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August 1955 5-a-day

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August 1955

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  1. 1st August 1955Who identified the four main systems of money management within couples?
  2. 2nd August 1955Which is generally higher in an unstructured interview: reliability or validity?
  3. 3rd August 1955State one practical problem with recording data during covert participant observation.
  4. 4th August 1955What is primary socialisation?
  5. 5th August 1955Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?
  6. 6th August 1955What is the social model of disability, and who is associated with it?
  7. 7th August 1955What is the difference between absolute mobility and relative mobility?
  8. 8th August 1955What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
  9. 9th August 1955Give one criticism of labelling theory.
  10. 10th August 1955What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  11. 11th August 1955Which report recommended Educational Priority Areas in the UK?
  12. 12th August 1955What is the title of Willis's study of twelve working-class boys?
  13. 13th August 1955How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  14. 14th August 1955According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  15. 15th August 1955Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  16. 16th August 1955Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  17. 17th August 1955What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  18. 18th August 1955Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
  19. 19th August 1955Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  20. 20th August 1955Give one example of a 'disabling barrier' under the social model, other than an inaccessible building.
  21. 21st August 1955What is meant by a 'meritocratic' society?
  22. 22nd August 1955State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  23. 23rd August 1955What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  24. 24th August 1955What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  25. 25th August 1955What is compensatory education?
  26. 26th August 1955What does Lacey mean by polarisation?
  27. 27th August 1955How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  28. 28th August 1955What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  29. 29th August 1955What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  30. 30th August 1955What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  31. 31st August 1955Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.