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November 1984 5-a-day

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November 1984

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st November 1984Explain why a workplace can be described as an agency of socialisation for an adult.
  2. 2nd November 1984Give one limitation of using feral or isolated child cases as evidence for nurture.
  3. 3rd November 1984Give one example of a 'disabling barrier' under the social model, other than an inaccessible building.
  4. 4th November 1984What is meant by a 'meritocratic' society?
  5. 5th November 1984What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
  6. 6th November 1984Give one criticism of labelling theory.
  7. 7th November 1984What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  8. 8th November 1984What is compensatory education?
  9. 9th November 1984What does Lacey mean by polarisation?
  10. 10th November 1984How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  11. 11th November 1984According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  12. 12th November 1984Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  13. 13th November 1984Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  14. 14th November 1984What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  15. 15th November 1984What is the difference between a norm and a value?
  16. 16th November 1984Define 'nurture' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  17. 17th November 1984What is the medical model of disability?
  18. 18th November 1984Define intragenerational mobility.
  19. 19th November 1984State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  20. 20th November 1984What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  21. 21st November 1984What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  22. 22nd November 1984What is the Pupil Premium?
  23. 23rd November 1984What is the difference between streaming and setting?
  24. 24th November 1984How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  25. 25th November 1984What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  26. 26th November 1984What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  27. 27th November 1984What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  28. 28th November 1984Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  29. 29th November 1984A teenager starts dressing and speaking like their friendship group to fit in. Which agency of socialisation is mainly responsible?
  30. 30th November 1984Who was Oxana Malaya, and what did her case show?