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December 1959 5-a-day

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December 1959

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  1. 1st December 1959Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  2. 2nd December 1959What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  3. 3rd December 1959Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
  4. 4th December 1959Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  5. 5th December 1959What is Sklair's 'transnational capitalist class'?
  6. 6th December 1959Define intergenerational mobility.
  7. 7th December 1959State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  8. 8th December 1959What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  9. 9th December 1959What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  10. 10th December 1959What is the American programme, offering pre-school support to disadvantaged children, often mentioned alongside UK compensatory education policy?
  11. 11th December 1959What term did Willis's lads use for conforming pupils who accepted school values?
  12. 12th December 1959How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  13. 13th December 1959What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  14. 14th December 1959What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  15. 15th December 1959What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  16. 16th December 1959Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  17. 17th December 1959Define culture.
  18. 18th December 1959Who was Genie, and what did her case show?
  19. 19th December 1959What is the social model of disability, and who is associated with it?
  20. 20th December 1959What is the difference between absolute mobility and relative mobility?
  21. 21st December 1959What is meant by 'formal social control'?
  22. 22nd December 1959What is 'secondary deviance'?
  23. 23rd December 1959Give one practical factor, beyond theory, that can limit rehabilitation in prison.
  24. 24th December 1959Which report recommended Educational Priority Areas in the UK?
  25. 25th December 1959What is the title of Willis's study of twelve working-class boys?
  26. 26th December 1959Name the act that made forced marriage a specific criminal offence in England and Wales.
  27. 27th December 1959What is meant by 'secularisation' in relation to marriage and divorce?
  28. 28th December 1959Give one reason feminists argue money management can remain unequal even in a pooling system.
  29. 29th December 1959What is meant by 'representativeness'?
  30. 30th December 1959What is the 'Hawthorne effect'?
  31. 31st December 1959Explain why a workplace can be described as an agency of socialisation for an adult.