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April 1975 5-a-day

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April 1975

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st April 1975What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  2. 2nd April 1975Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  3. 3rd April 1975Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
  4. 4th April 1975Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  5. 5th April 1975Define globalisation.
  6. 6th April 1975Give 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.
  7. 7th April 1975What is meant by 'formal social control'?
  8. 8th April 1975What is 'secondary deviance'?
  9. 9th April 1975Give one practical factor, beyond theory, that can limit rehabilitation in prison.
  10. 10th April 1975Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  11. 11th April 1975Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  12. 12th April 1975Name the act that made forced marriage a specific criminal offence in England and Wales.
  13. 13th April 1975What is meant by 'secularisation' in relation to marriage and divorce?
  14. 14th April 1975Give one reason feminists argue money management can remain unequal even in a pooling system.
  15. 15th April 1975What is meant by 'representativeness'?
  16. 16th April 1975What is the 'Hawthorne effect'?
  17. 17th April 1975Define culture.
  18. 18th April 1975Who was Genie, and what did her case show?
  19. 19th April 1975Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  20. 20th April 1975Define social mobility.
  21. 21st April 1975Name the two agencies of formal social control that decide whether an offender is punished, and state what each one does.
  22. 22nd April 1975What is meant by a deviant 'master status'?
  23. 23rd April 1975What is meant by 'incapacitation' as a function of prison?
  24. 24th April 1975What is Sure Start?
  25. 25th April 1975What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  26. 26th April 1975Define 'forced marriage'.
  27. 27th April 1975Define 'cohabitation'.
  28. 28th April 1975According to resource theory, what usually determines who has more power over financial decisions in a couple?
  29. 29th April 1975Which is generally higher in a structured, closed questionnaire: reliability or validity?
  30. 30th April 1975What is meant by a researcher 'going native'?