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October 1975 5-a-day

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October 1975

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st October 1975What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  2. 2nd October 1975Why might sociologists say that socialisation never really stops?
  3. 3rd October 1975Give one type of evidence, other than feral children, that sociologists could use to support a nurture-based explanation of behaviour.
  4. 4th October 1975Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  5. 5th October 1975Define social mobility.
  6. 6th October 1975State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  7. 7th October 1975What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  8. 8th October 1975What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  9. 9th October 1975What is Sure Start?
  10. 10th October 1975What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  11. 11th October 1975How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  12. 12th October 1975What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  13. 13th October 1975What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  14. 14th October 1975What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  15. 15th October 1975Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  16. 16th October 1975Name three agencies of secondary socialisation.
  17. 17th October 1975Define 'nature' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  18. 18th October 1975What is Sklair's 'transnational capitalist class'?
  19. 19th October 1975Define intergenerational mobility.
  20. 20th October 1975What is meant by 'formal social control'?
  21. 21st October 1975What is 'secondary deviance'?
  22. 22nd October 1975Give one practical factor, beyond theory, that can limit rehabilitation in prison.
  23. 23rd October 1975What is the American programme, offering pre-school support to disadvantaged children, often mentioned alongside UK compensatory education policy?
  24. 24th October 1975What term did Willis's lads use for conforming pupils who accepted school values?
  25. 25th October 1975Name the act that made forced marriage a specific criminal offence in England and Wales.
  26. 26th October 1975What is meant by 'secularisation' in relation to marriage and divorce?
  27. 27th October 1975Give one reason feminists argue money management can remain unequal even in a pooling system.
  28. 28th October 1975What is meant by 'representativeness'?
  29. 29th October 1975What is the 'Hawthorne effect'?
  30. 30th October 1975What is primary socialisation?
  31. 31st October 1975Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?