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February 1954

28 sheets · 140 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st February 1954Give one reason feminists argue money management can remain unequal even in a pooling system.
  2. 2nd February 1954What is meant by 'representativeness'?
  3. 3rd February 1954What is the 'Hawthorne effect'?
  4. 4th February 1954Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
  5. 5th February 1954Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  6. 6th February 1954Define globalisation.
  7. 7th February 1954Give one reason why absolute mobility in the UK rose during the 20th century even without the class system becoming much more open in relative terms.
  8. 8th February 1954Name the two agencies of formal social control that decide whether an offender is punished, and state what each one does.
  9. 9th February 1954What is meant by a deviant 'master status'?
  10. 10th February 1954What is meant by 'incapacitation' as a function of prison?
  11. 11th February 1954Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  12. 12th February 1954Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  13. 13th February 1954Define 'forced marriage'.
  14. 14th February 1954Define 'cohabitation'.
  15. 15th February 1954According to resource theory, what usually determines who has more power over financial decisions in a couple?
  16. 16th February 1954Which is generally higher in a structured, closed questionnaire: reliability or validity?
  17. 17th February 1954What is meant by a researcher 'going native'?
  18. 18th February 1954Define culture.
  19. 19th February 1954Who was Genie, and what did her case show?
  20. 20th February 1954Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  21. 21st February 1954Define social mobility.
  22. 22nd February 1954Give one sanction that an informal agency of social control might use.
  23. 23rd February 1954What did Jock Young's study of hippie marijuana users find about the effect of police reaction?
  24. 24th February 1954Explain why a labelling theorist would be sceptical that prison alone reduces reoffending.
  25. 25th February 1954What is Sure Start?
  26. 26th February 1954What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  27. 27th February 1954Give one example of what a Forced Marriage Protection Order might do.
  28. 28th February 1954Give one functionalist explanation, other than secularisation, for the rise in divorce.