Daily Practice · GCSE Sociology
October 1976 5-a-day
Every sheet in October 1976
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1976Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?
- 2nd October 1976What is the social model of disability, and who is associated with it?
- 3rd October 1976What is the difference between absolute mobility and relative mobility?
- 4th October 1976According to Durkheim, what is the 'collective conscience'?
- 5th October 1976According to Howard Becker, what makes an act deviant?
- 6th October 1976Name one aim of punishment prison is generally considered effective at achieving, regardless of its effect on reoffending after release.
- 7th October 1976Which report recommended Educational Priority Areas in the UK?
- 8th October 1976What is the title of Willis's study of twelve working-class boys?
- 9th October 1976How does a forced marriage differ from an arranged marriage?
- 10th October 1976Give one reason for the rise in cohabitation rather than marriage.
- 11th October 1976Who identified the four main systems of money management within couples?
- 12th October 1976Which is generally higher in an unstructured interview: reliability or validity?
- 13th October 1976State one practical problem with recording data during covert participant observation.
- 14th October 1976Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
- 15th October 1976Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
- 16th October 1976Give one example of a 'disabling barrier' under the social model, other than an inaccessible building.
- 17th October 1976What is meant by a 'meritocratic' society?
- 18th October 1976What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
- 19th October 1976Give one criticism of labelling theory.
- 20th October 1976What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
- 21st October 1976What is compensatory education?
- 22nd October 1976What does Lacey mean by polarisation?
- 23rd October 1976How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
- 24th October 1976According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
- 25th October 1976Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
- 26th October 1976Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
- 27th October 1976What is meant by 'covert' observation?
- 28th October 1976Define culture.
- 29th October 1976Who was Genie, and what did her case show?
- 30th October 1976What is the medical model of disability?
- 31st October 1976Define intragenerational mobility.