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May 1960 5-a-day

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May 1960

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st May 1960Give one functionalist explanation, other than secularisation, for the rise in divorce.
  2. 2nd May 1960Describe the allowance system.
  3. 3rd May 1960Give one factor that affects how representative a sample is.
  4. 4th May 1960Give one reason interpretivist sociologists tend to favour participant observation.
  5. 5th May 1960What is the difference between a norm and a value?
  6. 6th May 1960Define 'nurture' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  7. 7th May 1960Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  8. 8th May 1960Define social mobility.
  9. 9th May 1960Explain why most social control in everyday life is informal rather than formal.
  10. 10th May 1960What is 'primary deviance'?
  11. 11th May 1960How can the label 'ex-convict' become a master status?
  12. 12th May 1960What is Sure Start?
  13. 13th May 1960What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  14. 14th May 1960Name the act that introduced Forced Marriage Protection Orders in England and Wales.
  15. 15th May 1960Name the act that introduced 'irretrievable breakdown' as the sole ground for divorce in England and Wales.
  16. 16th May 1960Name Pahl's four systems of money management.
  17. 17th May 1960What is meant by 'reliability' in sociological research?
  18. 18th May 1960What is the difference between participant and non-participant observation?
  19. 19th May 1960A teenager starts dressing and speaking like their friendship group to fit in. Which agency of socialisation is mainly responsible?
  20. 20th May 1960Who was Oxana Malaya, and what did her case show?
  21. 21st May 1960What is Sklair's 'transnational capitalist class'?
  22. 22nd May 1960Define intergenerational mobility.
  23. 23rd May 1960According to Durkheim, what is the 'collective conscience'?
  24. 24th May 1960According to Howard Becker, what makes an act deviant?
  25. 25th May 1960Name one aim of punishment prison is generally considered effective at achieving, regardless of its effect on reoffending after release.
  26. 26th May 1960What is the American programme, offering pre-school support to disadvantaged children, often mentioned alongside UK compensatory education policy?
  27. 27th May 1960What term did Willis's lads use for conforming pupils who accepted school values?
  28. 28th May 1960How does a forced marriage differ from an arranged marriage?
  29. 29th May 1960Give one reason for the rise in cohabitation rather than marriage.
  30. 30th May 1960Who identified the four main systems of money management within couples?
  31. 31st May 1960Which is generally higher in an unstructured interview: reliability or validity?