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October 1966 5-a-day

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October 1966

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st October 1966Define globalisation.
  2. 2nd October 1966Give 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.
  3. 3rd October 1966Give one sanction that an informal agency of social control might use.
  4. 4th October 1966What did Jock Young's study of hippie marijuana users find about the effect of police reaction?
  5. 5th October 1966Explain why a labelling theorist would be sceptical that prison alone reduces reoffending.
  6. 6th October 1966Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  7. 7th October 1966Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  8. 8th October 1966Give one example of what a Forced Marriage Protection Order might do.
  9. 9th October 1966Give one functionalist explanation, other than secularisation, for the rise in divorce.
  10. 10th October 1966Describe the allowance system.
  11. 11th October 1966Give one factor that affects how representative a sample is.
  12. 12th October 1966Give one reason interpretivist sociologists tend to favour participant observation.
  13. 13th October 1966What is the difference between a norm and a value?
  14. 14th October 1966Define 'nurture' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  15. 15th October 1966Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  16. 16th October 1966Define social mobility.
  17. 17th October 1966Explain why most social control in everyday life is informal rather than formal.
  18. 18th October 1966What is 'primary deviance'?
  19. 19th October 1966How can the label 'ex-convict' become a master status?
  20. 20th October 1966What is Sure Start?
  21. 21st October 1966What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  22. 22nd October 1966Name the act that introduced Forced Marriage Protection Orders in England and Wales.
  23. 23rd October 1966Name the act that introduced 'irretrievable breakdown' as the sole ground for divorce in England and Wales.
  24. 24th October 1966Name Pahl's four systems of money management.
  25. 25th October 1966What is meant by 'reliability' in sociological research?
  26. 26th October 1966What is the difference between participant and non-participant observation?
  27. 27th October 1966A teenager starts dressing and speaking like their friendship group to fit in. Which agency of socialisation is mainly responsible?
  28. 28th October 1966Who was Oxana Malaya, and what did her case show?
  29. 29th October 1966What is Sklair's 'transnational capitalist class'?
  30. 30th October 1966Define intergenerational mobility.
  31. 31st October 1966According to Durkheim, what is the 'collective conscience'?