1. To remember reasons for
changes... use FLIRTS
•F Rise of Feminism
• L Law Changes
•I Rise of Individualism
• R Decline of Religion
• T Decline of Tradition
•S Social Changes

2. To remember the functions/roles of
the family... use CREEPS
• C Citizenship
• R Reproduction
• E Economic support
• E Emotional support
• P Primary S Socialisation

3. To remember the social factors that
influence people’s lives... use CARGO
• C Class
• A Age
• R Race
• G Gender
• O Other factors (religion, media etc)
etc)
•

4. To remember the functions of education ...
use All the Ssssss!
• S Secondary Socialisation
• S Social Solidarity / cohesion
• S Specialist Skills / Social mobility
• S Social Control
• S Sifting and Sorting
•

5. To remember the definitions/types of
poverty... use ARSE!
•A Absolute poverty
• R Relative poverty
• S Subjective poverty
• E Environmental poverty

6. To remember the main social issues tackled by
the Welfare State... use SQWIDI
• Sq Squalor - poor housing
•W Want - lack of money
•I Idleness - lack of work
•D Disease - ill health
•I Ignorance - lack of education

7. To remember the main ways in which
crime/deviance is ‘relative’ use PPPTTC
•P Person - WHO commits the act
•P Place - WHERE it is committed
•P Power - WHO sees it committed
•T Time - WHEN it is committed
•T Tradition - How far away from tradition
•C Culture - In which culture the act occurs

8. To remember the important features of research
methods use PROVE
•P Practicality - Is it do-able?
•R Reliability - Is it repeatable?
•O Objectivity - Is it bias free?
•V Validity - Is it TRUE?
•E Ethical concerns - have the
rules of research been observed?

9. To remember the main aims of education since
1997 use VOICE
•V Vocational Education
•O Overcoming Obstacles
•I Improving attainment
•C Choice, Competition, diversity
•E Equal opportunities

10. To remember the different types of family
diversity use CLOGS
•C Class, Cultural
•L Life Stage
•O Organisational
•G Generational
•S Structural, Sexual

11. To remember the different social systems use
SPLECT
•S Social
•P Political
•L Legal
•E Economic
•C Cultural
•T Technological

12. To remember the different issues that face
those researching education: LEAPS
•L Legal issues
•E Ethical issues
• A Access issues
• P Power and Status issues
• S Secondary Source availability and
quality

13. To remember how to compare religious
organisations use MHWRAMCI
• M My Membership
• H House Hierarchy
• W Will Worship
• R Rot Ritual
• A And Attitude to wider society
• M Might Monopoly of the truth
• C Cave Commitment
• I In Ideology (right or left wing?)

14. To remember the key terms/ideas associated
with secularisation use PRDS + GITDS
• P Participation
• R Religious Pluralism
• D Disengagement / differentiation
• S Secularisation of Religious Institutions
• G Generalisation
• I Individuation
• T Transformation
• D De Sacrilisation /Disenchantment

15. To remember the key areas of agreement
between New Right and Functionalists regarding
Education, use... MTVS
•M Meritocracy
•T Talents
•V Vocational Education
•S Secondary Socialisation

16. To remember the key areas of DISagreement
between New Right and Functionalists regarding
Education, use... USA
• U Universalism
• S State interference
• A Accountability

17. To remember Parsons’ Functional
Pre-requisites use... A G I L
• A Adaptation
• G Goal Attainment
• I Integration
• L Latency

18. Use sociological vocabulary
Give examples to illustrate
the points you have
identified
In 12 mark answers - provide a range of
views - explore the debate!