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January 1987 5-a-day

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January 1987

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st January 1987Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  2. 2nd January 1987Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  3. 3rd January 1987How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  4. 4th January 1987According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  5. 5th January 1987Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  6. 6th January 1987Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  7. 7th January 1987What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  8. 8th January 1987What is the difference between a norm and a value?
  9. 9th January 1987Define 'nurture' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  10. 10th January 1987Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  11. 11th January 1987Define social mobility.
  12. 12th January 1987State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  13. 13th January 1987What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  14. 14th January 1987What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  15. 15th January 1987What is Sure Start?
  16. 16th January 1987What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  17. 17th January 1987How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  18. 18th January 1987What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  19. 19th January 1987What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  20. 20th January 1987What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  21. 21st January 1987Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  22. 22nd January 1987A teenager starts dressing and speaking like their friendship group to fit in. Which agency of socialisation is mainly responsible?
  23. 23rd January 1987Who was Oxana Malaya, and what did her case show?
  24. 24th January 1987What is Sklair's 'transnational capitalist class'?
  25. 25th January 1987Define intergenerational mobility.
  26. 26th January 1987What is meant by 'formal social control'?
  27. 27th January 1987What is 'secondary deviance'?
  28. 28th January 1987Give one practical factor, beyond theory, that can limit rehabilitation in prison.
  29. 29th January 1987What is the American programme, offering pre-school support to disadvantaged children, often mentioned alongside UK compensatory education policy?
  30. 30th January 1987What term did Willis's lads use for conforming pupils who accepted school values?
  31. 31st January 1987Name the act that made forced marriage a specific criminal offence in England and Wales.