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April 1954 5-a-day

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April 1954

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st April 1954A teenager starts dressing and speaking like their friendship group to fit in. Which agency of socialisation is mainly responsible?
  2. 2nd April 1954Who was Oxana Malaya, and what did her case show?
  3. 3rd April 1954Give one example of a 'disabling barrier' under the social model, other than an inaccessible building.
  4. 4th April 1954What is meant by a 'meritocratic' society?
  5. 5th April 1954What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
  6. 6th April 1954Give one criticism of labelling theory.
  7. 7th April 1954What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  8. 8th April 1954What is compensatory education?
  9. 9th April 1954What does Lacey mean by polarisation?
  10. 10th April 1954How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  11. 11th April 1954According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  12. 12th April 1954Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  13. 13th April 1954Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  14. 14th April 1954What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  15. 15th April 1954Why might sociologists say that socialisation never really stops?
  16. 16th April 1954Give one type of evidence, other than feral children, that sociologists could use to support a nurture-based explanation of behaviour.
  17. 17th April 1954What is the medical model of disability?
  18. 18th April 1954Define intragenerational mobility.
  19. 19th April 1954State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  20. 20th April 1954What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  21. 21st April 1954What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  22. 22nd April 1954What is the Pupil Premium?
  23. 23rd April 1954What is the difference between streaming and setting?
  24. 24th April 1954How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  25. 25th April 1954What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  26. 26th April 1954What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  27. 27th April 1954What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  28. 28th April 1954Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  29. 29th April 1954Name three agencies of secondary socialisation.
  30. 30th April 1954Define 'nature' in the nature versus nurture debate.