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November 2013 - GCSE Sociology 5-a-day

Every GCSE Sociology sheet published in November 2013, with answers. Key thinkers, studies, methods and the terms an answer has to use.

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November 2013

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in November 2013

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st November 2013What does Lacey mean by polarisation?
  2. 2nd November 2013How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  3. 3rd November 2013According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  4. 4th November 2013Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  5. 5th November 2013Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  6. 6th November 2013What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  7. 7th November 2013What is primary socialisation?
  8. 8th November 2013Why might a sociologist argue that nature and nurture interact rather than one alone explaining behaviour?
  9. 9th November 2013What is the medical model of disability?
  10. 10th November 2013Define intragenerational mobility.
  11. 11th November 2013State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  12. 12th November 2013What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  13. 13th November 2013What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  14. 14th November 2013What is the Pupil Premium?
  15. 15th November 2013What is the difference between streaming and setting?
  16. 16th November 2013How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  17. 17th November 2013What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  18. 18th November 2013What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  19. 19th November 2013What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  20. 20th November 2013Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  21. 21st November 2013Give one example of a positive sanction and one example of a negative sanction a parent might use.
  22. 22nd November 2013Which side of the debate do most sociologists generally favour, and why?
  23. 23rd November 2013Define globalisation.
  24. 24th November 2013Give 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.
  25. 25th November 2013What is meant by 'formal social control'?
  26. 26th November 2013What is 'secondary deviance'?
  27. 27th November 2013Give one practical factor, beyond theory, that can limit rehabilitation in prison.
  28. 28th November 2013Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  29. 29th November 2013Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  30. 30th November 2013Name the act that made forced marriage a specific criminal offence in England and Wales.