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March 1957 5-a-day

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March 1957

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  1. 1st March 1957Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  2. 2nd March 1957What is Sklair's 'transnational capitalist class'?
  3. 3rd March 1957Define intergenerational mobility.
  4. 4th March 1957According to Durkheim, what is the 'collective conscience'?
  5. 5th March 1957According to Howard Becker, what makes an act deviant?
  6. 6th March 1957Name one aim of punishment prison is generally considered effective at achieving, regardless of its effect on reoffending after release.
  7. 7th March 1957What is the American programme, offering pre-school support to disadvantaged children, often mentioned alongside UK compensatory education policy?
  8. 8th March 1957What term did Willis's lads use for conforming pupils who accepted school values?
  9. 9th March 1957How does a forced marriage differ from an arranged marriage?
  10. 10th March 1957Give one reason for the rise in cohabitation rather than marriage.
  11. 11th March 1957Who identified the four main systems of money management within couples?
  12. 12th March 1957Which is generally higher in an unstructured interview: reliability or validity?
  13. 13th March 1957State one practical problem with recording data during covert participant observation.
  14. 14th March 1957Define culture.
  15. 15th March 1957Who was Genie, and what did her case show?
  16. 16th March 1957What is the social model of disability, and who is associated with it?
  17. 17th March 1957What is the difference between absolute mobility and relative mobility?
  18. 18th March 1957What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
  19. 19th March 1957Give one criticism of labelling theory.
  20. 20th March 1957What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  21. 21st March 1957Which report recommended Educational Priority Areas in the UK?
  22. 22nd March 1957What is the title of Willis's study of twelve working-class boys?
  23. 23rd March 1957How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  24. 24th March 1957According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  25. 25th March 1957Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  26. 26th March 1957Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  27. 27th March 1957What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  28. 28th March 1957Explain why a workplace can be described as an agency of socialisation for an adult.
  29. 29th March 1957Give one limitation of using feral or isolated child cases as evidence for nurture.
  30. 30th March 1957Give one example of a 'disabling barrier' under the social model, other than an inaccessible building.
  31. 31st March 1957What is meant by a 'meritocratic' society?