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December 1970 5-a-day

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December 1970

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st December 1970Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  2. 2nd December 1970What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  3. 3rd December 1970What is primary socialisation?
  4. 4th December 1970Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?
  5. 5th December 1970Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  6. 6th December 1970Define social mobility.
  7. 7th December 1970State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  8. 8th December 1970What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  9. 9th December 1970What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  10. 10th December 1970What is Sure Start?
  11. 11th December 1970What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  12. 12th December 1970How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  13. 13th December 1970What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  14. 14th December 1970What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  15. 15th December 1970What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  16. 16th December 1970Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  17. 17th December 1970Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
  18. 18th December 1970Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  19. 19th December 1970What is Sklair's 'transnational capitalist class'?
  20. 20th December 1970Define intergenerational mobility.
  21. 21st December 1970What is meant by 'formal social control'?
  22. 22nd December 1970What is 'secondary deviance'?
  23. 23rd December 1970Give one practical factor, beyond theory, that can limit rehabilitation in prison.
  24. 24th December 1970What is the American programme, offering pre-school support to disadvantaged children, often mentioned alongside UK compensatory education policy?
  25. 25th December 1970What term did Willis's lads use for conforming pupils who accepted school values?
  26. 26th December 1970Name the act that made forced marriage a specific criminal offence in England and Wales.
  27. 27th December 1970What is meant by 'secularisation' in relation to marriage and divorce?
  28. 28th December 1970Give one reason feminists argue money management can remain unequal even in a pooling system.
  29. 29th December 1970What is meant by 'representativeness'?
  30. 30th December 1970What is the 'Hawthorne effect'?
  31. 31st December 1970Define culture.