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August 1988 5-a-day

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August 1988

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st August 1988Who identified the four main systems of money management within couples?
  2. 2nd August 1988Which is generally higher in an unstructured interview: reliability or validity?
  3. 3rd August 1988State one practical problem with recording data during covert participant observation.
  4. 4th August 1988A teenager starts dressing and speaking like their friendship group to fit in. Which agency of socialisation is mainly responsible?
  5. 5th August 1988Who was Oxana Malaya, and what did her case show?
  6. 6th August 1988Define globalisation.
  7. 7th August 1988Give 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.
  8. 8th August 1988What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
  9. 9th August 1988Give one criticism of labelling theory.
  10. 10th August 1988What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  11. 11th August 1988Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  12. 12th August 1988Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  13. 13th August 1988How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  14. 14th August 1988According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  15. 15th August 1988Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  16. 16th August 1988Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  17. 17th August 1988What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  18. 18th August 1988Why might sociologists say that socialisation never really stops?
  19. 19th August 1988Give one type of evidence, other than feral children, that sociologists could use to support a nurture-based explanation of behaviour.
  20. 20th August 1988Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  21. 21st August 1988Define social mobility.
  22. 22nd August 1988State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  23. 23rd August 1988What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  24. 24th August 1988What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  25. 25th August 1988What is Sure Start?
  26. 26th August 1988What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  27. 27th August 1988How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  28. 28th August 1988What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  29. 29th August 1988What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  30. 30th August 1988What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  31. 31st August 1988Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.