at the way society shapes the way we behave. And how the way we behave shapes society.

4. What Sociology is not… It is not the same as journalism,
although there are similarities; they
ask the same type of questions and
carry out research and investigations.
BUT in Sociology the research has to be more rigorous; it has to be reviewed and tested by other sociologists, it has to be objective, that means it is not biased in the way that journalism can be.

5. What Sociology is not… It is not the same as Psychology,
although they both study people,
Psychology focuses on individuals and the brain.
Sociology focuses on group behaviour, the structures in society, such as families and how they influence our behaviour.

6. Key terms in Sociology…
We start off by looking at society’s norms and values
Watch this video clip, think about why it is surprising.

8. Key terms…
Values – what a particular society believes to be right (or wrong), good (or bad) and important (and not important). These values help create norms.
Norms – these are unofficial, unwritten rules about what is expected and appropriate behaviour.

9. Sociology GCSE…
In Paper 1 we study different groups in society and how they shape our behaviour and attitudes.
We also look at how sociologists carry out their research

10. Sociology GCSE…
In Paper 2 we study structures of society and the affects they have on us, our behaviour and attitudes.
Crime & Deviance
Mass Media
Social Inequality

11. Is GCSE Sociology for you?
Yes, if you are interested in the world you live in.
Yes, if you are interested in finding out how we research aspects of our society.
Yes, if you enjoy writing about different views about how society works.
If you have any questions or would like to look through some GCSE text books to get a better idea of what we study, please come and see me, Miss Casson in E16