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March 1956 5-a-day

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March 1956

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st March 1956Name three agencies of secondary socialisation.
  2. 2nd March 1956Define 'nature' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  3. 3rd March 1956Define globalisation.
  4. 4th March 1956Give 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.
  5. 5th March 1956State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  6. 6th March 1956What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  7. 7th March 1956What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  8. 8th March 1956Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  9. 9th March 1956Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  10. 10th March 1956How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  11. 11th March 1956What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  12. 12th March 1956What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  13. 13th March 1956What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  14. 14th March 1956Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  15. 15th March 1956What is primary socialisation?
  16. 16th March 1956Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?
  17. 17th March 1956Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  18. 18th March 1956Define social mobility.
  19. 19th March 1956What is meant by 'formal social control'?
  20. 20th March 1956What is 'secondary deviance'?
  21. 21st March 1956Give one practical factor, beyond theory, that can limit rehabilitation in prison.
  22. 22nd March 1956What is Sure Start?
  23. 23rd March 1956What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  24. 24th March 1956Name the act that made forced marriage a specific criminal offence in England and Wales.
  25. 25th March 1956What is meant by 'secularisation' in relation to marriage and divorce?
  26. 26th March 1956Give one reason feminists argue money management can remain unequal even in a pooling system.
  27. 27th March 1956What is meant by 'representativeness'?
  28. 28th March 1956What is the 'Hawthorne effect'?
  29. 29th March 1956Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
  30. 30th March 1956Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  31. 31st March 1956What is Sklair's 'transnational capitalist class'?