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October 1980 5-a-day

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October 1980

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st October 1980How can the label 'ex-convict' become a master status?
  2. 2nd October 1980What is the Pupil Premium?
  3. 3rd October 1980What is the difference between streaming and setting?
  4. 4th October 1980Name the act that introduced Forced Marriage Protection Orders in England and Wales.
  5. 5th October 1980Name the act that introduced 'irretrievable breakdown' as the sole ground for divorce in England and Wales.
  6. 6th October 1980Name Pahl's four systems of money management.
  7. 7th October 1980What is meant by 'reliability' in sociological research?
  8. 8th October 1980What is the difference between participant and non-participant observation?
  9. 9th October 1980Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
  10. 10th October 1980Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  11. 11th October 1980Define globalisation.
  12. 12th October 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.
  13. 13th October 1980According to Durkheim, what is the 'collective conscience'?
  14. 14th October 1980According to Howard Becker, what makes an act deviant?
  15. 15th October 1980Name one aim of punishment prison is generally considered effective at achieving, regardless of its effect on reoffending after release.
  16. 16th October 1980Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  17. 17th October 1980Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  18. 18th October 1980How does a forced marriage differ from an arranged marriage?
  19. 19th October 1980Give one reason for the rise in cohabitation rather than marriage.
  20. 20th October 1980Who identified the four main systems of money management within couples?
  21. 21st October 1980Which is generally higher in an unstructured interview: reliability or validity?
  22. 22nd October 1980State one practical problem with recording data during covert participant observation.
  23. 23rd October 1980Define culture.
  24. 24th October 1980Who was Genie, and what did her case show?
  25. 25th October 1980Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  26. 26th October 1980Define social mobility.
  27. 27th October 1980What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
  28. 28th October 1980Give one criticism of labelling theory.
  29. 29th October 1980What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  30. 30th October 1980What is Sure Start?
  31. 31st October 1980What does Lacey mean by differentiation?