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December 1981 5-a-day

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December 1981

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st December 1981Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  2. 2nd December 1981What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  3. 3rd December 1981Name three agencies of secondary socialisation.
  4. 4th December 1981Define 'nature' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  5. 5th December 1981Define globalisation.
  6. 6th December 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.
  7. 7th December 1981State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  8. 8th December 1981What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  9. 9th December 1981What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  10. 10th December 1981Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  11. 11th December 1981Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  12. 12th December 1981How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  13. 13th December 1981What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  14. 14th December 1981What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  15. 15th December 1981What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  16. 16th December 1981Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  17. 17th December 1981What is primary socialisation?
  18. 18th December 1981Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?
  19. 19th December 1981Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  20. 20th December 1981Define social mobility.
  21. 21st December 1981What is meant by 'formal social control'?
  22. 22nd December 1981What is 'secondary deviance'?
  23. 23rd December 1981Give one practical factor, beyond theory, that can limit rehabilitation in prison.
  24. 24th December 1981What is Sure Start?
  25. 25th December 1981What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  26. 26th December 1981Name the act that made forced marriage a specific criminal offence in England and Wales.
  27. 27th December 1981What is meant by 'secularisation' in relation to marriage and divorce?
  28. 28th December 1981Give one reason feminists argue money management can remain unequal even in a pooling system.
  29. 29th December 1981What is meant by 'representativeness'?
  30. 30th December 1981What is the 'Hawthorne effect'?
  31. 31st December 1981Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.