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October 1986 5-a-day

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October 1986

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  1. 1st October 1986What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  2. 2nd October 1986A teenager starts dressing and speaking like their friendship group to fit in. Which agency of socialisation is mainly responsible?
  3. 3rd October 1986Who was Oxana Malaya, and what did her case show?
  4. 4th October 1986Define globalisation.
  5. 5th October 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.
  6. 6th October 1986State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  7. 7th October 1986What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  8. 8th October 1986What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  9. 9th October 1986Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  10. 10th October 1986Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  11. 11th October 1986How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  12. 12th October 1986What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  13. 13th October 1986What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  14. 14th October 1986What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  15. 15th October 1986Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  16. 16th October 1986Why might sociologists say that socialisation never really stops?
  17. 17th October 1986Give one type of evidence, other than feral children, that sociologists could use to support a nurture-based explanation of behaviour.
  18. 18th October 1986Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  19. 19th October 1986Define social mobility.
  20. 20th October 1986What is meant by 'formal social control'?
  21. 21st October 1986What is 'secondary deviance'?
  22. 22nd October 1986Give one practical factor, beyond theory, that can limit rehabilitation in prison.
  23. 23rd October 1986What is Sure Start?
  24. 24th October 1986What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  25. 25th October 1986Name the act that made forced marriage a specific criminal offence in England and Wales.
  26. 26th October 1986What is meant by 'secularisation' in relation to marriage and divorce?
  27. 27th October 1986Give one reason feminists argue money management can remain unequal even in a pooling system.
  28. 28th October 1986What is meant by 'representativeness'?
  29. 29th October 1986What is the 'Hawthorne effect'?
  30. 30th October 1986Name three agencies of secondary socialisation.
  31. 31st October 1986Define 'nature' in the nature versus nurture debate.