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May 1997 - GCSE Sociology 5-a-day

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May 1997

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  1. 1st May 1997Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
  2. 2nd May 1997Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  3. 3rd May 1997Define globalisation.
  4. 4th May 1997Give 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.
  5. 5th May 1997Give one sanction that an informal agency of social control might use.
  6. 6th May 1997What did Jock Young's study of hippie marijuana users find about the effect of police reaction?
  7. 7th May 1997Explain why a labelling theorist would be sceptical that prison alone reduces reoffending.
  8. 8th May 1997Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  9. 9th May 1997Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  10. 10th May 1997Give one example of what a Forced Marriage Protection Order might do.
  11. 11th May 1997Give one functionalist explanation, other than secularisation, for the rise in divorce.
  12. 12th May 1997Describe the allowance system.
  13. 13th May 1997Give one factor that affects how representative a sample is.
  14. 14th May 1997Give one reason interpretivist sociologists tend to favour participant observation.
  15. 15th May 1997Define culture.
  16. 16th May 1997Who was Genie, and what did her case show?
  17. 17th May 1997Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  18. 18th May 1997Define social mobility.
  19. 19th May 1997Explain why most social control in everyday life is informal rather than formal.
  20. 20th May 1997What is 'primary deviance'?
  21. 21st May 1997How can the label 'ex-convict' become a master status?
  22. 22nd May 1997What is Sure Start?
  23. 23rd May 1997What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  24. 24th May 1997Name the act that introduced Forced Marriage Protection Orders in England and Wales.
  25. 25th May 1997Name the act that introduced 'irretrievable breakdown' as the sole ground for divorce in England and Wales.
  26. 26th May 1997Name Pahl's four systems of money management.
  27. 27th May 1997What is meant by 'reliability' in sociological research?
  28. 28th May 1997What is the difference between participant and non-participant observation?
  29. 29th May 1997Explain why a workplace can be described as an agency of socialisation for an adult.
  30. 30th May 1997Give one limitation of using feral or isolated child cases as evidence for nurture.
  31. 31st May 1997What is Sklair's 'transnational capitalist class'?