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Culture, socialisation, norms and values
What is socialisation,
What are the two stages of social...,
What is primary socialisation
6
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Social Control and Sanctions
What is social control,
What are the two forms of agents ...,
What are informal agents of socia...
8
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Social Class
What is social class,
What are the three social classes,
What is the upper class like
14
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Ethnicity, Sex & Gender, Age, Disability and Sociological Theories.
What is ethnicity,
What is ethnicity made up of,
What is sex
8
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Sociological Theories & Functionalists Views of Education
What are state schools,
What are private schools,
What are public schools
24
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Marxism
What theories are marxism,
How do marxists see society,
What do the ruling class own
8
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Marxists Views of Education
How does education reproduce clas...,
How does education legitimise cla...,
What do bowles and gintis argue t...
30
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Feminist Theories
What do feminists argue about sch...,
What do radical feminists argue a...,
What do girls face in schools
10
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Postmodernism
What do postmodernists argue abou...,
What do postmodernists argue soci...,
What do postmodernists look at
6
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Additional Theories - Social Democratic Approach, Liberal Perspective
Who are the social democrats,
What do social democrats emphasis,
What do the government need to cr...
11
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Education and Social Policies
What are social policies,
What can the issues social polici...,
When was education made compulsory
8
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Marketisation and Privatisation of Education
What is the new right of education,
What is marketisation of education,
Why does marketisation create com...
30
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Policies to Achieve Greater Equality of Opportunity - Comprehensive Education
What is equality of opportunity,
What do policies to achieve great...,
When was comprehensive education ...
46
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Globalisation and Education
What does globalisation refer to,
What can globalisation be caused by
2
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Social Class and Education
What are out of school social cla...,
What are in school social class f...,
What can material deprivation lea...
36
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Social Class and Achievement
What in school factors affect soc...,
What is a label,
What did becker find out about te...
47
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Ethnicity and Achievement
What does labelling refer to,
Which ethnic minorities are more ...,
What are black caribbean twice as...
29
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Gender and Achievement
Which gender do teachers tend to ...,
What did francis find out about g...,
Why can gender stereotypes lead t...
54
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Quantitative and Qualitative Data
What is data,
What is primary data,
What is secondary data
12
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Factors That Influence Choice of Method
What does pets stand for,
What are the five practical factors,
What are the five ethical factors
20
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Primary Quantitative Methods - Laboratory Experiments
What does an experiment test,
What is a hypothesis,
What type of environment do labor...
7
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Primary Quantitative Methods - Field Experiments
Where does a field experiment tak...,
Name an example of where a field ...,
How does the researcher manipulat...
6
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Social Surveys and Sampling
What is a hypothesis,
Why do positivists favour a hypot...,
What is an advantage of a hypothesis
25
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Primary Quantitative - Questionnaires
What is social desirability,
What can social desirability reduce,
What are the advantages of questi...
7
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Primary Quantitative - Structured Interviews
What do structured interviews inv...,
What are prompts,
What is an interview schedule
12
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Primary Quantitative - Non-participant Observation
What does the researcher record i...,
Which two ways can non participan...,
How did hargreaves carry out his ...
8
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Primary Qualitative- Unstructured Interviews
What is an unstructured interview,
What does the interviewer try and...,
What is a rapport
10
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Primary Qualitative - Group Interviews
What are group interviews,
What are the strengths of group i...,
What are the weaknesses of group ...
5
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Primary Qualitative - Participant Observation
What is participant observation,
What are the three stages of part...,
What does getting in refer to in ...
10
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Secondary Sources of Data
What are official statistics,
What are the two types of officia...,
What are hard statistics
25
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Families & Households Introduction
Which family structures today don...,
What is a family,
What is a household
8
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Functionalism and the Family
What is macro theory,
What is structuralist theory,
What is consensus theory
18
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Marxism and the Family
What do marxists argue the family...,
What does marxist engels argue rc...,
How does marxist engels argue a m...
11
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Feminist Views of the Family
How do marxist feminists view the...,
What does marxist feminist bensto...,
Why does women being slaves of th...
18
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Postmodernism
What is postmodernism characteris...,
What is a pure relationship,
What is a negotiated family
5
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The New Right
Which type of family do the new r...,
Why are the new right highly crit...,
Why might the new right propose t...
4
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Personal Life Perspective
What is the personal life perspec...,
What does smart suggest,
What does the personal life persp...
9
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The Family and State Policy
Which are examples of state polic...,
What are left wing views labour o...,
What are right wing views conserv...
29
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Gender Roles, Domestic Labour and Power Relationships in the Contemporary Family
What are segregated conjugal roles,
What are joint conjugal roles,
How are segregated conjugal roles...
41
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Childhood
What do sociologists argue childh...,
What does childhood being a socia...,
Why is separateness the most impo...
36
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Child Centred Family
What is meant by a child centred ...,
Why might child centred families ...,
Why does greater democracy in a c...
18
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Changing Patterns in Family Life
Why may changing attitudes toward...,
Why may changing attitudes toward...,
Why may secularisation have led t...
13
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Divorce
Which divorce law led to the grea...,
Why may the 1969 divorce reform a...,
How would changing divorce laws b...
25
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Cohabitation
What is cohabitation,
Why has cohabitation increased ov...,
How would the increase in cohabit...
