y13 september mocks

Question 1

Living Wage Foundation calculated how many British people are paid below living wage?

Answer 1

5 million

Question 2

over 3,500 working class babies would survive per year if…

Answer 2

the working class infant mortality rate was reduced to the same as middle class

Question 3

Wilkinson and Pickett 2014 found that

Answer 3

working class people are more likely to die of cancer before retirement

Question 4

Davis and Moore 1945 class inequality

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discussed how education determines social roles via examinations and qualifications.

Question 5

parsons said class inequality 1951

Answer 5

social stratification is inevitable and functional. society is meritocratic

Question 6

define meritocracy

Answer 6

talent and effort directly results in and equal reward

Question 7

what are murrays 3 types of underclass

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illegitimate, violent criminals, drop outs from the labour force

Question 8

new right murray belief summary

Answer 8

blames norms of the underclass for inequalities. his solution to poverty is to cut benefits entirely to discourage ‘dependency culture’

Question 9

2 similar similarities between functionalism and new right

Answer 9

believe society is meritocratic. focus on inequality of outcomes rather than inequality of opportunities

Question 10

positivist concepts

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objectivity, reliability, value freedom, quantitative data

Question 11

interpretivist concepts

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validity, verstehen, qualitative data, reflexivity

Question 12

what is reflexivity

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erasure of bias or influence in experiments

Question 13

what is validity

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how truthful the answers given by participants are

Question 13

what is verstehen

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empathetic understanding

Question 14

what is reliability

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how research is designed to be secure and repeatable

Question 15

what is objectivity

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neutral research without bias or personal opinion

Question 16

what is operationalisation

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turning an abstract concept into quantifiable research

Question 17

what is primary data

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data directly from researcher

Question 18

what is secondary data

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research available to sociologist before own research

Question 19

bowles and gintis are

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marxists

Question 20

what did bowles and gintis say in 1976

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meritocracy is a myth promoted by capitalism

Question 21

parkin is a

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weberianist

Question 22

what did parkin say in 1968

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the upper class operate through social closure

Question 23

what is beechey

Answer 23

marxist feminist

Question 24

what did beechey say in 1979

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women are a reserve army of labour

Question 25

define reserve army of labour

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workers are pushed in and out of labour market depending on conditions

Question 26

what is ao1

Answer 26

knowledge of theories and research methods

Question 27

what is ao2

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application of theories to points

Question 28

what is ao3

Answer 28

analyze and evaluate theories