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April 1986 5-a-day

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April 1986

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st April 1986What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  2. 2nd April 1986Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  3. 3rd April 1986What is primary socialisation?
  4. 4th April 1986Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?
  5. 5th April 1986What is the medical model of disability?
  6. 6th April 1986Define intragenerational mobility.
  7. 7th April 1986What is meant by 'formal social control'?
  8. 8th April 1986What is 'secondary deviance'?
  9. 9th April 1986Give one practical factor, beyond theory, that can limit rehabilitation in prison.
  10. 10th April 1986What is the Pupil Premium?
  11. 11th April 1986What is the difference between streaming and setting?
  12. 12th April 1986Name the act that made forced marriage a specific criminal offence in England and Wales.
  13. 13th April 1986What is meant by 'secularisation' in relation to marriage and divorce?
  14. 14th April 1986Give one reason feminists argue money management can remain unequal even in a pooling system.
  15. 15th April 1986What is meant by 'representativeness'?
  16. 16th April 1986What is the 'Hawthorne effect'?
  17. 17th April 1986Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
  18. 18th April 1986Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  19. 19th April 1986Define globalisation.
  20. 20th April 1986Give 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.
  21. 21st April 1986Name the two agencies of formal social control that decide whether an offender is punished, and state what each one does.
  22. 22nd April 1986What is meant by a deviant 'master status'?
  23. 23rd April 1986What is meant by 'incapacitation' as a function of prison?
  24. 24th April 1986Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  25. 25th April 1986Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  26. 26th April 1986Define 'forced marriage'.
  27. 27th April 1986Define 'cohabitation'.
  28. 28th April 1986According to resource theory, what usually determines who has more power over financial decisions in a couple?
  29. 29th April 1986Which is generally higher in a structured, closed questionnaire: reliability or validity?
  30. 30th April 1986What is meant by a researcher 'going native'?