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Anomie
Émile Durkheim, 1897
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A state of normlessness in which social norms break down, leaving individuals without moral guidance — most acute during rapid social change.
— Suicide (1897)
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Papers 1, 2 & 3
Education, Families, Beliefs, Crime, Theory & Methods
3 components
Socialisation, Culture, Identity, Inequality
3 units
Social Structures, Social Processes, Power & Control
4 papers
Culture & Identity, Research Methods, Stratification
3 papers
Theory, Social Differentiation, Contemporary Issues
Papers 1 & 2
Families, Education, Crime, Social Stratification
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Can I cram the night before?
You can. But the research is uncomfortable reading if you do.
80%
average recall accuracy
with spaced repetition (Journal of Experimental Psychology)
60%
average recall accuracy
with cramming — same study, same participants
5×
repetitions at spaced intervals
outperforms 10× repetitions in a single session
The forgetting curve, flattened.
Hermann Ebbinghaus mapped this in the 1880s: without review, you lose half of what you learned within days. Cohort's algorithm times each card review to the moment just before you'd forget it — turning the steep drop into a slow, manageable plateau.
The 2–3–5–7 method
Cohort uses a variant of this proven schedule — reviewing each card on day 2, then day 5, then day 12, then day 30 — automatically adjusted to your exam date so the final review lands 48 hours before you sit the paper.
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The 8 thinkers every sociology student must know
One printable page. Every key concept, date, and work title — the kind of sheet the top student in your seminar group has been keeping to themselves.
Max Weber
Bureaucracy · Verstehen · Social Action
Émile Durkheim
Anomie · Collective Conscience · Suicide
Karl Marx
Conflict Theory · Alienation · Base/Superstructure
Talcott Parsons
Structural Functionalism · AGIL Schema
Robert Merton
Strain Theory · Manifest & Latent Functions
Anthony Giddens
Structuration Theory · Late Modernity
Pierre Bourdieu
Habitus · Cultural Capital · Field
Michel Foucault
Discourse · Power/Knowledge · Panopticon
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