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May 1980 5-a-day

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May 1980

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st May 1980Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  2. 2nd May 1980Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  3. 3rd May 1980How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  4. 4th May 1980What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  5. 5th May 1980What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  6. 6th May 1980What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  7. 7th May 1980Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  8. 8th May 1980Why might sociologists say that socialisation never really stops?
  9. 9th May 1980Give one type of evidence, other than feral children, that sociologists could use to support a nurture-based explanation of behaviour.
  10. 10th May 1980Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  11. 11th May 1980Define social mobility.
  12. 12th May 1980What is meant by 'formal social control'?
  13. 13th May 1980What is 'secondary deviance'?
  14. 14th May 1980Give one practical factor, beyond theory, that can limit rehabilitation in prison.
  15. 15th May 1980What is Sure Start?
  16. 16th May 1980What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  17. 17th May 1980Name the act that made forced marriage a specific criminal offence in England and Wales.
  18. 18th May 1980What is meant by 'secularisation' in relation to marriage and divorce?
  19. 19th May 1980Give one reason feminists argue money management can remain unequal even in a pooling system.
  20. 20th May 1980What is meant by 'representativeness'?
  21. 21st May 1980What is the 'Hawthorne effect'?
  22. 22nd May 1980Name three agencies of secondary socialisation.
  23. 23rd May 1980Define 'nature' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  24. 24th May 1980What is Sklair's 'transnational capitalist class'?
  25. 25th May 1980Define intergenerational mobility.
  26. 26th May 1980Name the two agencies of formal social control that decide whether an offender is punished, and state what each one does.
  27. 27th May 1980What is meant by a deviant 'master status'?
  28. 28th May 1980What is meant by 'incapacitation' as a function of prison?
  29. 29th May 1980What is the American programme, offering pre-school support to disadvantaged children, often mentioned alongside UK compensatory education policy?
  30. 30th May 1980What term did Willis's lads use for conforming pupils who accepted school values?
  31. 31st May 1980Define 'forced marriage'.