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April 1959 5-a-day

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April 1959

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st April 1959Explain why a labelling theorist would be sceptical that prison alone reduces reoffending.
  2. 2nd April 1959What is the American programme, offering pre-school support to disadvantaged children, often mentioned alongside UK compensatory education policy?
  3. 3rd April 1959What term did Willis's lads use for conforming pupils who accepted school values?
  4. 4th April 1959Give one example of what a Forced Marriage Protection Order might do.
  5. 5th April 1959Give one functionalist explanation, other than secularisation, for the rise in divorce.
  6. 6th April 1959Describe the allowance system.
  7. 7th April 1959Give one factor that affects how representative a sample is.
  8. 8th April 1959Give one reason interpretivist sociologists tend to favour participant observation.
  9. 9th April 1959What is primary socialisation?
  10. 10th April 1959Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?
  11. 11th April 1959What is the social model of disability, and who is associated with it?
  12. 12th April 1959What is the difference between absolute mobility and relative mobility?
  13. 13th April 1959Explain why most social control in everyday life is informal rather than formal.
  14. 14th April 1959What is 'primary deviance'?
  15. 15th April 1959How can the label 'ex-convict' become a master status?
  16. 16th April 1959Which report recommended Educational Priority Areas in the UK?
  17. 17th April 1959What is the title of Willis's study of twelve working-class boys?
  18. 18th April 1959Name the act that introduced Forced Marriage Protection Orders in England and Wales.
  19. 19th April 1959Name the act that introduced 'irretrievable breakdown' as the sole ground for divorce in England and Wales.
  20. 20th April 1959Name Pahl's four systems of money management.
  21. 21st April 1959What is meant by 'reliability' in sociological research?
  22. 22nd April 1959What is the difference between participant and non-participant observation?
  23. 23rd April 1959Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
  24. 24th April 1959Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  25. 25th April 1959Give one example of a 'disabling barrier' under the social model, other than an inaccessible building.
  26. 26th April 1959What is meant by a 'meritocratic' society?
  27. 27th April 1959According to Durkheim, what is the 'collective conscience'?
  28. 28th April 1959According to Howard Becker, what makes an act deviant?
  29. 29th April 1959Name one aim of punishment prison is generally considered effective at achieving, regardless of its effect on reoffending after release.
  30. 30th April 1959What is compensatory education?