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August 1980 5-a-day

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August 1980

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  1. 1st August 1980Define 'nurture' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  2. 2nd August 1980Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  3. 3rd August 1980Define social mobility.
  4. 4th August 1980State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  5. 5th August 1980What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  6. 6th August 1980What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  7. 7th August 1980What is Sure Start?
  8. 8th August 1980What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  9. 9th August 1980How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  10. 10th August 1980What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  11. 11th August 1980What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  12. 12th August 1980What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  13. 13th August 1980Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  14. 14th August 1980A teenager starts dressing and speaking like their friendship group to fit in. Which agency of socialisation is mainly responsible?
  15. 15th August 1980Who was Oxana Malaya, and what did her case show?
  16. 16th August 1980What is Sklair's 'transnational capitalist class'?
  17. 17th August 1980Define intergenerational mobility.
  18. 18th August 1980What is meant by 'formal social control'?
  19. 19th August 1980What is 'secondary deviance'?
  20. 20th August 1980Give one practical factor, beyond theory, that can limit rehabilitation in prison.
  21. 21st August 1980What is the American programme, offering pre-school support to disadvantaged children, often mentioned alongside UK compensatory education policy?
  22. 22nd August 1980What term did Willis's lads use for conforming pupils who accepted school values?
  23. 23rd August 1980Name the act that made forced marriage a specific criminal offence in England and Wales.
  24. 24th August 1980What is meant by 'secularisation' in relation to marriage and divorce?
  25. 25th August 1980Give one reason feminists argue money management can remain unequal even in a pooling system.
  26. 26th August 1980What is meant by 'representativeness'?
  27. 27th August 1980What is the 'Hawthorne effect'?
  28. 28th August 1980Why might sociologists say that socialisation never really stops?
  29. 29th August 1980Give one type of evidence, other than feral children, that sociologists could use to support a nurture-based explanation of behaviour.
  30. 30th August 1980What is the social model of disability, and who is associated with it?
  31. 31st August 1980What is the difference between absolute mobility and relative mobility?