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September 1981 5-a-day

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September 1981

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st September 1981What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  2. 2nd September 1981What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  3. 3rd September 1981What is the Pupil Premium?
  4. 4th September 1981What is the difference between streaming and setting?
  5. 5th September 1981How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  6. 6th September 1981What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  7. 7th September 1981What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  8. 8th September 1981What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  9. 9th September 1981Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  10. 10th September 1981Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
  11. 11th September 1981Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  12. 12th September 1981Define globalisation.
  13. 13th September 1981Give 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.
  14. 14th September 1981What is meant by 'formal social control'?
  15. 15th September 1981What is 'secondary deviance'?
  16. 16th September 1981Give one practical factor, beyond theory, that can limit rehabilitation in prison.
  17. 17th September 1981Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  18. 18th September 1981Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  19. 19th September 1981Name the act that made forced marriage a specific criminal offence in England and Wales.
  20. 20th September 1981What is meant by 'secularisation' in relation to marriage and divorce?
  21. 21st September 1981Give one reason feminists argue money management can remain unequal even in a pooling system.
  22. 22nd September 1981What is meant by 'representativeness'?
  23. 23rd September 1981What is the 'Hawthorne effect'?
  24. 24th September 1981Define culture.
  25. 25th September 1981Who was Genie, and what did her case show?
  26. 26th September 1981Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  27. 27th September 1981Define social mobility.
  28. 28th September 1981Name the two agencies of formal social control that decide whether an offender is punished, and state what each one does.
  29. 29th September 1981What is meant by a deviant 'master status'?
  30. 30th September 1981What is meant by 'incapacitation' as a function of prison?