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GCSE Sociology · key term
Broad agreement within a society about accepted norms and values.
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Broad agreement about accepted norms and values within a society or group.
Revise: Education key termsConsensus means broad agreement about accepted expectations. Continuity means their persistence over time rather than change.
Write ‘functionalists argue’ rather than presenting consensus or the family’s benefits as facts accepted by all sociologists.
Consensus means broad agreement about shared values, not that everyone behaves identically or that conflict never occurs.
Link consensus to agreement about norms and values, then explain how education helps pass them on.
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Component 1
Broad agreement among members of society about important norms and values.
Revise: Functionalist Consensus ViewConsensus means broad agreement about important norms and values. A value is a belief about what is desirable or right, such as honesty. A norm is an expectation about behaviour, such as telling the truth rather than lying.
Broad agreement within a society about its important values and expected behaviour.
