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July 1955 5-a-day

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July 1955

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  1. 1st July 1955Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  2. 2nd July 1955Give one example of what a Forced Marriage Protection Order might do.
  3. 3rd July 1955Give one functionalist explanation, other than secularisation, for the rise in divorce.
  4. 4th July 1955Describe the allowance system.
  5. 5th July 1955Give one factor that affects how representative a sample is.
  6. 6th July 1955Give one reason interpretivist sociologists tend to favour participant observation.
  7. 7th July 1955Why might sociologists say that socialisation never really stops?
  8. 8th July 1955Give one type of evidence, other than feral children, that sociologists could use to support a nurture-based explanation of behaviour.
  9. 9th July 1955Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  10. 10th July 1955Define social mobility.
  11. 11th July 1955Explain why most social control in everyday life is informal rather than formal.
  12. 12th July 1955What is 'primary deviance'?
  13. 13th July 1955How can the label 'ex-convict' become a master status?
  14. 14th July 1955What is Sure Start?
  15. 15th July 1955What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  16. 16th July 1955Name the act that introduced Forced Marriage Protection Orders in England and Wales.
  17. 17th July 1955Name the act that introduced 'irretrievable breakdown' as the sole ground for divorce in England and Wales.
  18. 18th July 1955Name Pahl's four systems of money management.
  19. 19th July 1955What is meant by 'reliability' in sociological research?
  20. 20th July 1955What is the difference between participant and non-participant observation?
  21. 21st July 1955Name three agencies of secondary socialisation.
  22. 22nd July 1955Define 'nature' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  23. 23rd July 1955What is Sklair's 'transnational capitalist class'?
  24. 24th July 1955Define intergenerational mobility.
  25. 25th July 1955According to Durkheim, what is the 'collective conscience'?
  26. 26th July 1955According to Howard Becker, what makes an act deviant?
  27. 27th July 1955Name one aim of punishment prison is generally considered effective at achieving, regardless of its effect on reoffending after release.
  28. 28th July 1955What is the American programme, offering pre-school support to disadvantaged children, often mentioned alongside UK compensatory education policy?
  29. 29th July 1955What term did Willis's lads use for conforming pupils who accepted school values?
  30. 30th July 1955How does a forced marriage differ from an arranged marriage?
  31. 31st July 1955Give one reason for the rise in cohabitation rather than marriage.