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August 1997 - GCSE Sociology 5-a-day

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August 1997

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st August 1997Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  2. 2nd August 1997Define 'forced marriage'.
  3. 3rd August 1997Define 'cohabitation'.
  4. 4th August 1997According to resource theory, what usually determines who has more power over financial decisions in a couple?
  5. 5th August 1997Which is generally higher in a structured, closed questionnaire: reliability or validity?
  6. 6th August 1997What is meant by a researcher 'going native'?
  7. 7th August 1997What is primary socialisation?
  8. 8th August 1997Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?
  9. 9th August 1997Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
  10. 10th August 1997Define social mobility.
  11. 11th August 1997Give one sanction that an informal agency of social control might use.
  12. 12th August 1997What did Jock Young's study of hippie marijuana users find about the effect of police reaction?
  13. 13th August 1997Explain why a labelling theorist would be sceptical that prison alone reduces reoffending.
  14. 14th August 1997What is Sure Start?
  15. 15th August 1997What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
  16. 16th August 1997Give one example of what a Forced Marriage Protection Order might do.
  17. 17th August 1997Give one functionalist explanation, other than secularisation, for the rise in divorce.
  18. 18th August 1997Describe the allowance system.
  19. 19th August 1997Give one factor that affects how representative a sample is.
  20. 20th August 1997Give one reason interpretivist sociologists tend to favour participant observation.
  21. 21st August 1997Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
  22. 22nd August 1997Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  23. 23rd August 1997What is Sklair's 'transnational capitalist class'?
  24. 24th August 1997Define intergenerational mobility.
  25. 25th August 1997Explain why most social control in everyday life is informal rather than formal.
  26. 26th August 1997What is 'primary deviance'?
  27. 27th August 1997How can the label 'ex-convict' become a master status?
  28. 28th August 1997What is the American programme, offering pre-school support to disadvantaged children, often mentioned alongside UK compensatory education policy?
  29. 29th August 1997What term did Willis's lads use for conforming pupils who accepted school values?
  30. 30th August 1997Name the act that introduced Forced Marriage Protection Orders in England and Wales.
  31. 31st August 1997Name the act that introduced 'irretrievable breakdown' as the sole ground for divorce in England and Wales.