Exam 12: Education and Religion.

__________ theorists believe that education contributes to the maintenance of society and provides people with an opportunity for self-enhancement and upward social mobility. They view education as one of the most important components of society.

Standardized tests that are used to group students by ability and to assign them to classes often measure students' __________ rather than their "natural" intelligence or aptitude.

__________ includes the following beliefs: Muhammad received the Qur' an (scriptures) from God. On Judgment Day, believers who have submitted to God's will, as revealed in the Qur' an, will go to an eternal Garden of Eden.

__________ involves "proper" attitudes toward education, socially approved dress and manners, and knowledge about books, art, music, and other forms of high and popular culture.

Ethnic and class differences are significant factors for dropout rates. For example, African Americans have the highest dropout rate (34.4%), followed by Native Americans (17.1%).

Some critics have attempted to eliminate all aspects of civil religion from public life. However, sociologist Robert Bellah, who has studied civil religion extensively, argues that __________.

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.

Attempts to remove textbooks from the schools have occurred at what level?

The beliefs of __________ include the following: Jesus is the Son of God. Through good moral and religious behavior (and/or God's grace), people achieve eternal life with God.

Anthropologists have concluded that all known groups over the past 100,000 years have had some form of religion. Which of the following was not as a form of religion?