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January 1991 5-a-day

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January 1991

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  1. 1st January 1991Which is generally higher in an unstructured interview: reliability or validity?
  2. 2nd January 1991State one practical problem with recording data during covert participant observation.
  3. 3rd January 1991What is the difference between a norm and a value?
  4. 4th January 1991Define 'nurture' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  5. 5th January 1991What is the social model of disability, and who is associated with it?
  6. 6th January 1991What is the difference between absolute mobility and relative mobility?
  7. 7th January 1991What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
  8. 8th January 1991Give one criticism of labelling theory.
  9. 9th January 1991What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  10. 10th January 1991Which report recommended Educational Priority Areas in the UK?
  11. 11th January 1991What is the title of Willis's study of twelve working-class boys?
  12. 12th January 1991How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  13. 13th January 1991According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  14. 14th January 1991Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  15. 15th January 1991Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  16. 16th January 1991What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  17. 17th January 1991A teenager starts dressing and speaking like their friendship group to fit in. Which agency of socialisation is mainly responsible?
  18. 18th January 1991Who was Oxana Malaya, and what did her case show?
  19. 19th January 1991Give one example of a 'disabling barrier' under the social model, other than an inaccessible building.
  20. 20th January 1991What is meant by a 'meritocratic' society?
  21. 21st January 1991State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  22. 22nd January 1991What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  23. 23rd January 1991What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  24. 24th January 1991What is compensatory education?
  25. 25th January 1991What does Lacey mean by polarisation?
  26. 26th January 1991How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  27. 27th January 1991What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  28. 28th January 1991What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  29. 29th January 1991What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  30. 30th January 1991Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  31. 31st January 1991Why might sociologists say that socialisation never really stops?