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August 1995 - GCSE Sociology 5-a-day

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August 1995

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st August 1995Give one criticism of labelling theory.
  2. 2nd August 1995What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  3. 3rd August 1995What is the American programme, offering pre-school support to disadvantaged children, often mentioned alongside UK compensatory education policy?
  4. 4th August 1995What term did Willis's lads use for conforming pupils who accepted school values?
  5. 5th August 1995How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  6. 6th August 1995According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  7. 7th August 1995Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  8. 8th August 1995Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  9. 9th August 1995What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  10. 10th August 1995What is the difference between a norm and a value?
  11. 11th August 1995Define 'nurture' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  12. 12th August 1995What is the social model of disability, and who is associated with it?
  13. 13th August 1995What is the difference between absolute mobility and relative mobility?
  14. 14th August 1995State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  15. 15th August 1995What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  16. 16th August 1995What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  17. 17th August 1995Which report recommended Educational Priority Areas in the UK?
  18. 18th August 1995What is the title of Willis's study of twelve working-class boys?
  19. 19th August 1995How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  20. 20th August 1995What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  21. 21st August 1995What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  22. 22nd August 1995What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  23. 23rd August 1995Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  24. 24th August 1995A teenager starts dressing and speaking like their friendship group to fit in. Which agency of socialisation is mainly responsible?
  25. 25th August 1995Who was Oxana Malaya, and what did her case show?
  26. 26th August 1995Give one example of a 'disabling barrier' under the social model, other than an inaccessible building.
  27. 27th August 1995What is meant by a 'meritocratic' society?
  28. 28th August 1995What is meant by 'formal social control'?
  29. 29th August 1995What is 'secondary deviance'?
  30. 30th August 1995Give one practical factor, beyond theory, that can limit rehabilitation in prison.
  31. 31st August 1995What is compensatory education?