Exam 17: Education

Which of the following functions of education can cause many types of role conflicts?

The education system is second in importance today to which of the following agents of socialization?

The textbook suggests that most sociologists find the conflict view of education more plausible than the functionalist view,by pointing to inequalities in the education system.In their view,how are the benefits unequally distributed?

What do we call the special police force who rounded up children who were absent from schools in the early years?

Leif and a group of other sociology students have started a campaign to have an open review of university administrators' salaries as they believe that there are massive gender inequities between people's pay on campus.Which of the following unintended functions of education are Leif and the others engaging in?

The logic of industrialization comes from conflict theory.

There are now more university-educated women in Canada than university-educated men.

Frank Parkin pointed out that education can be used as a form of social exclusion-setting up a boundary so that certain social opportunities and positions are restricted to members of one group.

What has been the impact of Bill 101 on Quebec?

Based on sociological research,what is IQ really a reflection of?

Describe what the self-fulfilling prophecy is and how it works,using an example.

In Canada,which students have Head Start programs been identified as being especially beneficial for?

Applications for a coveted internship at the provincial legislature are only open to postsecondary students whose parents have been involved in some kind of public office within the past ten years.What is reinforced by this criterion for application?

Which of the following nations had the highest rate of university graduation in 2008?

Soon-Li has a degree in biochemistry from the nation where almost 50 percent of the population aged 25-64 has some type of college of university credential.Where has she gone to school?

Discuss the way in which Aboriginal peoples in Canada relate to the educational system,as far as success and lack of success are concerned.

Jocelyn and Eric met at in the respiratory technology program at the local university-college,where both were there on student loans.They began dating and were engaged by the end of the program.In this situation,what educational process were Jocelyn and Eric involved in?

Why do school tests often fail to accurately measure intelligence?

From kindergarten through university,students are systematically taught to accept the curricula,routines,and grading systems imposed upon them by teaching personnel.Students are punished in various ways for non-compliance.What concept does this whole situation illustrate?

Preparation for participation in the Canadian economy is illustrative of which of the following functions of education?