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February 1957 5-a-day

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February 1957

28 sheets · 140 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st February 1957Define 'nature' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  2. 2nd February 1957Define globalisation.
  3. 3rd February 1957Give 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.
  4. 4th February 1957Give one sanction that an informal agency of social control might use.
  5. 5th February 1957What did Jock Young's study of hippie marijuana users find about the effect of police reaction?
  6. 6th February 1957Explain why a labelling theorist would be sceptical that prison alone reduces reoffending.
  7. 7th February 1957Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  8. 8th February 1957Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  9. 9th February 1957Give one example of what a Forced Marriage Protection Order might do.
  10. 10th February 1957Give one functionalist explanation, other than secularisation, for the rise in divorce.
  11. 11th February 1957Describe the allowance system.
  12. 12th February 1957Give one factor that affects how representative a sample is.
  13. 13th February 1957Give one reason interpretivist sociologists tend to favour participant observation.
  14. 14th February 1957What is primary socialisation?
  15. 15th February 1957Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?
  16. 16th February 1957Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  17. 17th February 1957Define social mobility.
  18. 18th February 1957Explain why most social control in everyday life is informal rather than formal.
  19. 19th February 1957What is 'primary deviance'?
  20. 20th February 1957How can the label 'ex-convict' become a master status?
  21. 21st February 1957What is Sure Start?
  22. 22nd February 1957What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  23. 23rd February 1957Name the act that introduced Forced Marriage Protection Orders in England and Wales.
  24. 24th February 1957Name the act that introduced 'irretrievable breakdown' as the sole ground for divorce in England and Wales.
  25. 25th February 1957Name Pahl's four systems of money management.
  26. 26th February 1957What is meant by 'reliability' in sociological research?
  27. 27th February 1957What is the difference between participant and non-participant observation?
  28. 28th February 1957Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.