AQA As Sociology Paper 2 2025 Mark Scheme Pdf

Get the official AQA AS Sociology Paper 2 Research Methods and Topics in Sociology mark scheme from the June 2025 series (7191/2) — the final v1.0 examiner-approved document used by AQA examiners to award marks across Research Methods, Culture and Identity, Families and Households, Health, and Work, Poverty and Welfare. This downloadable PDF contains the exact accepted answers, level descriptors, indicative content, examiner guidance, and mark allocations required to understand how AQA assessed every response in the June 2025 examination series.

Use this mark scheme to identify the precise examiner expectations for evaluation, analysis, application, and sociological terminology across 4-mark, 10-mark, 16-mark, and 20-mark questions. Topics covered include official statistics, ethnicity and identity, patriarchy and socialisation, domestic division of labour, Marxist theories of the family, medicalisation, social class inequalities in health, alienation at work, and welfare-state debates. Pair it with the matching AQA 7191/2 June 2025 question paper on markscheme.net for complete exam practice and accurate self-assessment. Updated for the 2025/2026 academic year, optimised for mobile and desktop, and instantly downloadable from markscheme.net — your fastest route to top-grade AS Sociology revision.

This document is designed for Year 12 AS Sociology students preparing for the 2026 exam series, including high-achieving candidates targeting top grades, retake students improving exam technique, and home-schooled learners following the AQA 7191 specification. It is especially valuable for students who need to master examiner expectations for extended-response evaluation questions, sociological theories, and applied research-methods analysis under timed exam conditions.

It is also essential for Sociology teachers, private tutors, sixth-form departments, revision-course providers, and parents supporting independent study at home. The mark scheme can be used for timed mock marking, examiner-style feedback sessions, essay-structure modelling, moderation across teaching groups, identifying recurring misconceptions, and improving AO1, AO2, and AO3 performance before the 2026 examinations.