Unit 2 AC4.2 Explain how social changes affect policy development

Question 1

Define norms

Answer 1

Specific rules or socially accepted standards that govern behavior in particular situations

Question 2

Define values

Answer 2

General principles or guidelines for how we should live our lives

Question 3

Define mores

Answer 3

Morals or good ways or behaving. Norms that a culture would think of as too serious to break

Question 4

Define individualization

Answer 4

Belief that individuals should have the right to choose how they live their lives, so long as they do no harm to others

Question 5

Define equal rights

Answer 5

All people should have equal treatment regardless of specific characteristics

Question 6

Define secularization

Answer 6

The declining influence of religion on people’s lives, attitudes, and values

Question 7

How has the public perception of drink driving changed?

Answer 7

Now seen as serious and reflected in laws e.g. 1967 Road Safety Act

Question 8

State two drink driving campaigns

Answer 8

THINK!, Brake

Question 9

How has the public perception of smoking changed?

Answer 9

Now seen as undesirable. Laws such as Children and Families Act 2014 prohibits smoking in vehicles when children are present

Question 10

State an anti-smoking campaign

Answer 10

ASH (Action on Smoking and Health)

Question 11

What was the attitude to LGBT rights before the 1960s?

Answer 11

Same-sex activity seen as criminal

Question 12

What law changed in 1967?

Answer 12

Decriminalization of gay sex

Question 13

How have values changed?

Answer 13

Individualism, Equal Rights, Secularization

Question 14

What further legal changes have occurred linked to LGBT rights?

Answer 14

1994 Equal age of consent, 2005 Civil Partnerships, 2014 Same-sex marriage

Question 15

What demographic changes have occurred in relation to immigration?

Answer 15

British society became much more diverse when people immigrated from British Colonies (e.g. India, Pakistan, the West Indies)

Question 16

How have immigrants experienced discrimination?

Answer 16

Immigrants often suffered discrimination in housing, employment, and other services

Question 17

State the three changes made as a result of the Race Relations Act

Answer 17

1965 – made race discrimination in public places an offense, 1968 – made discrimination in employment, housing, and public services an offense, 1976 - Covers direct and indirect discrimination

Question 18

What is the Equality Act 2010?

Answer 18

Brought together laws on all kinds of discrimination. Overseen by the Equality and Human Rights Commission

Question 19

What cultural changes have taken place since the 1960s?

Answer 19

Decline in prejudice towards ethnic minorities perhaps due to the change in laws or due to people mixing at work and at school more

Question 20

How has the perception of crime changed with reference to discrimination?

Answer 20

Discrimination and race hate now seen as crimes. People are more likely to accept that these should be criminal offenses

Question 21

How have norms and laws changed regarding transgender rights?

Answer 21

No longer regarded as a medical condition – greater acceptance of choice, 2004 Gender Recognition Act - people can change gender with evidence from a gender recognition panel