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March 1990 5-a-day

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March 1990

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st March 1990Why might sociologists say that socialisation never really stops?
  2. 2nd March 1990Give one type of evidence, other than feral children, that sociologists could use to support a nurture-based explanation of behaviour.
  3. 3rd March 1990What is the medical model of disability?
  4. 4th March 1990Define intragenerational mobility.
  5. 5th March 1990According to Durkheim, what is the 'collective conscience'?
  6. 6th March 1990According to Howard Becker, what makes an act deviant?
  7. 7th March 1990Name one aim of punishment prison is generally considered effective at achieving, regardless of its effect on reoffending after release.
  8. 8th March 1990What is the Pupil Premium?
  9. 9th March 1990What is the difference between streaming and setting?
  10. 10th March 1990How does a forced marriage differ from an arranged marriage?
  11. 11th March 1990Give one reason for the rise in cohabitation rather than marriage.
  12. 12th March 1990Who identified the four main systems of money management within couples?
  13. 13th March 1990Which is generally higher in an unstructured interview: reliability or validity?
  14. 14th March 1990State one practical problem with recording data during covert participant observation.
  15. 15th March 1990Name three agencies of secondary socialisation.
  16. 16th March 1990Define 'nature' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  17. 17th March 1990Define globalisation.
  18. 18th March 1990Give 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.
  19. 19th March 1990What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
  20. 20th March 1990Give one criticism of labelling theory.
  21. 21st March 1990What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  22. 22nd March 1990Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  23. 23rd March 1990Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  24. 24th March 1990How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  25. 25th March 1990According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  26. 26th March 1990Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  27. 27th March 1990Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  28. 28th March 1990What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  29. 29th March 1990What is primary socialisation?
  30. 30th March 1990Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?
  31. 31st March 1990Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.