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September 1990 5-a-day

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September 1990

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st September 1990Define globalisation.
  2. 2nd September 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.
  3. 3rd September 1990Explain why most social control in everyday life is informal rather than formal.
  4. 4th September 1990What is 'primary deviance'?
  5. 5th September 1990How can the label 'ex-convict' become a master status?
  6. 6th September 1990Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  7. 7th September 1990Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  8. 8th September 1990Name the act that introduced Forced Marriage Protection Orders in England and Wales.
  9. 9th September 1990Name the act that introduced 'irretrievable breakdown' as the sole ground for divorce in England and Wales.
  10. 10th September 1990Name Pahl's four systems of money management.
  11. 11th September 1990What is meant by 'reliability' in sociological research?
  12. 12th September 1990What is the difference between participant and non-participant observation?
  13. 13th September 1990What is the difference between a norm and a value?
  14. 14th September 1990Define 'nurture' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  15. 15th September 1990Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  16. 16th September 1990Define social mobility.
  17. 17th September 1990According to Durkheim, what is the 'collective conscience'?
  18. 18th September 1990According to Howard Becker, what makes an act deviant?
  19. 19th September 1990Name one aim of punishment prison is generally considered effective at achieving, regardless of its effect on reoffending after release.
  20. 20th September 1990What is Sure Start?
  21. 21st September 1990What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  22. 22nd September 1990How does a forced marriage differ from an arranged marriage?
  23. 23rd September 1990Give one reason for the rise in cohabitation rather than marriage.
  24. 24th September 1990Who identified the four main systems of money management within couples?
  25. 25th September 1990Which is generally higher in an unstructured interview: reliability or validity?
  26. 26th September 1990State one practical problem with recording data during covert participant observation.
  27. 27th September 1990A teenager starts dressing and speaking like their friendship group to fit in. Which agency of socialisation is mainly responsible?
  28. 28th September 1990Who was Oxana Malaya, and what did her case show?
  29. 29th September 1990What is Sklair's 'transnational capitalist class'?
  30. 30th September 1990Define intergenerational mobility.