Lesson 4.2.2.4
4.2.2.4 The nature of childhood Quiz: AQA Sociology, Unit 2
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The 20 questions
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Which historian argued that childhood as a distinct life stage did not exist in medieval Europe?
- Neil Postman
- Philippe Ariès
- Jacques Donzelot
- Sue Palmer
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How does the 'new sociology of childhood' view children within society?
- Active social actors
- Future adults
- Passive recipients
- Economic assets
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Which 1989 UK law established that the welfare of the child is paramount in legal decisions?
- Factory Act 1833
- Children Act 1989
- Adoption Act 1976
- Education Act 1944
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Which nineteenth-century legislation restricted child labour and removed children from industrial workplaces?
- Poor Laws
- Education Acts
- Factory Acts
- Vagrancy Acts
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According to Neil Postman, which development is causing the disappearance of childhood?
- Declining birth rates
- Television culture
- Child protection laws
- Compulsory schooling
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What term describes childhood as created by society rather than being a purely biological stage?
- Universal stage
- Natural order
- Biological determinism
- Social construction
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Which sociologist argued that childhood in modern society is constructed in opposition to adulthood?
- Philippe Ariès
- Neil Postman
- Sue Palmer
- Chris Jenks
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Which type of research shows that childhood varies significantly between different societies and cultures?
- Biological research
- Longitudinal research
- Cross-cultural research
- Positivist research
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Which factor limits the claim that childhood is entirely a social construction?
- Schooling systems
- Legal rights
- Biological development
- Economic class
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What term describes children relying on adults and the state rather than providing for themselves?
- Economic autonomy
- Economic dependency
- Social dominance
- Biological maturity
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Which term describes children influencing parental spending decisions due to targeted commercial advertising?
- Cultural capital
- Pester power
- Peer pressure
- Deferred gratification
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What term do child liberationists use for adult restrictions on children's time, space and bodies?
- Primary socialisation
- Adult control
- Toxic childhood
- Pester power
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Which historian argued that the concept of childhood did not exist in the Middle Ages?
- Sue Palmer
- Philippe Ariès
- Neil Postman
- Chris Jenks
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Which sociological approach views children as active social agents creating their own experiences?
- Marxist reproduction theory
- Positivist developmental theory
- Functionalist socialisation theory
- New sociology of childhood
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Which legislation in nineteenth-century Britain helped remove children from industrial workplaces?
- Children Act 1989
- Education Act 1944
- Factory Acts
- Poor Law Reform
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Which sociologist argued that childhood is disappearing due to modern print culture being replaced by television?
- Shulamith Firestone
- Sue Palmer
- Philippe Ariès
- Neil Postman
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Which concept describes childhood being a distinct, bounded stage separate from adulthood?
- Disappearance
- Separateness
- Integration
- Convergence
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How did compulsory schooling affect the social status of children in Britain?
- Increased economic autonomy
- Increased economic dependency
- Decreased adult regulation
- Eliminated social control
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Which term refers to modern childhood being harmed by junk food, technology and commercialisation?
- Child-centred society
- Expressive role
- Toxic childhood
- Disappearing childhood
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Which term describes family life that prioritises the needs, care and wishes of children?
- Child-centred family
- Reconstituted family
- Extended family
- Patriarchal family
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