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May 1981 5-a-day

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May 1981

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st May 1981What term did Willis's lads use for conforming pupils who accepted school values?
  2. 2nd May 1981How does a forced marriage differ from an arranged marriage?
  3. 3rd May 1981Give one reason for the rise in cohabitation rather than marriage.
  4. 4th May 1981Who identified the four main systems of money management within couples?
  5. 5th May 1981Which is generally higher in an unstructured interview: reliability or validity?
  6. 6th May 1981State one practical problem with recording data during covert participant observation.
  7. 7th May 1981What is primary socialisation?
  8. 8th May 1981Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?
  9. 9th May 1981What is the social model of disability, and who is associated with it?
  10. 10th May 1981What is the difference between absolute mobility and relative mobility?
  11. 11th May 1981What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
  12. 12th May 1981Give one criticism of labelling theory.
  13. 13th May 1981What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  14. 14th May 1981Which report recommended Educational Priority Areas in the UK?
  15. 15th May 1981What is the title of Willis's study of twelve working-class boys?
  16. 16th May 1981How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  17. 17th May 1981According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  18. 18th May 1981Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  19. 19th May 1981Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  20. 20th May 1981What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  21. 21st May 1981Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
  22. 22nd May 1981Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  23. 23rd May 1981Give one example of a 'disabling barrier' under the social model, other than an inaccessible building.
  24. 24th May 1981What is meant by a 'meritocratic' society?
  25. 25th May 1981State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  26. 26th May 1981What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  27. 27th May 1981What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  28. 28th May 1981What is compensatory education?
  29. 29th May 1981What does Lacey mean by polarisation?
  30. 30th May 1981How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  31. 31st May 1981What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?