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May 1955 5-a-day

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May 1955

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  1. 1st May 1955Define intergenerational mobility.
  2. 2nd May 1955What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
  3. 3rd May 1955Give one criticism of labelling theory.
  4. 4th May 1955What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  5. 5th May 1955What is the American programme, offering pre-school support to disadvantaged children, often mentioned alongside UK compensatory education policy?
  6. 6th May 1955What term did Willis's lads use for conforming pupils who accepted school values?
  7. 7th May 1955How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  8. 8th May 1955According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  9. 9th May 1955Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  10. 10th May 1955Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  11. 11th May 1955What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  12. 12th May 1955Define culture.
  13. 13th May 1955Who was Genie, and what did her case show?
  14. 14th May 1955What is the social model of disability, and who is associated with it?
  15. 15th May 1955What is the difference between absolute mobility and relative mobility?
  16. 16th May 1955State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  17. 17th May 1955What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  18. 18th May 1955What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  19. 19th May 1955Which report recommended Educational Priority Areas in the UK?
  20. 20th May 1955What is the title of Willis's study of twelve working-class boys?
  21. 21st May 1955How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  22. 22nd May 1955What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  23. 23rd May 1955What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  24. 24th May 1955What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  25. 25th May 1955Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  26. 26th May 1955Explain why a workplace can be described as an agency of socialisation for an adult.
  27. 27th May 1955Give one limitation of using feral or isolated child cases as evidence for nurture.
  28. 28th May 1955Give one example of a 'disabling barrier' under the social model, other than an inaccessible building.
  29. 29th May 1955What is meant by a 'meritocratic' society?
  30. 30th May 1955What is meant by 'formal social control'?
  31. 31st May 1955What is 'secondary deviance'?