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March 1987 5-a-day

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March 1987

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  1. 1st March 1987Give one functionalist explanation, other than secularisation, for the rise in divorce.
  2. 2nd March 1987Describe the allowance system.
  3. 3rd March 1987Give one factor that affects how representative a sample is.
  4. 4th March 1987Give one reason interpretivist sociologists tend to favour participant observation.
  5. 5th March 1987What is primary socialisation?
  6. 6th March 1987Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?
  7. 7th March 1987What is the medical model of disability?
  8. 8th March 1987Define intragenerational mobility.
  9. 9th March 1987Explain why most social control in everyday life is informal rather than formal.
  10. 10th March 1987What is 'primary deviance'?
  11. 11th March 1987How can the label 'ex-convict' become a master status?
  12. 12th March 1987What is the Pupil Premium?
  13. 13th March 1987What is the difference between streaming and setting?
  14. 14th March 1987Name the act that introduced Forced Marriage Protection Orders in England and Wales.
  15. 15th March 1987Name the act that introduced 'irretrievable breakdown' as the sole ground for divorce in England and Wales.
  16. 16th March 1987Name Pahl's four systems of money management.
  17. 17th March 1987What is meant by 'reliability' in sociological research?
  18. 18th March 1987What is the difference between participant and non-participant observation?
  19. 19th March 1987Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
  20. 20th March 1987Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  21. 21st March 1987Define globalisation.
  22. 22nd March 1987Give 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.
  23. 23rd March 1987According to Durkheim, what is the 'collective conscience'?
  24. 24th March 1987According to Howard Becker, what makes an act deviant?
  25. 25th March 1987Name one aim of punishment prison is generally considered effective at achieving, regardless of its effect on reoffending after release.
  26. 26th March 1987Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  27. 27th March 1987Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  28. 28th March 1987How does a forced marriage differ from an arranged marriage?
  29. 29th March 1987Give one reason for the rise in cohabitation rather than marriage.
  30. 30th March 1987Who identified the four main systems of money management within couples?
  31. 31st March 1987Which is generally higher in an unstructured interview: reliability or validity?