ZIMSEC A LEVEL SOCIOLOGY PAST EXAM PAPER: JUNE 2020 PAPER1(6043/1)
SOCIOLOGY 6043/1 JUNE 2020 2hRS 30 MINS
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NB: While effort was made to copy the questions verbatim, there are a few typographical changes, which, nevertheless, do not alter the essence of the original questions. Any errors are my responsibility.
Section A: Compulsory
1. Sociology and other science subjects use similar procedures as those of natural sciences. Sociologists employ various approaches in social research like positivism and phenomenology.
(a) Define the term science. [3]
(b) Explain any four characteristics of science subjects. [4]
(c) Distinguish between positivism and phenomenology. [8]
(d) Evaluate the scientific nature of sociology. [10]
Section B:
Answer any three questions
2. Human behaviour might be influenced by nature or nurture. George H. Mead saw two main stages in the development of the ‘self’ through socialisation. Gerald Handel also noted that in the process of socialisation, children develop three capacities.
(a) Name Mead’s two stages of development of the ‘self’ [3]
(b) Identify any four differences between nature and nurture. [4]
(c) Explain any three capacities that children develop through
socialisation. [8]
(d) “Human behaviour is the product of genetic factors”.
Discuss. [10]
3. In pre-modern and modern societies, the family is the basic unit which carries vital functions. However, feminists and Marxists highlight the dark side of the family where women’s rights are not observed.
(a) Define the term family. [3]
(b) Describe any two functions of the family. [4]
(c) Compare and contrasts radical feminists and Marxist
feminists on the family [8]
(d) To what extent have women achieved their rights within
modern society?
4. Cultural diversity has positive and negative effects. Cultural
elements fall into two categories namely material and non-material cultures. These play a key role in shaping individual behaviour and attitudes.
(a) Define cultural diversity. [3]
(b) Distinguish between material and non-material culture. [4]
(c) Explain four ways in which Zimbabwean culture is diverse. [8]
(d) Discuss the effects of cultural diversity on your society. [10]
5. Marxists see religion as an element which fuels oppression and acts as a mechanism of social control.
(a) Define religion from a Marxist perspective. [3]
(b) Describe any two ways in which religion acts as a mechanism of social control from a Marxist perspective. [4]
(c) Explain four ways by which religion violates the rights of
women in Zimbabwe. [8]
(d) Evaluate the role of religion in society. [10]
6. The scientific research process takes a number of steps and sampling
procedures. In collecting data, the researcher may a number of
difficulties which affect data validity and reliability.
(a) What is scientific research? [3]
(b) Identify any four steps in scientific research. [4]
(c) Describe three difficulties faced by researchers when carrying out research. [8]
(d) Discuss the relevance of sampling in sociological research. [10]
7. Educational achievement of boys and girls might be a product of factors such as gender, class and genetics, educational inequality leads to different levels of educational attainment. However, functionalists believe that education promotes social mobility.
(a) What is meant by educational inequality? [3]
(b) Describe any two reasons for girls’ educational achievement In recent years. [4]
(c) Examine the three ways in which education promotes social mobility. [8]
(d) To what extent is educational attainment determined by
one’s social class? [10]
8. A debate still exists on whether gender roles are socially or biologically constructed. In patriarchal societies, cultural practices are blamed for contributing to the spread HIV/AIDS.
(a) What are gender roles? [3]
(b) Describe any two gender roles that can only be ascribed to women. [4]
(c) Examine any four gender practices which contribute to the
spread of HIV/AIDS. [8]
(d) Discuss how gender roles are socially constructed. [10]
9. Marx believed that social classes are found in every society, and there are two social classes which are the bourgeoisie and the proletariats. Weber also noted that there are a number of determinants of one’s position in a stratified society.
(a) What is a social class? [3]
(b) Explain two differences between the bourgeoisie and the
proletariats. [4]
(c) Describe any four views by Weber on the determinants of
one’s position in society. [8]
(d) Assess the relevance of social classes in Zimbabwe. [10]
10. Children are abused in various ways in society. Some communities equate the position of children to that of women.
(a) What is child abuse? [3]
(b) Explain any two similarities between the position of
women and children in society. [4]
(c) Describe how age difference contributes to inequality in
society. [8]
(d) Examine the interpretivist view that age is a social
construct. [10]
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