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Society and CultureQ&A by dot point
A short Q&A bank for every NSW Society and Culture syllabus dot point. Each question and answer is drawn directly from our worked dot-point page, so you can scan key concepts before opening the long-form answer.
Core: Social and Cultural Continuity and Change
- Analyse cooperation and conflict as interacting forces that produce continuity and change within and between societies and cultures1Q&A pairs
- Apply the fundamental concepts of persons, society, culture, environment, time, power, authority, gender, technology and globalisation across the course2Q&A pairs
- Examine the nature of continuity and change, and the dialectical relationship between persistence and transformation in a chosen country3Q&A pairs
- Select, justify and evaluate qualitative and quantitative social research methods and apply ethical principles to investigation2Q&A pairs
- Apply functionalist, conflict, interactionist, feminist and postmodern perspectives to explain social and cultural continuity and change5Q&A pairs
- Conduct an in-depth study of one selected country other than Australia, examining continuity and change across its institutions, groups and everyday life2Q&A pairs
- Analyse the impact of power, authority, technology and globalisation as agents of continuity and change in a studied country5Q&A pairs
- Distinguish tradition, modernisation and Westernisation and analyse their interaction in a studied country and in Australia4Q&A pairs
Depth Study: Belief Systems and Ideologies
- Examine the nature of belief systems and ideologies and their role in continuity, change, cohesion and conflict in societies0Q&A pairs
- Analyse the role of belief systems and ideologies in producing social cohesion and social conflict4Q&A pairs
- Analyse continuity and change in belief systems and ideologies, including secularisation, reform and revival2Q&A pairs
- Analyse how belief systems and ideologies shape individual and group identity, worldview and behaviour0Q&A pairs
- Define and distinguish belief systems and ideologies, including religious and secular types, and their characteristics4Q&A pairs
- Analyse how belief systems and ideologies shape ethics, exercise authority and act as agents of social control2Q&A pairs
- Evaluate nonconformity as a driver of social and cultural change through subcultures and social movements2Q&A pairs
- Analyse the social construction of deviance, how it is defined and labelled, and how societies respond to it1Q&A pairs
- Conduct an in-depth focus study of one group exhibiting conformity or nonconformity, analysing its norms, control and influence1Q&A pairs
- Define conformity and nonconformity and explain the psychological and social reasons people conform or resist0Q&A pairs
- Analyse how agencies of socialisation and social control shape conformity and respond to nonconformity3Q&A pairs
- Analyse the role of official and unofficial censorship in the development and evolution of a chosen popular culture3Q&A pairs
- Analyse the consumption of a chosen popular culture and the active role of consumers in shaping and resisting it2Q&A pairs
- Analyse the creation, ownership, control and dissemination of a chosen popular culture and the power relations involved0Q&A pairs
- Investigate the nature and historical development of a chosen popular culture, distinguishing it from high and folk culture2Q&A pairs
- Evaluate how a chosen popular culture expresses contemporary values and acts as an agent of social and cultural continuity and change3Q&A pairs
- Investigate the nature, development, control and consumption of a chosen popular culture and its relationship to social and cultural change1Q&A pairs
- Examine the nature, causes and consequences of conformity and nonconformity and their influence on attitudes and behaviour0Q&A pairs
- Analyse the nature, causes and consequences of social inclusion and exclusion for individuals and groups in Australian society2Q&A pairs
- Analyse the factors and processes of social differentiation that cause social exclusion of individuals and groups3Q&A pairs
- Conduct an in-depth focus study of one group experiencing social exclusion, analysing causes, experiences and implications1Q&A pairs
- Analyse the implications of social exclusion, including the cycle of disadvantage and reduced life chances and social mobility2Q&A pairs
- Define social inclusion and exclusion and explain socially valued resources and full participation in society1Q&A pairs
- Evaluate the responses and strategies that governments, organisations and communities use to promote social inclusion2Q&A pairs
The Personal Interest Project (PIP)
- Design and conduct an ethical, methodologically sound Personal Interest Project that applies social and cultural research and a cross-cultural perspective2Q&A pairs
- Develop and sustain a cross-cultural perspective across the Personal Interest Project as a central marking discriminator4Q&A pairs
- Design and document an integrated, ethical PIP methodology and maintain a reflective log of research decisions1Q&A pairs
- Structure, write and present the Personal Interest Project clearly within the required components, format and word limit1Q&A pairs