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December 1992 - GCSE Sociology 5-a-day

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December 1992

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st December 1992Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  2. 2nd December 1992What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  3. 3rd December 1992Why might sociologists say that socialisation never really stops?
  4. 4th December 1992Give one type of evidence, other than feral children, that sociologists could use to support a nurture-based explanation of behaviour.
  5. 5th December 1992What is the medical model of disability?
  6. 6th December 1992Define intragenerational mobility.
  7. 7th December 1992State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  8. 8th December 1992What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  9. 9th December 1992What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  10. 10th December 1992What is the Pupil Premium?
  11. 11th December 1992What is the difference between streaming and setting?
  12. 12th December 1992How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  13. 13th December 1992What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  14. 14th December 1992What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  15. 15th December 1992What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  16. 16th December 1992Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  17. 17th December 1992Name three agencies of secondary socialisation.
  18. 18th December 1992Define 'nature' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  19. 19th December 1992Define globalisation.
  20. 20th December 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.
  21. 21st December 1992What is meant by 'formal social control'?
  22. 22nd December 1992What is 'secondary deviance'?
  23. 23rd December 1992Give one practical factor, beyond theory, that can limit rehabilitation in prison.
  24. 24th December 1992Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  25. 25th December 1992Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  26. 26th December 1992Name the act that made forced marriage a specific criminal offence in England and Wales.
  27. 27th December 1992What is meant by 'secularisation' in relation to marriage and divorce?
  28. 28th December 1992Give one reason feminists argue money management can remain unequal even in a pooling system.
  29. 29th December 1992What is meant by 'representativeness'?
  30. 30th December 1992What is the 'Hawthorne effect'?
  31. 31st December 1992What is primary socialisation?