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May 1957 5-a-day

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May 1957

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st May 1957What is meant by 'incapacitation' as a function of prison?
  2. 2nd May 1957Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  3. 3rd May 1957Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  4. 4th May 1957Define 'forced marriage'.
  5. 5th May 1957Define 'cohabitation'.
  6. 6th May 1957According to resource theory, what usually determines who has more power over financial decisions in a couple?
  7. 7th May 1957Which is generally higher in a structured, closed questionnaire: reliability or validity?
  8. 8th May 1957What is meant by a researcher 'going native'?
  9. 9th May 1957Why might sociologists say that socialisation never really stops?
  10. 10th May 1957Give one type of evidence, other than feral children, that sociologists could use to support a nurture-based explanation of behaviour.
  11. 11th May 1957Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  12. 12th May 1957Define social mobility.
  13. 13th May 1957Give one sanction that an informal agency of social control might use.
  14. 14th May 1957What did Jock Young's study of hippie marijuana users find about the effect of police reaction?
  15. 15th May 1957Explain why a labelling theorist would be sceptical that prison alone reduces reoffending.
  16. 16th May 1957What is Sure Start?
  17. 17th May 1957What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  18. 18th May 1957Give one example of what a Forced Marriage Protection Order might do.
  19. 19th May 1957Give one functionalist explanation, other than secularisation, for the rise in divorce.
  20. 20th May 1957Describe the allowance system.
  21. 21st May 1957Give one factor that affects how representative a sample is.
  22. 22nd May 1957Give one reason interpretivist sociologists tend to favour participant observation.
  23. 23rd May 1957Name three agencies of secondary socialisation.
  24. 24th May 1957Define 'nature' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  25. 25th May 1957What is Sklair's 'transnational capitalist class'?
  26. 26th May 1957Define intergenerational mobility.
  27. 27th May 1957Explain why most social control in everyday life is informal rather than formal.
  28. 28th May 1957What is 'primary deviance'?
  29. 29th May 1957How can the label 'ex-convict' become a master status?
  30. 30th May 1957What is the American programme, offering pre-school support to disadvantaged children, often mentioned alongside UK compensatory education policy?
  31. 31st May 1957What term did Willis's lads use for conforming pupils who accepted school values?