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October 1983 5-a-day

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October 1983

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st October 1983How does a forced marriage differ from an arranged marriage?
  2. 2nd October 1983Give one reason for the rise in cohabitation rather than marriage.
  3. 3rd October 1983Who identified the four main systems of money management within couples?
  4. 4th October 1983Which is generally higher in an unstructured interview: reliability or validity?
  5. 5th October 1983State one practical problem with recording data during covert participant observation.
  6. 6th October 1983Name three agencies of secondary socialisation.
  7. 7th October 1983Define 'nature' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  8. 8th October 1983Define globalisation.
  9. 9th October 1983Give 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.
  10. 10th October 1983What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
  11. 11th October 1983Give one criticism of labelling theory.
  12. 12th October 1983What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  13. 13th October 1983Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  14. 14th October 1983Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  15. 15th October 1983How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  16. 16th October 1983According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  17. 17th October 1983Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  18. 18th October 1983Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  19. 19th October 1983What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  20. 20th October 1983What is primary socialisation?
  21. 21st October 1983Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?
  22. 22nd October 1983Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  23. 23rd October 1983Define social mobility.
  24. 24th October 1983State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  25. 25th October 1983What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  26. 26th October 1983What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  27. 27th October 1983What is Sure Start?
  28. 28th October 1983What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  29. 29th October 1983How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  30. 30th October 1983What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  31. 31st October 1983What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?