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February 1960 5-a-day

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February 1960

29 sheets · 145 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st February 1960Explain why most social control in everyday life is informal rather than formal.
  2. 2nd February 1960What is 'primary deviance'?
  3. 3rd February 1960How can the label 'ex-convict' become a master status?
  4. 4th February 1960Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  5. 5th February 1960Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  6. 6th February 1960Name the act that introduced Forced Marriage Protection Orders in England and Wales.
  7. 7th February 1960Name the act that introduced 'irretrievable breakdown' as the sole ground for divorce in England and Wales.
  8. 8th February 1960Name Pahl's four systems of money management.
  9. 9th February 1960What is meant by 'reliability' in sociological research?
  10. 10th February 1960What is the difference between participant and non-participant observation?
  11. 11th February 1960Why might sociologists say that socialisation never really stops?
  12. 12th February 1960Give one type of evidence, other than feral children, that sociologists could use to support a nurture-based explanation of behaviour.
  13. 13th February 1960Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  14. 14th February 1960Define social mobility.
  15. 15th February 1960According to Durkheim, what is the 'collective conscience'?
  16. 16th February 1960According to Howard Becker, what makes an act deviant?
  17. 17th February 1960Name one aim of punishment prison is generally considered effective at achieving, regardless of its effect on reoffending after release.
  18. 18th February 1960What is Sure Start?
  19. 19th February 1960What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  20. 20th February 1960How does a forced marriage differ from an arranged marriage?
  21. 21st February 1960Give one reason for the rise in cohabitation rather than marriage.
  22. 22nd February 1960Who identified the four main systems of money management within couples?
  23. 23rd February 1960Which is generally higher in an unstructured interview: reliability or validity?
  24. 24th February 1960State one practical problem with recording data during covert participant observation.
  25. 25th February 1960Name three agencies of secondary socialisation.
  26. 26th February 1960Define 'nature' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  27. 27th February 1960What is Sklair's 'transnational capitalist class'?
  28. 28th February 1960Define intergenerational mobility.
  29. 29th February 1960What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?