Identity: self and society: past paper questions
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- 0495/11 · October/November 2025 · Q2a(i)[2]
social media
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consumption patterns.
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State two traditional female roles.
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Describe three examples of cultural defence against globalisation.
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Explain three postmodernist views of identity.
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Discuss why positive sanctions are an effective method of social control. Your answer should include: • at least three developed points with evidence.
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Evaluate whether feminist views on gender socialisation are correct. Your answer should include: • at least three arguments for and three arguments against • a conclusion. Social stratification and inequality
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role
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digital surveillance.
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Give two examples of youth sub-cultures.
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Explain three ways identity can be positively affected by global culture.
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Explain three ways individuals may create an online digital self.
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Evaluate the view that the family is the most effective agency of socialisation. Your answer should include: • at least three arguments for and three arguments against • a conclusion. Social stratification and inequality
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social construction
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negative sanction.
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Give two examples of online sub-cultures.
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Explain three ways families teach children norms and values.
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Explain three Marxist views of socialisation.
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Discuss the view that globalisation affects cultural identity. Your answer should include: • at least three developed points with evidence.
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Evaluate the view that the police are the most effective agency of social control. Your answer should include: • at least three arguments for and three arguments against • a conclusion. Social stratification and inequality
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What examiners said
Most candidates scored at least one mark for their definition of ‘ethnicity.’ To score two marks two core elements must be present. Many candidates identified the ideas that ethnicity is about one’s culture, heritage or racial background. Some candidates gave examples as the second element to gain the second mark.
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 0495/11 Q2(a) (Cambridge)
This question asked candidates to describe two examples of customs. Customs are accepted practices that persist in a culture over time. The question had a mixed response. Candidates who scored full marks gave two separate examples and unpacked each with some further detail in terms of why the tradition exists or what it signifies. Common examples often derived from candidates’ own cultural setting...
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 0495/11 Q2(b) (Cambridge)
This question asked candidates to explain how peer groups encourage conformity. The most successful candidates identified three or more points and developed each point in a simple way. Popular answers focused on the use of negative sanctions by the peer group such as peer pressure, ostracism, sarcasm and bullying to bring an individual into line with group norms and values. Some candidates set up...
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 0495/11 Q2(c) (Cambridge)
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