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April 1981 5-a-day

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April 1981

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st April 1981Explain why a labelling theorist would be sceptical that prison alone reduces reoffending.
  2. 2nd April 1981Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  3. 3rd April 1981Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  4. 4th April 1981Give one example of what a Forced Marriage Protection Order might do.
  5. 5th April 1981Give one functionalist explanation, other than secularisation, for the rise in divorce.
  6. 6th April 1981Describe the allowance system.
  7. 7th April 1981Give one factor that affects how representative a sample is.
  8. 8th April 1981Give one reason interpretivist sociologists tend to favour participant observation.
  9. 9th April 1981Why might sociologists say that socialisation never really stops?
  10. 10th April 1981Give one type of evidence, other than feral children, that sociologists could use to support a nurture-based explanation of behaviour.
  11. 11th April 1981Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  12. 12th April 1981Define social mobility.
  13. 13th April 1981Explain why most social control in everyday life is informal rather than formal.
  14. 14th April 1981What is 'primary deviance'?
  15. 15th April 1981How can the label 'ex-convict' become a master status?
  16. 16th April 1981What is Sure Start?
  17. 17th April 1981What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  18. 18th April 1981Name the act that introduced Forced Marriage Protection Orders in England and Wales.
  19. 19th April 1981Name the act that introduced 'irretrievable breakdown' as the sole ground for divorce in England and Wales.
  20. 20th April 1981Name Pahl's four systems of money management.
  21. 21st April 1981What is meant by 'reliability' in sociological research?
  22. 22nd April 1981What is the difference between participant and non-participant observation?
  23. 23rd April 1981Name three agencies of secondary socialisation.
  24. 24th April 1981Define 'nature' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  25. 25th April 1981What is Sklair's 'transnational capitalist class'?
  26. 26th April 1981Define intergenerational mobility.
  27. 27th April 1981According to Durkheim, what is the 'collective conscience'?
  28. 28th April 1981According to Howard Becker, what makes an act deviant?
  29. 29th April 1981Name one aim of punishment prison is generally considered effective at achieving, regardless of its effect on reoffending after release.
  30. 30th April 1981What is the American programme, offering pre-school support to disadvantaged children, often mentioned alongside UK compensatory education policy?