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April 1990 5-a-day

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April 1990

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st April 1990Define social mobility.
  2. 2nd April 1990State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  3. 3rd April 1990What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  4. 4th April 1990What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  5. 5th April 1990What is Sure Start?
  6. 6th April 1990What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  7. 7th April 1990How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  8. 8th April 1990What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  9. 9th April 1990What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  10. 10th April 1990What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  11. 11th April 1990Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  12. 12th April 1990Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
  13. 13th April 1990Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  14. 14th April 1990What is Sklair's 'transnational capitalist class'?
  15. 15th April 1990Define intergenerational mobility.
  16. 16th April 1990What is meant by 'formal social control'?
  17. 17th April 1990What is 'secondary deviance'?
  18. 18th April 1990Give one practical factor, beyond theory, that can limit rehabilitation in prison.
  19. 19th April 1990What is the American programme, offering pre-school support to disadvantaged children, often mentioned alongside UK compensatory education policy?
  20. 20th April 1990What term did Willis's lads use for conforming pupils who accepted school values?
  21. 21st April 1990Name the act that made forced marriage a specific criminal offence in England and Wales.
  22. 22nd April 1990What is meant by 'secularisation' in relation to marriage and divorce?
  23. 23rd April 1990Give one reason feminists argue money management can remain unequal even in a pooling system.
  24. 24th April 1990What is meant by 'representativeness'?
  25. 25th April 1990What is the 'Hawthorne effect'?
  26. 26th April 1990Define culture.
  27. 27th April 1990Who was Genie, and what did her case show?
  28. 28th April 1990What is the social model of disability, and who is associated with it?
  29. 29th April 1990What is the difference between absolute mobility and relative mobility?
  30. 30th April 1990Name the two agencies of formal social control that decide whether an offender is punished, and state what each one does.