Sociology 0495/22 Oct Nov 2024 | Cambridge IGCSE Past Papers With Mark Scheme

1. Family & Social Change | Definition of boomerang families, negative aspects of family life, changing family functions, reasons for rising divorce rates, shifts in female roles within families.

2. Education & Social Inequality | Definition of IQ tests, selective school types, school socialization functions, educational achievement disparities by social class, functionalist perspective on education.

3. Crime, Deviance & Social Control | Meaning of rehabilitation, limitations of crime statistics, informal social control mechanisms, effectiveness of community sentencing, masculinity as a crime explanation.

4. Media & Society | Definition of sensationalism, stereotypes of young people in media, media control mechanisms, bias benefiting powerful groups, impact of the internet on media.