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October 1960 5-a-day

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October 1960

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st October 1960How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  2. 2nd October 1960What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  3. 3rd October 1960What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  4. 4th October 1960What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  5. 5th October 1960Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  6. 6th October 1960Name three agencies of secondary socialisation.
  7. 7th October 1960Define 'nature' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  8. 8th October 1960Define globalisation.
  9. 9th October 1960Give 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.
  10. 10th October 1960What is meant by 'formal social control'?
  11. 11th October 1960What is 'secondary deviance'?
  12. 12th October 1960Give one practical factor, beyond theory, that can limit rehabilitation in prison.
  13. 13th October 1960Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  14. 14th October 1960Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  15. 15th October 1960Name the act that made forced marriage a specific criminal offence in England and Wales.
  16. 16th October 1960What is meant by 'secularisation' in relation to marriage and divorce?
  17. 17th October 1960Give one reason feminists argue money management can remain unequal even in a pooling system.
  18. 18th October 1960What is meant by 'representativeness'?
  19. 19th October 1960What is the 'Hawthorne effect'?
  20. 20th October 1960What is primary socialisation?
  21. 21st October 1960Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?
  22. 22nd October 1960Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  23. 23rd October 1960Define social mobility.
  24. 24th October 1960Name the two agencies of formal social control that decide whether an offender is punished, and state what each one does.
  25. 25th October 1960What is meant by a deviant 'master status'?
  26. 26th October 1960What is meant by 'incapacitation' as a function of prison?
  27. 27th October 1960What is Sure Start?
  28. 28th October 1960What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  29. 29th October 1960Define 'forced marriage'.
  30. 30th October 1960Define 'cohabitation'.
  31. 31st October 1960According to resource theory, what usually determines who has more power over financial decisions in a couple?