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October 1997 - GCSE Sociology 5-a-day

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October 1997

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st October 1997What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  2. 2nd October 1997What is the difference between a norm and a value?
  3. 3rd October 1997Define 'nurture' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  4. 4th October 1997What is the medical model of disability?
  5. 5th October 1997Define intragenerational mobility.
  6. 6th October 1997State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  7. 7th October 1997What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  8. 8th October 1997What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  9. 9th October 1997What is the Pupil Premium?
  10. 10th October 1997What is the difference between streaming and setting?
  11. 11th October 1997How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  12. 12th October 1997What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  13. 13th October 1997What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  14. 14th October 1997What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  15. 15th October 1997Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  16. 16th October 1997A teenager starts dressing and speaking like their friendship group to fit in. Which agency of socialisation is mainly responsible?
  17. 17th October 1997Who was Oxana Malaya, and what did her case show?
  18. 18th October 1997Define globalisation.
  19. 19th October 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.
  20. 20th October 1997What is meant by 'formal social control'?
  21. 21st October 1997What is 'secondary deviance'?
  22. 22nd October 1997Give one practical factor, beyond theory, that can limit rehabilitation in prison.
  23. 23rd October 1997Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  24. 24th October 1997Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  25. 25th October 1997Name the act that made forced marriage a specific criminal offence in England and Wales.
  26. 26th October 1997What is meant by 'secularisation' in relation to marriage and divorce?
  27. 27th October 1997Give one reason feminists argue money management can remain unequal even in a pooling system.
  28. 28th October 1997What is meant by 'representativeness'?
  29. 29th October 1997What is the 'Hawthorne effect'?
  30. 30th October 1997Why might sociologists say that socialisation never really stops?
  31. 31st October 1997Give one type of evidence, other than feral children, that sociologists could use to support a nurture-based explanation of behaviour.