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March 1991 5-a-day

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March 1991

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  1. 1st March 1991Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?
  2. 2nd March 1991Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  3. 3rd March 1991Define social mobility.
  4. 4th March 1991Give one sanction that an informal agency of social control might use.
  5. 5th March 1991What did Jock Young's study of hippie marijuana users find about the effect of police reaction?
  6. 6th March 1991Explain why a labelling theorist would be sceptical that prison alone reduces reoffending.
  7. 7th March 1991What is Sure Start?
  8. 8th March 1991What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  9. 9th March 1991Give one example of what a Forced Marriage Protection Order might do.
  10. 10th March 1991Give one functionalist explanation, other than secularisation, for the rise in divorce.
  11. 11th March 1991Describe the allowance system.
  12. 12th March 1991Give one factor that affects how representative a sample is.
  13. 13th March 1991Give one reason interpretivist sociologists tend to favour participant observation.
  14. 14th March 1991Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
  15. 15th March 1991Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  16. 16th March 1991What is Sklair's 'transnational capitalist class'?
  17. 17th March 1991Define intergenerational mobility.
  18. 18th March 1991Explain why most social control in everyday life is informal rather than formal.
  19. 19th March 1991What is 'primary deviance'?
  20. 20th March 1991How can the label 'ex-convict' become a master status?
  21. 21st March 1991What is the American programme, offering pre-school support to disadvantaged children, often mentioned alongside UK compensatory education policy?
  22. 22nd March 1991What term did Willis's lads use for conforming pupils who accepted school values?
  23. 23rd March 1991Name the act that introduced Forced Marriage Protection Orders in England and Wales.
  24. 24th March 1991Name the act that introduced 'irretrievable breakdown' as the sole ground for divorce in England and Wales.
  25. 25th March 1991Name Pahl's four systems of money management.
  26. 26th March 1991What is meant by 'reliability' in sociological research?
  27. 27th March 1991What is the difference between participant and non-participant observation?
  28. 28th March 1991Define culture.
  29. 29th March 1991Who was Genie, and what did her case show?
  30. 30th March 1991What is the social model of disability, and who is associated with it?
  31. 31st March 1991What is the difference between absolute mobility and relative mobility?