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December 1974 5-a-day

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December 1974

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st December 1974What is the difference between absolute mobility and relative mobility?
  2. 2nd December 1974What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
  3. 3rd December 1974Give one criticism of labelling theory.
  4. 4th December 1974What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  5. 5th December 1974Which report recommended Educational Priority Areas in the UK?
  6. 6th December 1974What is the title of Willis's study of twelve working-class boys?
  7. 7th December 1974How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  8. 8th December 1974According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  9. 9th December 1974Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  10. 10th December 1974Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  11. 11th December 1974What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  12. 12th December 1974Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
  13. 13th December 1974Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  14. 14th December 1974Give one example of a 'disabling barrier' under the social model, other than an inaccessible building.
  15. 15th December 1974What is meant by a 'meritocratic' society?
  16. 16th December 1974State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  17. 17th December 1974What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  18. 18th December 1974What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  19. 19th December 1974What is compensatory education?
  20. 20th December 1974What does Lacey mean by polarisation?
  21. 21st December 1974How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  22. 22nd December 1974What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  23. 23rd December 1974What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  24. 24th December 1974What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  25. 25th December 1974Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  26. 26th December 1974Define culture.
  27. 27th December 1974Who was Genie, and what did her case show?
  28. 28th December 1974What is the medical model of disability?
  29. 29th December 1974Define intragenerational mobility.
  30. 30th December 1974What is meant by 'formal social control'?
  31. 31st December 1974What is 'secondary deviance'?