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September 1978 5-a-day

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September 1978

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st September 1978Who was Genie, and what did her case show?
  2. 2nd September 1978What is the medical model of disability?
  3. 3rd September 1978Define intragenerational mobility.
  4. 4th September 1978What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
  5. 5th September 1978Give one criticism of labelling theory.
  6. 6th September 1978What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  7. 7th September 1978What is the Pupil Premium?
  8. 8th September 1978What is the difference between streaming and setting?
  9. 9th September 1978How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  10. 10th September 1978According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  11. 11th September 1978Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  12. 12th September 1978Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  13. 13th September 1978What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  14. 14th September 1978Explain why a workplace can be described as an agency of socialisation for an adult.
  15. 15th September 1978Give one limitation of using feral or isolated child cases as evidence for nurture.
  16. 16th September 1978Define globalisation.
  17. 17th September 1978Give 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.
  18. 18th September 1978State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  19. 19th September 1978What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  20. 20th September 1978What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  21. 21st September 1978Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  22. 22nd September 1978Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  23. 23rd September 1978How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  24. 24th September 1978What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  25. 25th September 1978What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  26. 26th September 1978What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  27. 27th September 1978Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  28. 28th September 1978What is the difference between a norm and a value?
  29. 29th September 1978Define 'nurture' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  30. 30th September 1978Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.