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September 1971 5-a-day

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September 1971

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st September 1971Name one aim of punishment prison is generally considered effective at achieving, regardless of its effect on reoffending after release.
  2. 2nd September 1971What is the American programme, offering pre-school support to disadvantaged children, often mentioned alongside UK compensatory education policy?
  3. 3rd September 1971What term did Willis's lads use for conforming pupils who accepted school values?
  4. 4th September 1971How does a forced marriage differ from an arranged marriage?
  5. 5th September 1971Give one reason for the rise in cohabitation rather than marriage.
  6. 6th September 1971Who identified the four main systems of money management within couples?
  7. 7th September 1971Which is generally higher in an unstructured interview: reliability or validity?
  8. 8th September 1971State one practical problem with recording data during covert participant observation.
  9. 9th September 1971What is the difference between a norm and a value?
  10. 10th September 1971Define 'nurture' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  11. 11th September 1971What is the social model of disability, and who is associated with it?
  12. 12th September 1971What is the difference between absolute mobility and relative mobility?
  13. 13th September 1971What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
  14. 14th September 1971Give one criticism of labelling theory.
  15. 15th September 1971What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  16. 16th September 1971Which report recommended Educational Priority Areas in the UK?
  17. 17th September 1971What is the title of Willis's study of twelve working-class boys?
  18. 18th September 1971How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  19. 19th September 1971According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  20. 20th September 1971Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  21. 21st September 1971Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  22. 22nd September 1971What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  23. 23rd September 1971A teenager starts dressing and speaking like their friendship group to fit in. Which agency of socialisation is mainly responsible?
  24. 24th September 1971Who was Oxana Malaya, and what did her case show?
  25. 25th September 1971Give one example of a 'disabling barrier' under the social model, other than an inaccessible building.
  26. 26th September 1971What is meant by a 'meritocratic' society?
  27. 27th September 1971State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  28. 28th September 1971What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  29. 29th September 1971What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  30. 30th September 1971What is compensatory education?