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October 1954 5-a-day

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October 1954

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st October 1954Who was Genie, and what did her case show?
  2. 2nd October 1954What is the medical model of disability?
  3. 3rd October 1954Define intragenerational mobility.
  4. 4th October 1954According to Durkheim, what is the 'collective conscience'?
  5. 5th October 1954According to Howard Becker, what makes an act deviant?
  6. 6th October 1954Name one aim of punishment prison is generally considered effective at achieving, regardless of its effect on reoffending after release.
  7. 7th October 1954What is the Pupil Premium?
  8. 8th October 1954What is the difference between streaming and setting?
  9. 9th October 1954How does a forced marriage differ from an arranged marriage?
  10. 10th October 1954Give one reason for the rise in cohabitation rather than marriage.
  11. 11th October 1954Who identified the four main systems of money management within couples?
  12. 12th October 1954Which is generally higher in an unstructured interview: reliability or validity?
  13. 13th October 1954State one practical problem with recording data during covert participant observation.
  14. 14th October 1954Explain why a workplace can be described as an agency of socialisation for an adult.
  15. 15th October 1954Give one limitation of using feral or isolated child cases as evidence for nurture.
  16. 16th October 1954Define globalisation.
  17. 17th October 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.
  18. 18th October 1954What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
  19. 19th October 1954Give one criticism of labelling theory.
  20. 20th October 1954What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  21. 21st October 1954Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  22. 22nd October 1954Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  23. 23rd October 1954How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  24. 24th October 1954According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  25. 25th October 1954Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  26. 26th October 1954Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  27. 27th October 1954What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  28. 28th October 1954What is the difference between a norm and a value?
  29. 29th October 1954Define 'nurture' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  30. 30th October 1954Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  31. 31st October 1954Define social mobility.