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May 1984 5-a-day

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May 1984

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st May 1984Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  2. 2nd May 1984What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  3. 3rd May 1984Why might sociologists say that socialisation never really stops?
  4. 4th May 1984Give one type of evidence, other than feral children, that sociologists could use to support a nurture-based explanation of behaviour.
  5. 5th May 1984What is the social model of disability, and who is associated with it?
  6. 6th May 1984What is the difference between absolute mobility and relative mobility?
  7. 7th May 1984State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  8. 8th May 1984What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  9. 9th May 1984What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  10. 10th May 1984Which report recommended Educational Priority Areas in the UK?
  11. 11th May 1984What is the title of Willis's study of twelve working-class boys?
  12. 12th May 1984How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  13. 13th May 1984What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  14. 14th May 1984What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  15. 15th May 1984What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  16. 16th May 1984Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  17. 17th May 1984Name three agencies of secondary socialisation.
  18. 18th May 1984Define 'nature' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  19. 19th May 1984Give one example of a 'disabling barrier' under the social model, other than an inaccessible building.
  20. 20th May 1984What is meant by a 'meritocratic' society?
  21. 21st May 1984What is meant by 'formal social control'?
  22. 22nd May 1984What is 'secondary deviance'?
  23. 23rd May 1984Give one practical factor, beyond theory, that can limit rehabilitation in prison.
  24. 24th May 1984What is compensatory education?
  25. 25th May 1984What does Lacey mean by polarisation?
  26. 26th May 1984Name the act that made forced marriage a specific criminal offence in England and Wales.
  27. 27th May 1984What is meant by 'secularisation' in relation to marriage and divorce?
  28. 28th May 1984Give one reason feminists argue money management can remain unequal even in a pooling system.
  29. 29th May 1984What is meant by 'representativeness'?
  30. 30th May 1984What is the 'Hawthorne effect'?
  31. 31st May 1984What is primary socialisation?