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October 1965 5-a-day

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October 1965

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st October 1965Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  2. 2nd October 1965Give one example of a 'disabling barrier' under the social model, other than an inaccessible building.
  3. 3rd October 1965What is meant by a 'meritocratic' society?
  4. 4th October 1965According to Durkheim, what is the 'collective conscience'?
  5. 5th October 1965According to Howard Becker, what makes an act deviant?
  6. 6th October 1965Name one aim of punishment prison is generally considered effective at achieving, regardless of its effect on reoffending after release.
  7. 7th October 1965What is compensatory education?
  8. 8th October 1965What does Lacey mean by polarisation?
  9. 9th October 1965How does a forced marriage differ from an arranged marriage?
  10. 10th October 1965Give one reason for the rise in cohabitation rather than marriage.
  11. 11th October 1965Who identified the four main systems of money management within couples?
  12. 12th October 1965Which is generally higher in an unstructured interview: reliability or validity?
  13. 13th October 1965State one practical problem with recording data during covert participant observation.
  14. 14th October 1965Define culture.
  15. 15th October 1965Who was Genie, and what did her case show?
  16. 16th October 1965What is the medical model of disability?
  17. 17th October 1965Define intragenerational mobility.
  18. 18th October 1965What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
  19. 19th October 1965Give one criticism of labelling theory.
  20. 20th October 1965What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  21. 21st October 1965What is the Pupil Premium?
  22. 22nd October 1965What is the difference between streaming and setting?
  23. 23rd October 1965How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  24. 24th October 1965According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  25. 25th October 1965Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  26. 26th October 1965Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  27. 27th October 1965What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  28. 28th October 1965Explain why a workplace can be described as an agency of socialisation for an adult.
  29. 29th October 1965Give one limitation of using feral or isolated child cases as evidence for nurture.
  30. 30th October 1965Define globalisation.
  31. 31st October 1965Give 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.