Final AQA GCSE Sociology Exam Prep 🎯

👋 Your AQA GCSE Sociology exam is nearly here, and so we just wanted to check in with some last minute suggestions for the night before your exam! 👋

Scroll down for some tips on what to be getting up to this evening!

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📌 1. Get Your Named Examples Locked In

AQA requires you to include named sociologists or theories in many of the longer-mark questions. If you don’t name at least one? You could cap your marks even if everything else is perfect.

Here are some go-to examples to keep in your short-term memory:

• Durkheim – education and social solidarity

• Parsons – functionalist view of the family

• Becker – labelling theory in education

• Oakley – gender socialisation in the family

👉 Watch our full-topic recap video for a little more:
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📊 2. Master Methodology

Research methods comes up. You need to know the advantages and disadvantages of each type.

Tonight, review how to tackle questions like:

• “Give one strength of using unstructured interviews.”

• “Explain one disadvantage of participant observation.”

Make sure you know these methods well:
✔️ Questionnaires
✔️ Interviews (structured/unstructured)
✔️ Observations (participant/non-participant)
✔️ Official statistics

📄 And if you want one final paper to test yourself before the end of the day:
👉 Download our Predicted Sociology Papers

😌 3. Last But Not Least…

You know more than you think, and tomorrow is about showing it clearly. Before bed:

• Pack your clear pencil case + 2 black pens

• Write down some named examples from memory

• Do one last short quiz or flashcard round

• No cramming past 9pm: get that brain rested and ready!

You’ve put in the work. Now it’s time to trust it and stay focused.

We’ll be cheering for you all the way through.

The Primrose Kitten Team 🐾

Some bits to support you here…

… and our predicted papers