I'm Etalie, I'm currently studying for my AS levels and will (hopefully) be posting revision entries on psychology and sociology.
I previously uploaded posts on GCSE revision. If it helps you then great! But I'm not an expert on anything AT ALL so don't rely on everything I post.
(Also, I'm not taking credit for any of the pictures or info here, it's all off google images, notes from BBC bitesize and CGP revision guides, textbooks etc)

(NB - GCSE: italics in the science subjects are things that are only in paper 2!)

AS General Studies

1 - CONFLICT 

1. Science and technology 
  • Human aggression - causes, how/why, sports, technology's influence 
  • Controversy - scientific advance, concern, problems caused/solved, health and medicine, morality 
2. Society and politics
  • Tensions in society - categorising people, factors that divide society, encouraging growth of communities 
  • Politics and the public - roles of political parties, pressure groups, public interest in politics, democracy 
3. Arts and media 
  • Challenge - challenging social norms, arts in education, changing minds/behaviour, elitism 
  • Media bias - newspapers more than 'news'?, press opposing authority, roles of different newspapers, left/right wing etc. 
4. Business and industry 
  • Market - benefits of competitive market, advertising, susceptibility to advertising, sport/entertainment over commercialised? 
  • Small/big businesses - small/big business competition, mergers, take-overs, managers remote from workforces?, big business and public interest 
5. Beliefs and values 
  • Individual and society - rights as citizens, duties/expectations, interests of society/interests of individual, privacy of public figures (media, personal lives etc) 
  • Tolerance/intolerance - prejudice, roots of prejudice, challenging stereotypes, intolerance of minorities, tolerance of beliefs   

2 - SPACE

1. Science and technology 

  • Space exploration - unmanned space probes/what are we learning from them?, value of manned space flights, are we alone in the universe?, space tourism 
  • Climate change - causes, consequences, minimising personal environmental impact, global action to be takes 
2. Society and politics 
  • Migration of people - motive for emigrants from UK, benefits/drawbacks of migration, immigration controls etc 
  • Urban/rural - village life under threat?, housing needs, life in towns/cities - need improving?, transport problems 
3. Arts and media 
  • Art and public space - public art, function, does modern architecture meet our needs? 
  • Global media - foreign news and cultures, West's domination of media, poorer countries - access to media resources, control of globe media (politics etc) 
4. Business and industry 
  • Use of land - industrial use of land, housing, protecting land against development, different kind of development, land ownership and access 
  • Buying and selling - consumer society?, increasingly standardised consumer products, is the UK still a major producer of goods?, invisible exports 
5. Beliefs and values 
  • Multiculturalism - definition, how/why should we celebrate our differences?, integration desirability, methods of integration 
  • Green values - environment-friendly, 'green' politics, religions views, teaching green values 

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