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December 1996 - GCSE Sociology 5-a-day

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December 1996

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st December 1996Define social mobility.
  2. 2nd December 1996What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
  3. 3rd December 1996Give one criticism of labelling theory.
  4. 4th December 1996What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
  5. 5th December 1996What is Sure Start?
  6. 6th December 1996What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  7. 7th December 1996How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  8. 8th December 1996According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  9. 9th December 1996Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  10. 10th December 1996Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  11. 11th December 1996What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  12. 12th December 1996Name three agencies of secondary socialisation.
  13. 13th December 1996Define 'nature' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  14. 14th December 1996What is Sklair's 'transnational capitalist class'?
  15. 15th December 1996Define intergenerational mobility.
  16. 16th December 1996State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  17. 17th December 1996What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  18. 18th December 1996What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  19. 19th December 1996What is the American programme, offering pre-school support to disadvantaged children, often mentioned alongside UK compensatory education policy?
  20. 20th December 1996What term did Willis's lads use for conforming pupils who accepted school values?
  21. 21st December 1996How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  22. 22nd December 1996What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  23. 23rd December 1996What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  24. 24th December 1996What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  25. 25th December 1996Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  26. 26th December 1996What is primary socialisation?
  27. 27th December 1996Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?
  28. 28th December 1996What is the social model of disability, and who is associated with it?
  29. 29th December 1996What is the difference between absolute mobility and relative mobility?
  30. 30th December 1996What is meant by 'formal social control'?
  31. 31st December 1996What is 'secondary deviance'?