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July 1980 5-a-day

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July 1980

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st July 1980What is meant by 'reliability' in sociological research?
  2. 2nd July 1980What is the difference between participant and non-participant observation?
  3. 3rd July 1980Define culture.
  4. 4th July 1980Who was Genie, and what did her case show?
  5. 5th July 1980What is the medical model of disability?
  6. 6th July 1980Define intragenerational mobility.
  7. 7th July 1980According to Durkheim, what is the 'collective conscience'?
  8. 8th July 1980According to Howard Becker, what makes an act deviant?
  9. 9th July 1980Name one aim of punishment prison is generally considered effective at achieving, regardless of its effect on reoffending after release.
  10. 10th July 1980What is the Pupil Premium?
  11. 11th July 1980What is the difference between streaming and setting?
  12. 12th July 1980How does a forced marriage differ from an arranged marriage?
  13. 13th July 1980Give one reason for the rise in cohabitation rather than marriage.
  14. 14th July 1980Who identified the four main systems of money management within couples?
  15. 15th July 1980Which is generally higher in an unstructured interview: reliability or validity?
  16. 16th July 1980State one practical problem with recording data during covert participant observation.
  17. 17th July 1980Explain why a workplace can be described as an agency of socialisation for an adult.
  18. 18th July 1980Give one limitation of using feral or isolated child cases as evidence for nurture.
  19. 19th July 1980Define globalisation.
  20. 20th July 1980Give 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.
  21. 21st July 1980What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
  22. 22nd July 1980Give one criticism of labelling theory.
  23. 23rd July 1980What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  24. 24th July 1980Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  25. 25th July 1980Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  26. 26th July 1980How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  27. 27th July 1980According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  28. 28th July 1980Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  29. 29th July 1980Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  30. 30th July 1980What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  31. 31st July 1980What is the difference between a norm and a value?