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January 1961 5-a-day

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January 1961

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st January 1961Give 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.
  2. 2nd January 1961State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  3. 3rd January 1961What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  4. 4th January 1961What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  5. 5th January 1961Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  6. 6th January 1961Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  7. 7th January 1961How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  8. 8th January 1961What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  9. 9th January 1961What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  10. 10th January 1961What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  11. 11th January 1961Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  12. 12th January 1961Why might sociologists say that socialisation never really stops?
  13. 13th January 1961Give one type of evidence, other than feral children, that sociologists could use to support a nurture-based explanation of behaviour.
  14. 14th January 1961Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  15. 15th January 1961Define social mobility.
  16. 16th January 1961What is meant by 'formal social control'?
  17. 17th January 1961What is 'secondary deviance'?
  18. 18th January 1961Give one practical factor, beyond theory, that can limit rehabilitation in prison.
  19. 19th January 1961What is Sure Start?
  20. 20th January 1961What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  21. 21st January 1961Name the act that made forced marriage a specific criminal offence in England and Wales.
  22. 22nd January 1961What is meant by 'secularisation' in relation to marriage and divorce?
  23. 23rd January 1961Give one reason feminists argue money management can remain unequal even in a pooling system.
  24. 24th January 1961What is meant by 'representativeness'?
  25. 25th January 1961What is the 'Hawthorne effect'?
  26. 26th January 1961Name three agencies of secondary socialisation.
  27. 27th January 1961Define 'nature' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  28. 28th January 1961What is Sklair's 'transnational capitalist class'?
  29. 29th January 1961Define intergenerational mobility.
  30. 30th January 1961Name the two agencies of formal social control that decide whether an offender is punished, and state what each one does.
  31. 31st January 1961What is meant by a deviant 'master status'?