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May 1973 5-a-day

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May 1973

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  1. 1st May 1973Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  2. 2nd May 1973What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  3. 3rd May 1973Name three agencies of secondary socialisation.
  4. 4th May 1973Define 'nature' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  5. 5th May 1973Give one example of a 'disabling barrier' under the social model, other than an inaccessible building.
  6. 6th May 1973What is meant by a 'meritocratic' society?
  7. 7th May 1973State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  8. 8th May 1973What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  9. 9th May 1973What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  10. 10th May 1973What is compensatory education?
  11. 11th May 1973What does Lacey mean by polarisation?
  12. 12th May 1973How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  13. 13th May 1973What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  14. 14th May 1973What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  15. 15th May 1973What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  16. 16th May 1973Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  17. 17th May 1973What is primary socialisation?
  18. 18th May 1973Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?
  19. 19th May 1973What is the medical model of disability?
  20. 20th May 1973Define intragenerational mobility.
  21. 21st May 1973What is meant by 'formal social control'?
  22. 22nd May 1973What is 'secondary deviance'?
  23. 23rd May 1973Give one practical factor, beyond theory, that can limit rehabilitation in prison.
  24. 24th May 1973What is the Pupil Premium?
  25. 25th May 1973What is the difference between streaming and setting?
  26. 26th May 1973Name the act that made forced marriage a specific criminal offence in England and Wales.
  27. 27th May 1973What is meant by 'secularisation' in relation to marriage and divorce?
  28. 28th May 1973Give one reason feminists argue money management can remain unequal even in a pooling system.
  29. 29th May 1973What is meant by 'representativeness'?
  30. 30th May 1973What is the 'Hawthorne effect'?
  31. 31st May 1973Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.