Key Terms and Concepts: Families & Sociological Perspectives (AQA GCSE Sociology): Revision Note

Key terms and concepts: families & sociological perspectives

• In both Paper 1 and 2, you will be asked to define selected key terms as used by sociologists

• You will also need to make use of appropriate specialist language in your answers to the exam questions

• Apart from the terms listed here, you will not be expected to be familiar with any other key terms related to the families topic

• Knowing these key terms and concepts will:

  • make it easier for you to understand the subject content across the entire GCSE course

  • help you draw links across the topics so that you can answer the extended writing questions effectively