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January 1955 5-a-day

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January 1955

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st January 1955Name the act that introduced Forced Marriage Protection Orders in England and Wales.
  2. 2nd January 1955Name the act that introduced 'irretrievable breakdown' as the sole ground for divorce in England and Wales.
  3. 3rd January 1955Name Pahl's four systems of money management.
  4. 4th January 1955What is meant by 'reliability' in sociological research?
  5. 5th January 1955What is the difference between participant and non-participant observation?
  6. 6th January 1955Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
  7. 7th January 1955Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  8. 8th January 1955Define globalisation.
  9. 9th January 1955Give 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.
  10. 10th January 1955According to Durkheim, what is the 'collective conscience'?
  11. 11th January 1955According to Howard Becker, what makes an act deviant?
  12. 12th January 1955Name one aim of punishment prison is generally considered effective at achieving, regardless of its effect on reoffending after release.
  13. 13th January 1955Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  14. 14th January 1955Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  15. 15th January 1955How does a forced marriage differ from an arranged marriage?
  16. 16th January 1955Give one reason for the rise in cohabitation rather than marriage.
  17. 17th January 1955Who identified the four main systems of money management within couples?
  18. 18th January 1955Which is generally higher in an unstructured interview: reliability or validity?
  19. 19th January 1955State one practical problem with recording data during covert participant observation.
  20. 20th January 1955Define culture.
  21. 21st January 1955Who was Genie, and what did her case show?
  22. 22nd January 1955Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  23. 23rd January 1955Define social mobility.
  24. 24th January 1955What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
  25. 25th January 1955Give one criticism of labelling theory.
  26. 26th January 1955What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  27. 27th January 1955What is Sure Start?
  28. 28th January 1955What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  29. 29th January 1955How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  30. 30th January 1955According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  31. 31st January 1955Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?