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August 1970 5-a-day

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August 1970

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  1. 1st August 1970Give one example of a 'disabling barrier' under the social model, other than an inaccessible building.
  2. 2nd August 1970What is meant by a 'meritocratic' society?
  3. 3rd August 1970According to Durkheim, what is the 'collective conscience'?
  4. 4th August 1970According to Howard Becker, what makes an act deviant?
  5. 5th August 1970Name one aim of punishment prison is generally considered effective at achieving, regardless of its effect on reoffending after release.
  6. 6th August 1970What is compensatory education?
  7. 7th August 1970What does Lacey mean by polarisation?
  8. 8th August 1970How does a forced marriage differ from an arranged marriage?
  9. 9th August 1970Give one reason for the rise in cohabitation rather than marriage.
  10. 10th August 1970Who identified the four main systems of money management within couples?
  11. 11th August 1970Which is generally higher in an unstructured interview: reliability or validity?
  12. 12th August 1970State one practical problem with recording data during covert participant observation.
  13. 13th August 1970What is primary socialisation?
  14. 14th August 1970Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?
  15. 15th August 1970What is the medical model of disability?
  16. 16th August 1970Define intragenerational mobility.
  17. 17th August 1970What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
  18. 18th August 1970Give one criticism of labelling theory.
  19. 19th August 1970What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  20. 20th August 1970What is the Pupil Premium?
  21. 21st August 1970What is the difference between streaming and setting?
  22. 22nd August 1970How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  23. 23rd August 1970According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  24. 24th August 1970Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  25. 25th August 1970Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  26. 26th August 1970What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  27. 27th August 1970Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
  28. 28th August 1970Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  29. 29th August 1970Define globalisation.
  30. 30th August 1970Give 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.
  31. 31st August 1970State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.