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September 1989 5-a-day

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September 1989

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st September 1989Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  2. 2nd September 1989Give one example of a 'disabling barrier' under the social model, other than an inaccessible building.
  3. 3rd September 1989What is meant by a 'meritocratic' society?
  4. 4th September 1989What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
  5. 5th September 1989Give one criticism of labelling theory.
  6. 6th September 1989What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  7. 7th September 1989What is compensatory education?
  8. 8th September 1989What does Lacey mean by polarisation?
  9. 9th September 1989How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  10. 10th September 1989According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  11. 11th September 1989Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  12. 12th September 1989Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  13. 13th September 1989What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  14. 14th September 1989Define culture.
  15. 15th September 1989Who was Genie, and what did her case show?
  16. 16th September 1989What is the medical model of disability?
  17. 17th September 1989Define intragenerational mobility.
  18. 18th September 1989State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  19. 19th September 1989What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  20. 20th September 1989What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  21. 21st September 1989What is the Pupil Premium?
  22. 22nd September 1989What is the difference between streaming and setting?
  23. 23rd September 1989How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  24. 24th September 1989What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  25. 25th September 1989What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  26. 26th September 1989What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  27. 27th September 1989Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  28. 28th September 1989Explain why a workplace can be described as an agency of socialisation for an adult.
  29. 29th September 1989Give one limitation of using feral or isolated child cases as evidence for nurture.
  30. 30th September 1989Define globalisation.