Daily Practice · GCSE Sociology
February 2003 - GCSE Sociology 5-a-day
Every GCSE Sociology sheet published in February 2003, with answers. Key thinkers, studies, methods and the terms an answer has to use.
Every sheet in February 2003
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 2003Define globalisation.
- 2nd February 2003Give 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.
- 3rd February 2003What name do sociologists give to the process by which children first learn a society's norms and values within the family?
- 4th February 2003Give one criticism of labelling theory.
- 5th February 2003What is meant by prison acting as a 'university of crime'?
- 6th February 2003Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
- 7th February 2003Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
- 8th February 2003How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
- 9th February 2003According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
- 10th February 2003Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
- 11th February 2003Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
- 12th February 2003What is meant by 'covert' observation?
- 13th February 2003What is primary socialisation?
- 14th February 2003Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?
- 15th February 2003Explain, using an example, how globalisation can widen inequality between countries.
- 16th February 2003Define social mobility.
- 17th February 2003State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
- 18th February 2003What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
- 19th February 2003What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
- 20th February 2003What is Sure Start?
- 21st February 2003What does Lacey mean by differentiation?
- 22nd February 2003How might feminists explain forced marriage?
- 23rd February 2003What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
- 24th February 2003What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
- 25th February 2003What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
- 26th February 2003Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
- 27th February 2003Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
- 28th February 2003Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?