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August 1959 5-a-day

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August 1959

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  1. 1st August 1959What is the medical model of disability?
  2. 2nd August 1959Define intragenerational mobility.
  3. 3rd August 1959According to Durkheim, what is the 'collective conscience'?
  4. 4th August 1959According to Howard Becker, what makes an act deviant?
  5. 5th August 1959Name one aim of punishment prison is generally considered effective at achieving, regardless of its effect on reoffending after release.
  6. 6th August 1959What is the Pupil Premium?
  7. 7th August 1959What is the difference between streaming and setting?
  8. 8th August 1959How does a forced marriage differ from an arranged marriage?
  9. 9th August 1959Give one reason for the rise in cohabitation rather than marriage.
  10. 10th August 1959Who identified the four main systems of money management within couples?
  11. 11th August 1959Which is generally higher in an unstructured interview: reliability or validity?
  12. 12th August 1959State one practical problem with recording data during covert participant observation.
  13. 13th August 1959Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
  14. 14th August 1959Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  15. 15th August 1959Define globalisation.
  16. 16th August 1959Give 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.
  17. 17th August 1959What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
  18. 18th August 1959Give one criticism of labelling theory.
  19. 19th August 1959What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  20. 20th August 1959Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  21. 21st August 1959Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  22. 22nd August 1959How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  23. 23rd August 1959According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  24. 24th August 1959Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  25. 25th August 1959Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  26. 26th August 1959What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  27. 27th August 1959Define culture.
  28. 28th August 1959Who was Genie, and what did her case show?
  29. 29th August 1959Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  30. 30th August 1959Define social mobility.
  31. 31st August 1959State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.