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April 1992 5-a-day

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April 1992

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st April 1992Explain why a labelling theorist would be sceptical that prison alone reduces reoffending.
  2. 2nd April 1992What is the Pupil Premium?
  3. 3rd April 1992What is the difference between streaming and setting?
  4. 4th April 1992Give one example of what a Forced Marriage Protection Order might do.
  5. 5th April 1992Give one functionalist explanation, other than secularisation, for the rise in divorce.
  6. 6th April 1992Describe the allowance system.
  7. 7th April 1992Give one factor that affects how representative a sample is.
  8. 8th April 1992Give one reason interpretivist sociologists tend to favour participant observation.
  9. 9th April 1992A teenager starts dressing and speaking like their friendship group to fit in. Which agency of socialisation is mainly responsible?
  10. 10th April 1992Who was Oxana Malaya, and what did her case show?
  11. 11th April 1992Define globalisation.
  12. 12th April 1992Give 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.
  13. 13th April 1992Explain why most social control in everyday life is informal rather than formal.
  14. 14th April 1992What is 'primary deviance'?
  15. 15th April 1992How can the label 'ex-convict' become a master status?
  16. 16th April 1992Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  17. 17th April 1992Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  18. 18th April 1992Name the act that introduced Forced Marriage Protection Orders in England and Wales.
  19. 19th April 1992Name the act that introduced 'irretrievable breakdown' as the sole ground for divorce in England and Wales.
  20. 20th April 1992Name Pahl's four systems of money management.
  21. 21st April 1992What is meant by 'reliability' in sociological research?
  22. 22nd April 1992What is the difference between participant and non-participant observation?
  23. 23rd April 1992Why might sociologists say that socialisation never really stops?
  24. 24th April 1992Give one type of evidence, other than feral children, that sociologists could use to support a nurture-based explanation of behaviour.
  25. 25th April 1992Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  26. 26th April 1992Define social mobility.
  27. 27th April 1992According to Durkheim, what is the 'collective conscience'?
  28. 28th April 1992According to Howard Becker, what makes an act deviant?
  29. 29th April 1992Name one aim of punishment prison is generally considered effective at achieving, regardless of its effect on reoffending after release.
  30. 30th April 1992What is Sure Start?