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May 1996 - GCSE Sociology 5-a-day

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May 1996

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st May 1996What is the difference between participant and non-participant observation?
  2. 2nd May 1996Name three agencies of secondary socialisation.
  3. 3rd May 1996Define 'nature' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  4. 4th May 1996Give one example of a 'disabling barrier' under the social model, other than an inaccessible building.
  5. 5th May 1996What is meant by a 'meritocratic' society?
  6. 6th May 1996According to Durkheim, what is the 'collective conscience'?
  7. 7th May 1996According to Howard Becker, what makes an act deviant?
  8. 8th May 1996Name one aim of punishment prison is generally considered effective at achieving, regardless of its effect on reoffending after release.
  9. 9th May 1996What is compensatory education?
  10. 10th May 1996What does Lacey mean by polarisation?
  11. 11th May 1996How does a forced marriage differ from an arranged marriage?
  12. 12th May 1996Give one reason for the rise in cohabitation rather than marriage.
  13. 13th May 1996Who identified the four main systems of money management within couples?
  14. 14th May 1996Which is generally higher in an unstructured interview: reliability or validity?
  15. 15th May 1996State one practical problem with recording data during covert participant observation.
  16. 16th May 1996What is primary socialisation?
  17. 17th May 1996Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?
  18. 18th May 1996What is the medical model of disability?
  19. 19th May 1996Define intragenerational mobility.
  20. 20th May 1996What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
  21. 21st May 1996Give one criticism of labelling theory.
  22. 22nd May 1996What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  23. 23rd May 1996What is the Pupil Premium?
  24. 24th May 1996What is the difference between streaming and setting?
  25. 25th May 1996How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  26. 26th May 1996According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  27. 27th May 1996Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  28. 28th May 1996Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  29. 29th May 1996What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  30. 30th May 1996Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
  31. 31st May 1996Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?