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January 1962 5-a-day

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January 1962

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  1. 1st January 1962According to Durkheim, what is the 'collective conscience'?
  2. 2nd January 1962According to Howard Becker, what makes an act deviant?
  3. 3rd January 1962Name one aim of punishment prison is generally considered effective at achieving, regardless of its effect on reoffending after release.
  4. 4th January 1962What is the American programme, offering pre-school support to disadvantaged children, often mentioned alongside UK compensatory education policy?
  5. 5th January 1962What term did Willis's lads use for conforming pupils who accepted school values?
  6. 6th January 1962How does a forced marriage differ from an arranged marriage?
  7. 7th January 1962Give one reason for the rise in cohabitation rather than marriage.
  8. 8th January 1962Who identified the four main systems of money management within couples?
  9. 9th January 1962Which is generally higher in an unstructured interview: reliability or validity?
  10. 10th January 1962State one practical problem with recording data during covert participant observation.
  11. 11th January 1962What is primary socialisation?
  12. 12th January 1962Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?
  13. 13th January 1962What is the social model of disability, and who is associated with it?
  14. 14th January 1962What is the difference between absolute mobility and relative mobility?
  15. 15th January 1962What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
  16. 16th January 1962Give one criticism of labelling theory.
  17. 17th January 1962What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  18. 18th January 1962Which report recommended Educational Priority Areas in the UK?
  19. 19th January 1962What is the title of Willis's study of twelve working-class boys?
  20. 20th January 1962How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  21. 21st January 1962According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  22. 22nd January 1962Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  23. 23rd January 1962Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  24. 24th January 1962What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  25. 25th January 1962Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
  26. 26th January 1962Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  27. 27th January 1962Give one example of a 'disabling barrier' under the social model, other than an inaccessible building.
  28. 28th January 1962What is meant by a 'meritocratic' society?
  29. 29th January 1962State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  30. 30th January 1962What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  31. 31st January 1962What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?