AQA Sociology Topic Quiz

What schools were in the Tripartite System?

• Private, Special, Public

• Primary, Infant, Secondary

• CTC, TC, Grammar

• Grammar, technical, secondary modern

Name of three Marxist Sociologists of education

• Althusser, Bowles, Gintis

• Parsons, Murdoch, Goode

• Karl Marx

• Young and Wilmott

Bernstein established there were 2 types of linguistic code, they were

• cockney and posh code

• elaborate and restricted code

• Upper class and Lower class code

• Eloquent code and Repeated code

Who were the two sociologists who studied the self-fulfilling prophecy theory?

• Rosenthal and Jacobson

• Glass and Bottle

• Althusser and Rogers

• Gillborn and Gipps

What teaches students to accept authority and hierarchy?

• The National curriculum

• The curriculum

• The hidden curriculum

What did the 1988 Education Act introduce?

• Shifted power away from teachers

• Gave children the right to do what they want

• Gave teachers more power

• National Curriculum

What is primary socialisation?

• Where parents teach their children norms and values

• Where owners train their pets

• Where you go outside for the first time

• When you make a friend

Marxism is a:

• Unusual theory

• Interactionist theory

• Sensitive theory

• Conflict theory

What is a vocational subject?

• A subject which isn't related to a specific job

• A subject in which you don't have to do anything

• Where you study a subject that is related to a specific job

• Maths, English or science

Who carried out a study on ethnicity in schools?

• Celia Wright

• Ian Wright

• George Murdock

• Cecil Wright