Exam 13: Politics and the Economy in Global Perspective

Durkheim suggested that religious beliefs and rituals are ______________that express or represent something important about the group itself.

According to the text's discussion of civil religion,______________ .

The______________ perspective focuses on how classroom communication and educational practices affect students' self-concept and aspirations.

French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu used the term ______________to refer to a person's social assets, including knowledge of how to dress, language competency, and knowledge of art and music.

According to functionalists, religion______________ .

According to sociologist______________ , students from diverse class backgrounds come to school with different amounts of cultural capital, which refers to social assets that include values, beliefs, attitudes, and competencies in language and culture.

The term______________ refers to a social system in which status is assumed to be acquired through individual ability and effort.

Discuss the conflict perspective on education, and explain how tracking produces social inequality.

______________refers to a decline in the importance of religious ideas, practices, and institutions in everyday life.

Standardized tests are an effective means of testing student intelligence and ability.

______________is a belief in sacred principles of thought and conduct rather than a god or gods.

______________emphasizes the way that religious beliefs and rituals work to bind people together in society.

With regard to gender in education, ____________________________.

Education is the social institution responsible for the systematic transmission of ______________within a formally organized structure.

Emile Durkheim used the term ______________to refer to things that inspire reverence and a deep sense of awe and respect that is beyond the ordinary.

The famous quote stating that religion is an "opiate of the masses" comes from the work of ______________.

______________is the process by which religious beliefs, practices, and institutions lose their significance within different sectors of society and culture.

According to conflict theorists, credentialism, the hidden curriculum, and a belief in______________ ensure that the best education and job opportunities will go to members of the middle and upper classes.

In the United States, a great many different religious organizations that appeal to a wide variety of different people coexist together. This is termed religious______________ .

According to some critics, the standardized tests that are used to group students by ability often measure students' ______________rather than their "natural" intelligence or aptitude.