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October 1995 - GCSE Sociology 5-a-day

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October 1995

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st October 1995Give one functionalist explanation, other than secularisation, for the rise in divorce.
  2. 2nd October 1995Describe the allowance system.
  3. 3rd October 1995Give one factor that affects how representative a sample is.
  4. 4th October 1995Give one reason interpretivist sociologists tend to favour participant observation.
  5. 5th October 1995What is primary socialisation?
  6. 6th October 1995Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?
  7. 7th October 1995Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  8. 8th October 1995Define social mobility.
  9. 9th October 1995Explain why most social control in everyday life is informal rather than formal.
  10. 10th October 1995What is 'primary deviance'?
  11. 11th October 1995How can the label 'ex-convict' become a master status?
  12. 12th October 1995What is Sure Start?
  13. 13th October 1995What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  14. 14th October 1995Name the act that introduced Forced Marriage Protection Orders in England and Wales.
  15. 15th October 1995Name the act that introduced 'irretrievable breakdown' as the sole ground for divorce in England and Wales.
  16. 16th October 1995Name Pahl's four systems of money management.
  17. 17th October 1995What is meant by 'reliability' in sociological research?
  18. 18th October 1995What is the difference between participant and non-participant observation?
  19. 19th October 1995Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
  20. 20th October 1995Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  21. 21st October 1995What is Sklair's 'transnational capitalist class'?
  22. 22nd October 1995Define intergenerational mobility.
  23. 23rd October 1995According to Durkheim, what is the 'collective conscience'?
  24. 24th October 1995According to Howard Becker, what makes an act deviant?
  25. 25th October 1995Name one aim of punishment prison is generally considered effective at achieving, regardless of its effect on reoffending after release.
  26. 26th October 1995What is the American programme, offering pre-school support to disadvantaged children, often mentioned alongside UK compensatory education policy?
  27. 27th October 1995What term did Willis's lads use for conforming pupils who accepted school values?
  28. 28th October 1995How does a forced marriage differ from an arranged marriage?
  29. 29th October 1995Give one reason for the rise in cohabitation rather than marriage.
  30. 30th October 1995Who identified the four main systems of money management within couples?
  31. 31st October 1995Which is generally higher in an unstructured interview: reliability or validity?