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February 1971 5-a-day

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February 1971

28 sheets · 140 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st February 1971Explain why most social control in everyday life is informal rather than formal.
  2. 2nd February 1971What is 'primary deviance'?
  3. 3rd February 1971How can the label 'ex-convict' become a master status?
  4. 4th February 1971What is the Pupil Premium?
  5. 5th February 1971What is the difference between streaming and setting?
  6. 6th February 1971Name the act that introduced Forced Marriage Protection Orders in England and Wales.
  7. 7th February 1971Name the act that introduced 'irretrievable breakdown' as the sole ground for divorce in England and Wales.
  8. 8th February 1971Name Pahl's four systems of money management.
  9. 9th February 1971What is meant by 'reliability' in sociological research?
  10. 10th February 1971What is the difference between participant and non-participant observation?
  11. 11th February 1971A teenager starts dressing and speaking like their friendship group to fit in. Which agency of socialisation is mainly responsible?
  12. 12th February 1971Who was Oxana Malaya, and what did her case show?
  13. 13th February 1971Define globalisation.
  14. 14th February 1971Give 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.
  15. 15th February 1971According to Durkheim, what is the 'collective conscience'?
  16. 16th February 1971According to Howard Becker, what makes an act deviant?
  17. 17th February 1971Name one aim of punishment prison is generally considered effective at achieving, regardless of its effect on reoffending after release.
  18. 18th February 1971Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  19. 19th February 1971Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  20. 20th February 1971How does a forced marriage differ from an arranged marriage?
  21. 21st February 1971Give one reason for the rise in cohabitation rather than marriage.
  22. 22nd February 1971Who identified the four main systems of money management within couples?
  23. 23rd February 1971Which is generally higher in an unstructured interview: reliability or validity?
  24. 24th February 1971State one practical problem with recording data during covert participant observation.
  25. 25th February 1971Why might sociologists say that socialisation never really stops?
  26. 26th February 1971Give one type of evidence, other than feral children, that sociologists could use to support a nurture-based explanation of behaviour.
  27. 27th February 1971Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  28. 28th February 1971Define social mobility.