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November 1966 5-a-day

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November 1966

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st November 1966According to Howard Becker, what makes an act deviant?
  2. 2nd November 1966Name one aim of punishment prison is generally considered effective at achieving, regardless of its effect on reoffending after release.
  3. 3rd November 1966What is the American programme, offering pre-school support to disadvantaged children, often mentioned alongside UK compensatory education policy?
  4. 4th November 1966What term did Willis's lads use for conforming pupils who accepted school values?
  5. 5th November 1966How does a forced marriage differ from an arranged marriage?
  6. 6th November 1966Give one reason for the rise in cohabitation rather than marriage.
  7. 7th November 1966Who identified the four main systems of money management within couples?
  8. 8th November 1966Which is generally higher in an unstructured interview: reliability or validity?
  9. 9th November 1966State one practical problem with recording data during covert participant observation.
  10. 10th November 1966Why might sociologists say that socialisation never really stops?
  11. 11th November 1966Give one type of evidence, other than feral children, that sociologists could use to support a nurture-based explanation of behaviour.
  12. 12th November 1966What is the social model of disability, and who is associated with it?
  13. 13th November 1966What is the difference between absolute mobility and relative mobility?
  14. 14th November 1966What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
  15. 15th November 1966Give one criticism of labelling theory.
  16. 16th November 1966What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  17. 17th November 1966Which report recommended Educational Priority Areas in the UK?
  18. 18th November 1966What is the title of Willis's study of twelve working-class boys?
  19. 19th November 1966How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  20. 20th November 1966According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  21. 21st November 1966Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  22. 22nd November 1966Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  23. 23rd November 1966What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  24. 24th November 1966Name three agencies of secondary socialisation.
  25. 25th November 1966Define 'nature' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  26. 26th November 1966Give one example of a 'disabling barrier' under the social model, other than an inaccessible building.
  27. 27th November 1966What is meant by a 'meritocratic' society?
  28. 28th November 1966State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  29. 29th November 1966What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  30. 30th November 1966What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?