Daily Practice · GCSE Sociology
October 1990 5-a-day
Every sheet in October 1990
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1990What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
- 2nd October 1990Give one criticism of labelling theory.
- 3rd October 1990What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
- 4th October 1990What is the American programme, offering pre-school support to disadvantaged children, often mentioned alongside UK compensatory education policy?
- 5th October 1990What term did Willis's lads use for conforming pupils who accepted school values?
- 6th October 1990How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
- 7th October 1990According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
- 8th October 1990Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
- 9th October 1990Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
- 10th October 1990What is meant by 'covert' observation?
- 11th October 1990Why might sociologists say that socialisation never really stops?
- 12th October 1990Give one type of evidence, other than feral children, that sociologists could use to support a nurture-based explanation of behaviour.
- 13th October 1990What is the social model of disability, and who is associated with it?
- 14th October 1990What is the difference between absolute mobility and relative mobility?
- 15th October 1990State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
- 16th October 1990What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
- 17th October 1990What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
- 18th October 1990Which report recommended Educational Priority Areas in the UK?
- 19th October 1990What is the title of Willis's study of twelve working-class boys?
- 20th October 1990How might feminists explain forced marriage?
- 21st October 1990What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
- 22nd October 1990What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
- 23rd October 1990What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
- 24th October 1990Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
- 25th October 1990Name three agencies of secondary socialisation.
- 26th October 1990Define 'nature' in the nature versus nurture debate.
- 27th October 1990Give one example of a 'disabling barrier' under the social model, other than an inaccessible building.
- 28th October 1990What is meant by a 'meritocratic' society?
- 29th October 1990What is meant by 'formal social control'?
- 30th October 1990What is 'secondary deviance'?
- 31st October 1990Give one practical factor, beyond theory, that can limit rehabilitation in prison.