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November 1989 5-a-day

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November 1989

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in November 1989

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  1. 1st November 1989Explain why a labelling theorist would be sceptical that prison alone reduces reoffending.
  2. 2nd November 1989What is the American programme, offering pre-school support to disadvantaged children, often mentioned alongside UK compensatory education policy?
  3. 3rd November 1989What term did Willis's lads use for conforming pupils who accepted school values?
  4. 4th November 1989Give one example of what a Forced Marriage Protection Order might do.
  5. 5th November 1989Give one functionalist explanation, other than secularisation, for the rise in divorce.
  6. 6th November 1989Describe the allowance system.
  7. 7th November 1989Give one factor that affects how representative a sample is.
  8. 8th November 1989Give one reason interpretivist sociologists tend to favour participant observation.
  9. 9th November 1989Why might sociologists say that socialisation never really stops?
  10. 10th November 1989Give one type of evidence, other than feral children, that sociologists could use to support a nurture-based explanation of behaviour.
  11. 11th November 1989What is the social model of disability, and who is associated with it?
  12. 12th November 1989What is the difference between absolute mobility and relative mobility?
  13. 13th November 1989Explain why most social control in everyday life is informal rather than formal.
  14. 14th November 1989What is 'primary deviance'?
  15. 15th November 1989How can the label 'ex-convict' become a master status?
  16. 16th November 1989Which report recommended Educational Priority Areas in the UK?
  17. 17th November 1989What is the title of Willis's study of twelve working-class boys?
  18. 18th November 1989Name the act that introduced Forced Marriage Protection Orders in England and Wales.
  19. 19th November 1989Name the act that introduced 'irretrievable breakdown' as the sole ground for divorce in England and Wales.
  20. 20th November 1989Name Pahl's four systems of money management.
  21. 21st November 1989What is meant by 'reliability' in sociological research?
  22. 22nd November 1989What is the difference between participant and non-participant observation?
  23. 23rd November 1989Name three agencies of secondary socialisation.
  24. 24th November 1989Define 'nature' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  25. 25th November 1989Give one example of a 'disabling barrier' under the social model, other than an inaccessible building.
  26. 26th November 1989What is meant by a 'meritocratic' society?
  27. 27th November 1989According to Durkheim, what is the 'collective conscience'?
  28. 28th November 1989According to Howard Becker, what makes an act deviant?
  29. 29th November 1989Name one aim of punishment prison is generally considered effective at achieving, regardless of its effect on reoffending after release.
  30. 30th November 1989What is compensatory education?