GCSE Sociology Unit 2 Revision

Question 1

Which group are over represented in Parliament?

Accepted Answer

White middle class / aged men with high level of education

Question 2

What is the word that means using different types of media in every day life?

Accepted Answer

Convergence

Question 3

Who do marxists believe have the most power?

Accepted Answer

Elite

Question 4

What is a crime but not deviant?

Accepted Answer

Parking on double yellow lines

Question 5

A person or group seen as deviant by society and scapegoated.

Accepted Answer

Folk Devil

Question 6

What does semiotics mean?

Accepted Answer

Uncovering of symbols. Such as Mcdonalds M.

Question 7

What type of power is this? We base it on 'British values' especially our Monarchy.

Accepted Answer

Traditional

Question 8

How has the media contributed to gender socialisation?

Accepted Answer

Patriarchal. Disney Princesses with no real attributes

Question 9

What type power is this? A vote is cast for every important issue. E.g. Referendum

Accepted Answer

Direct Democracy

Question 10

What's a tabloid

Accepted Answer

Red top. Has more gossip and entertainment news

Question 11

Crimes committed by middle class peoplein their workplace such as fraud.

Accepted Answer

White Collar Crime

Question 12

Which theorist is a pluralist?

Accepted Answer

Functionalist

Question 13

This is when businesses commit carry out an act outside of the law for example e-waste.

Accepted Answer

Corporate Crime

Question 14

An example of political socialisation is?

Accepted Answer

Voting for House Voice Rep

Question 15

What's a media mogul?

Accepted Answer

A person who has a lot of media ownership such as Murdock

Question 16

What factors effect the success of a pressure group?

Accepted Answer

Being insider/outsider

Question 17

A disadvantage to using Official Crime Statistics

Accepted Answer

There is a dark figure from unreported crime

Question 18

Which of these is a need, the media meets according to McQuail?

Accepted Answer

Personal Identity

Question 19

What is classed as deviance?

Accepted Answer

Outside norms and values of society

Question 20

What's a constituency?

Accepted Answer

Area whose voters elect someone to a legislative body

Question 21

Which Sociologist supports the labelling theory of crime

Accepted Answer

Cicourel

Question 22

Which one is evidence of conflict theory and hyperdermic syringe theory

Accepted Answer

Phone Hacking Scandal

Question 23

How can power be challenged?

Accepted Answer

Join/start a pressure group

Question 24

What is status frustration?

Accepted Answer

Not being able to get recognition from legitimate means.

Question 25

Which theory supports inadequate socialisation as a cause of crime?

Accepted Answer

New Right and Functionalists

Question 26

What is this voting system? Winning MP/Party of a constituency gains a seat in HOC

Accepted Answer

First Past the Post

Question 27

What is a cause of crime?

Accepted Answer

Opportunity Structure

Question 28

What does the Hyper-dermic Syringe theory imply?

Accepted Answer

Audience is passive

Question 29

What made the London riots worse?

Accepted Answer

Deviance Amplification

Question 30

This group have more rights now. Some may say this change in power is too much.

Accepted Answer

Children

GCSE Sociology Unit 2 Revision

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GCSE Sociology Unit 2 Revision

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