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September 2018 - GCSE Sociology 5-a-day

Every GCSE Sociology sheet published in September 2018, with answers. Key thinkers, studies, methods and the terms an answer has to use.

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September 2018

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in September 2018

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

  1. 1st September 2018How does forced marriage relate to the wider topic of the family and the state?
  2. 2nd September 2018According to Anthony Giddens, what is a 'pure relationship'?
  3. 3rd September 2018Which money management system has become increasingly common in Britain, according to Pahl?
  4. 4th September 2018Why might a positivist sociologist prioritise reliability and representativeness over validity?
  5. 5th September 2018What is meant by 'covert' observation?
  6. 6th September 2018Why might sociologists say that socialisation never really stops?
  7. 7th September 2018Give one type of evidence, other than feral children, that sociologists could use to support a nurture-based explanation of behaviour.
  8. 8th September 2018What is the medical model of disability?
  9. 9th September 2018Define intragenerational mobility.
  10. 10th September 2018State one formal agency of social control and one power it holds.
  11. 11th September 2018What term do interactionists use for people or groups with the power to create new rules about what counts as deviant?
  12. 12th September 2018What term describes an offender being convicted of a further offence after release from prison?
  13. 13th September 2018What is the Pupil Premium?
  14. 14th September 2018What is the difference between streaming and setting?
  15. 15th September 2018How might feminists explain forced marriage?
  16. 16th September 2018What did the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 change?
  17. 17th September 2018What is the difference between 'management' and 'control' of household money?
  18. 18th September 2018What is meant by 'validity' in sociological research?
  19. 19th September 2018Give one ethical advantage of overt observation over covert observation.
  20. 20th September 2018Name three agencies of secondary socialisation.
  21. 21st September 2018Define 'nature' in the nature versus nurture debate.
  22. 22nd September 2018Define globalisation.
  23. 23rd September 2018Give 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.
  24. 24th September 2018What is meant by 'formal social control'?
  25. 25th September 2018What is 'secondary deviance'?
  26. 26th September 2018Give one practical factor, beyond theory, that can limit rehabilitation in prison.
  27. 27th September 2018Give one criticism of compensatory education policy.
  28. 28th September 2018Give one reason a pupil placed in a low set might achieve less, beyond their own ability.
  29. 29th September 2018Name the act that made forced marriage a specific criminal offence in England and Wales.
  30. 30th September 2018What is meant by 'secularisation' in relation to marriage and divorce?