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June 1984 5-a-day

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June 1984

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st June 1984Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?
  2. 2nd June 1984What is the medical model of disability?
  3. 3rd June 1984Define intragenerational mobility.
  4. 4th June 1984Name the two agencies of formal social control that decide whether an offender is punished, and state what each one does.
  5. 5th June 1984What is meant by a deviant 'master status'?
  6. 6th June 1984What is meant by 'incapacitation' as a function of prison?
  7. 7th June 1984What is the Pupil Premium?
  8. 8th June 1984What is the difference between streaming and setting?
  9. 9th June 1984Define 'forced marriage'.
  10. 10th June 1984Define 'cohabitation'.
  11. 11th June 1984According to resource theory, what usually determines who has more power over financial decisions in a couple?
  12. 12th June 1984Which is generally higher in a structured, closed questionnaire: reliability or validity?
  13. 13th June 1984What is meant by a researcher 'going native'?
  14. 14th June 1984Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
  15. 15th June 1984Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  16. 16th June 1984Define globalisation.
  17. 17th June 1984Give 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.
  18. 18th June 1984Give one sanction that an informal agency of social control might use.
  19. 19th June 1984What did Jock Young's study of hippie marijuana users find about the effect of police reaction?
  20. 20th June 1984Explain why a labelling theorist would be sceptical that prison alone reduces reoffending.
  21. 21st June 1984Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  22. 22nd June 1984Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  23. 23rd June 1984Give one example of what a Forced Marriage Protection Order might do.
  24. 24th June 1984Give one functionalist explanation, other than secularisation, for the rise in divorce.
  25. 25th June 1984Describe the allowance system.
  26. 26th June 1984Give one factor that affects how representative a sample is.
  27. 27th June 1984Give one reason interpretivist sociologists tend to favour participant observation.
  28. 28th June 1984Define culture.
  29. 29th June 1984Who was Genie, and what did her case show?
  30. 30th June 1984Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.