Daily Practice · GCSE Sociology
January 1958 5-a-day
Every sheet in January 1958
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 1958State one practical problem with recording data during covert participant observation.
- 2nd January 1958Name three agencies of secondary socialisation.
- 3rd January 1958Define 'nature' in the nature versus nurture debate.
- 4th January 1958Define globalisation.
- 5th January 1958Give 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.
- 6th January 1958What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
- 7th January 1958Give one criticism of labelling theory.
- 8th January 1958What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
- 9th January 1958Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
- 10th January 1958Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
- 11th January 1958How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
- 12th January 1958According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
- 13th January 1958Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
- 14th January 1958Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
- 15th January 1958What is meant by 'covert' observation?
- 16th January 1958What is primary socialisation?
- 17th January 1958Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?
- 18th January 1958Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
- 19th January 1958Define social mobility.
- 20th January 1958State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
- 21st January 1958What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
- 22nd January 1958What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
- 23rd January 1958What is Sure Start?
- 24th January 1958What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
- 25th January 1958How might feminists explain forced marriage?
- 26th January 1958What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
- 27th January 1958What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
- 28th January 1958What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
- 29th January 1958Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
- 30th January 1958Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
- 31st January 1958Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?