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SOCIOLOGYWritten examination

Thursday 7 November 2013 Reading time: 3.00 pm to 3.15 pm (15 minutes) Writing time: 3.15 pm to 5.15 pm (2 hours)

QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK

Structure of bookSection Number of

questionsNumber of questions

to be answeredNumber of

marks

A 5 5 20B 4 4 20C 2 2 20D 2 1 20

Total 80

• Students are permitted to bring into the examination room: pens, pencils, highlighters, erasers, sharpeners and rulers.

• Students are NOT permitted to bring into the examination room: blank sheets of paper and/or white out liquid/tape.

• No calculator is allowed in this examination.

Materials supplied• Question and answer book of 21 pages.• Additional space is available at the end of the book if you need extra paper to complete an answer.

Instructions• Write your student number in the space provided above on this page.

• All written responses must be in English.

Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room.

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2013 SOCIOLOGY EXAM 2

SECTION A – Question 2 – continued

Question 1 (2 marks)Describe the main aspects of the Northern Territory Emergency Response – ‘The Intervention’.

Question 2 (5 marks)a. Outline how one government policy of the past suppressed Australian Indigenous culture. 3 marks

SECTION A

Instructions for Section AAnswer all questions in the spaces provided.

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SECTION A – continuedTURN OVER

b. Summarise how Indigenous Australians have responded to the government policy outlined in part a. 2 marks


SECTION A – continued

Due to copyright restriction,this material is not supplied.

Source: Sonia Harford, ‘Art offers prisoners way to break vicious cycle’, The Age, 10 January 2013

1reoffending – committing another crime2recidivism – repetitive criminal behaviour leading to reimprisonment3incarcerating – jailing

Use the following representations to answer Questions 3–5.


SECTION A – continuedTURN OVER

Source: Michael Leunig, A New Penguin Leunig, Penguin Books, Camberwell, 2005


SECTION A – continued

Question 3 (2 marks)Identify an example of material culture from one representation and an example of non-material culture from the other representation.

Question 4 (5 marks)Explain the effects that one of the representations is likely to have on the perception of Australian Indigenous culture by either Indigenous or non-Indigenous Australians.


END OF SECTION ATURN OVER

Question 5 (6 marks)Describe one difference between an ethnocentric and a culturally relativistic study of Australian Indigenous culture. Provide examples from the representations or material that you have studied this year.


SECTION B – continued

Question 6 (2 marks)Outline two examples of ethnic hybridity in Australia.

SECTION B

Instructions for Section BAnswer all questions in the spaces provided.


SECTION B – continuedTURN OVER

Question 7 (5 marks)Is the term ‘ethnicity’ preferred over ‘race’ in sociological enquiry? Give reasons for your answer using material that you have studied this year.


SECTION B – continued

Question 8 (3 marks)Explain the difference between the policies of assimilation and multiculturalism.


SECTION B – Question 9 – continuedTURN OVER

Question 9 (10 marks)Describe one ethnic group in Australia. Explain how this group interacted with one social institution.Refer to material that you have studied this year.


END OF SECTION B


SECTION C – Question 10 – continuedTURN OVER

Question 10 (10 marks)Social movements come into being for a variety of reasons.Referring to at least one sociological theory, explain how a social movement that you have studied this year came into existence.

SECTION C

Instructions for Section CAnswer all questions in the spaces provided.


SECTION C – continued


SECTION C – Question 11 – continuedTURN OVER

Question 11 (10 marks)Social movements change over time.Explain how one social movement changed as it passed through different stages. Refer to material that you have studied this year.


END OF SECTION C


SECTION D – continuedTURN OVER

Question 12 (20 marks)Will everyone in a community have the same sense of community? Describe a community that you have studied this year and evaluate the extent to which there is a single shared sense of community.

OR

Question 13 (20 marks)Analyse how information and communications technology has affected a community that you have studied this year. Refer to at least one sociological theory in your answer.

SECTION D

Instructions for Section DWrite an essay in response to one of the following questions.

Question No.


SECTION D – continued


TURN OVEREND OF QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK


Extra space for responses

Clearly number all responses in this space.


A script book is available from the supervisor if you need extra paper to complete your answer. Please ensure you write your student number in the space provided on the front cover of the script book. At the end of the examination, place the script book inside the front cover of this question and answer book.

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