6
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Childbearing
Why are there more births outside...,
Why are women having children later,
Why are women having fewer children
4
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Family Diversity
What does family diversity refer to,
What is the traditional nuclear f...,
What is the traditional nuclear f...
33
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Demography
What is demography,
What are birth rates,
What are fertility rates
50
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Crime and Deviance - Introduction
What does deviance refer to,
What does crime refer to,
What are crime and deviance const...
8
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Crime Prevention - Right Realist Strategies
What is rational choice theory,
What do right realists argue need...,
What are examples of target harde...
12
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Crime Prevention - Left Realist Strategies
What do left realists argue about...,
Which group do left realists argu...,
What sort of intervention do left...
10
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Surveillance
What does surveillance refer to,
What sort of forms can surveillan...,
What did foucault argue about sur...
6
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Punishment
What are the 4 main functions of ...,
What does incarceration refer to,
What does deterrence refer to
26
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Critical Victimology
Why might patriarchy lead to more...,
Why do feminists argue women dont...,
Why might toxic masculinity cause...
10
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Positivist Victimology
What does positivist victimology ...,
What is victim proneness,
How can victim proneness be criti...
5
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The Role of the Criminal Justice System
What is the aim of the criminal j...,
Who does the criminal justice sys...,
What is the role of the courts
7
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Functionalists Theories of Crime and Deviance
What does functionalist durkheim ...,
What do functionalists argue abou...,
What do functionalists argue crim...
7
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Functionalist Subcultural Theories - Merton: Strain Theory
Why does merton argue people comm...,
What does merton argue people do ...,
What does merton call the pressur...
10
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Functionalist Subcultural Theories - Cohen: Subcultural Theory and Status Frustration
What does cohen argue about wc males,
What does cohen are this labellin...,
What does cohen say may result fr...
5
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Functionalist Subcultural Theories - Cloward and Ohlin: Opportunity Structures
What do cloward and ohlin conside...,
How do cloward and ohlin agree wi...,
How do cloward and ohlins views d...
8
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Functionalist Subcultural Theories - Miller: Focal Concerns
What does miller argue about the wc,
What does miller argue about the ...,
What are the general criticisms o...
3
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Labelling Theories of Crime
What does becker argue about the ...,
What does becker argue about mora...,
What are the consequences of mora...
17
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Marxists Theories of Crime
What do marxists argue about crim...,
How do marxists argue about rules...,
What do marxists argue about sele...
5
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Realist Theories of Crime
What was left realism developed from,
What do left realists argue crime...,
What three factors have left real...
24
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Postmodernism and Crime
What is a postmodern society char...,
What do postmodernists argue crim...,
What do postmodernists argue crim...
8
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Ethnicity and Crime
What are the two viewpoints of et...,
What are left realists views on e...,
What cant police racism explain h...
15
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Neo-Marxism
What does gilroy argue about ethn...,
Why does gilroy belive black crim...,
What does black crime being a pol...
10
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Gender and Crime
How does sex role theory explain ...,
How does parsons explain low crim...,
Why might girls being socialised ...
32
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Gender and the Criminal Justice System
What is the chivalry thesis,
What is double deviance,
What is the evidence for chivalry...
9
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Gender and Victimisation
Which crimes are women more likel...,
Which crimes are men more likely ...,
Why dont victims of sexual assaul...
8
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Middle Class Crime
What is white collar crime,
What are the three types of white...,
What is occupational crime
15
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Explaining Corporate Crime - Functionalism
How can strain theory can used to...,
What is differential association,
How can labelling theory be used ...
7
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The Media and Crime
What is a media saturated society,
Why may media representations of ...,
How does the media create a disto...
6
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The Media as a Cause of Crime
How is the media a cause of crime,
How does the media create a sense...,
How might the media creating a se...
8
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Globalisation and Crime
What does globalisation refer to,
What sort of new criminal opportu...,
How much does castell estimate th...
7
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Green Crime
What are green crimes,
What is transgressive criminology,
What are traditional criminologis...
12
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State Crime
What are state crimes,
What are examples of state crimes,
What three reasons do marxists gi...
12
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Beliefs in Society - Introduction
What are beliefs,
What are the three main sociologi...,
What does the substantive definit...
10
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Theories of Religion - Functionalism
What do functionalists see religi...,
What does functionalist durkheim ...,
What are sacred objects according...
14
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Theories of Religion - Traditional Marxists
What do traditional marxists see ...,
What did traditional marxists mar...,
How does traditional marxists mar...
7
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Theories of Religion - Neo-Marxists
How do neo marxists criticise tra...,
What are neo marxist gramscis vie...,
What is maduros liberation theology
4
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Theories of Religion - Feminism
How do feminists argue religion i...,
How do feminists argue religion i...,
What is the gender paradox
22
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Theories of Religion - Interpretivism
What does interpretivist weber be...,
What did the beliefs of calvinism...,
What did calvinists believe in wh...
13
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Theories of Religion - Postmodernism
What do postmodernists argue soci...,
What do postmodernists argue has ...,
In the past what did traditional ...
13
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Religious Fundamentalism
Who are fundamentalists,
What can religious fundamentalism...,
What are the features of religiou...
6
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The Organisations of Religion
What are the four types of religi...,
What is membership like for each ...,
What is the organisation of each ...
27
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