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![June 2025 Paper 1, question 01: Outline two ways in which globalisation has affected schools in the UK. [4 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71921-jun25-q-01-qp.webp)
![June 2025 Paper 1, question 02: Outline three reasons for social class differences in who goes to university. [6 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71921-jun25-q-02-qp.webp)
![June 2025 Paper 1, question 04: Applying material from Item B and your knowledge, evaluate sociological explanations of the role and functions of education in society. [30 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71921-jun25-ib-04-qp.webp)
![June 2025 Paper 1, question 06: Outline and explain two reasons why interpretivists prefer to use qualitative methods. [10 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71921-jun25-q-06-qp.webp)
![June 2025 Paper 2, question 01: Outline and explain two ways that consumption may be related to ethnicity. [10 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71922-jun25-a1-01-qp.webp)
![June 2025 Paper 2, question 02: Applying material from Item A, analyse two ways that globalisation may have affected popular culture in the UK. [10 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71922-jun25-ia-02-qp.webp)
![June 2025 Paper 2, question 03: Applying material from Item B and your knowledge, evaluate the view that socialisation is a one-way process. [20 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71922-jun25-ib-03-qp.webp)
![June 2025 Paper 2, question 04: Outline and explain two ways in which social change may affect patterns of divorce. [10 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71922-jun25-a2-04-qp.webp)
![June 2025 Paper 2, question 05: Applying material from Item C, analyse two ways that family diversity may affect the functions of the family. [10 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71922-jun25-ic-05-qp.webp)
![June 2025 Paper 2, question 06: Applying material from Item D and your knowledge, evaluate the view that childhood has improved over time. [20 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71922-jun25-id-06-qp.webp)
![June 2025 Paper 2, question 07: Outline and explain two ways in which the role of medicine affects the social distribution of health chances. [10 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71922-jun25-a3-07-qp.webp)
![June 2025 Paper 2, question 08: Applying material from Item E, analyse two reasons for social class differences in rates of mental illness. [10 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71922-jun25-ie-08-qp.webp)
![June 2025 Paper 2, question 09: Applying material from Item F and your knowledge, evaluate the view that social construction provides the best explanation of health and illness. [20 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71922-jun25-if-09-qp.webp)
![June 2025 Paper 2, question 10: Outline and explain two reasons why women are less likely to be in full-time employment than men. [10 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71922-jun25-a4-10-qp.webp)
![June 2025 Paper 2, question 11: Applying material from Item G, analyse two ways in which the state has responded to the persistence of poverty. [10 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71922-jun25-ig-11-qp.webp)
![June 2025 Paper 2, question 13: Outline and explain two ways in which social groups may influence the process of secularisation in today’s society. [10 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71922-jun25-b1-13-qp.webp)
![June 2025 Paper 2, question 14: Applying material from Item I, analyse two differences between the characteristics of denominations and those of New Age movements. [10 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71922-jun25-ii-14-qp.webp)
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