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January 1985 5-a-day

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January 1985

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  1. 1st January 1985What did Jock Young's study of hippie marijuana users find about the effect of police reaction?
  2. 2nd January 1985Explain why a labelling theorist would be sceptical that prison alone reduces reoffending.
  3. 3rd January 1985What is the American programme, offering pre-school support to disadvantaged children, often mentioned alongside UK compensatory education policy?
  4. 4th January 1985What term did Willis's lads use for conforming pupils who accepted school values?
  5. 5th January 1985Give one example of what a Forced Marriage Protection Order might do.
  6. 6th January 1985Give one functionalist explanation, other than secularisation, for the rise in divorce.
  7. 7th January 1985Describe the allowance system.
  8. 8th January 1985Give one factor that affects how representative a sample is.
  9. 9th January 1985Give one reason interpretivist sociologists tend to favour participant observation.
  10. 10th January 1985What is primary socialisation?
  11. 11th January 1985Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?
  12. 12th January 1985What is the social model of disability, and who is associated with it?
  13. 13th January 1985What is the difference between absolute mobility and relative mobility?
  14. 14th January 1985Explain why most social control in everyday life is informal rather than formal.
  15. 15th January 1985What is 'primary deviance'?
  16. 16th January 1985How can the label 'ex-convict' become a master status?
  17. 17th January 1985Which report recommended Educational Priority Areas in the UK?
  18. 18th January 1985What is the title of Willis's study of twelve working-class boys?
  19. 19th January 1985Name the act that introduced Forced Marriage Protection Orders in England and Wales.
  20. 20th January 1985Name the act that introduced 'irretrievable breakdown' as the sole ground for divorce in England and Wales.
  21. 21st January 1985Name Pahl's four systems of money management.
  22. 22nd January 1985What is meant by 'reliability' in sociological research?
  23. 23rd January 1985What is the difference between participant and non-participant observation?
  24. 24th January 1985Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
  25. 25th January 1985Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  26. 26th January 1985Give one example of a 'disabling barrier' under the social model, other than an inaccessible building.
  27. 27th January 1985What is meant by a 'meritocratic' society?
  28. 28th January 1985According to Durkheim, what is the 'collective conscience'?
  29. 29th January 1985According to Howard Becker, what makes an act deviant?
  30. 30th January 1985Name one aim of punishment prison is generally considered effective at achieving, regardless of its effect on reoffending after release.
  31. 31st January 1985What is compensatory education?