Exam 13: Politics and the Economy in Global Perspective

______________is the process whereby a person is identified by others as possessing a specific characteristic or exhibiting a certain pattern of behavior (such as being deviant).

Today, about______________ of U.S. undergraduates are educated in community colleges.

A religious organization that is well-integrated in society and has all members of society as its members is termed a(n) _______________.

______________focuses on principles such as truth, justice, affirmation of life, and tolerance for others, and its adherents seek an elevated state of consciousness in which they can fulfill their true potential.

Modernity always leads to the secularization of a society.

Describe the functionalist perspective on religion, and discuss its major functions in societies.

Religion may be a source of social solidarity as well as social conflict.

Through the______________ , schools make working-class and poverty-level students aware that they will be expected to take orders from others, arrive at work punctually, follow bureaucratic rules, and experience high levels of boredom without complaining.

A large bureaucratic organization that seeks accommodation with the larger society and also attempts to influence it is termed a(n) _______________.

Sherona is really good at standardized tests and frequently scores very high. She has poor work habits and often turns in her assignments late. Teachers overlook her late assignments because they view her as a "good" student. This is an example of ______________.

Students using voucher programs to attend school outperform public students on standardized tests.

In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in ______________that "separate but equal" segregated schools are unconstitutional because they are inherently unequal.

Critics of tracking or ability grouping are often in favor of ______________, wherein students are deliberately placed in mixed ability classes.

Education serves five major manifest functions in society, including______________ .

Schools play an active part in the process of assimilation, whereby recent immigrants learn dominant values, attitudes, and behavior of society. This is an aspect of the manifest function of education referred to as __________.

______________is associated with early hunting and gathering societies and with many Native American societies, in which everyday life was not separated from the elements of the natural world.

Schools with more low-income students have curricula that emphasize______________ .

Define cultural capital, and explain its relevance for the sociological analysis of education.

New religious movement is the term that refers to groups that were formerly termed ______________.

Which of these statements illustrates the symbolic interactionist perspective on religion?