Exam 13: Education and Religion

The MOST significant predictor of whether a student will attend college is his or her ________.

-Figure 13.4 "National Results of the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT)," shows a drop in both verbal and math scores following a 20 year period of gains. What are some reasons that may explain this?

Name two major problems facing education today.

What was Durkheim's influential book published in 1912 that identified the elements common to religion?

The three functionalists who advocated gatekeeping as a means to support people on the basis of merit and advocated social placement were ________,________,and ________.

How are the belief in an impersonal relationship with God and formal worship practices consistent with the organizational stability of ecclesia?

What is the process by which schools pass a society's core values from one generation to the next?

What was the purpose of social placement as proposed by Parsons,Davis,and Moore?

What was the influential book on religion published in 1912 by Emile Durkheim?

In a study of teacher expectations,sociologist George Farkas found that females and Asian Americans averaged higher course grades even though the scores on course work were the same for all students no matter the race/ethnicity or gender. What did Farkas conclude was the reason for this finding?

Conflict theorists stress that the hidden curriculum in schools perpetuates social inequalities.

With 54 million members,which denomination has the highest membership in the United States?

Marx's notion that religion diverts the thoughts of workers to the afterlife rather than toward rebellion against their worldly oppressors is expressed by his statement ________.

At Harvard University,90 percent of the students graduate with honors. In order to counter this honors inflation,the faculty has recommended limiting the percentage of students graduating with honors in any one class. This is an example of __________.

George Farkas found that girls and Asian Americans received higher grades than did other students,despite the fact that they had the same test scores. Farkas attributed the higher grades to the greater ability of girls and Asian Americans to signal to their teachers that they are good students. Why do many students refrain from sending such signals,even if they know their grades would improve if they did?

As a group,Jews and Jehovah's Witnesses are status consistent in respect to income,education,and occupational prestige.

Based on the research of sociologist George Farkas,which two groups of students were MOST successful in signaling their teachers they were good students?

Denominations are "brand names" within a major religion.

Based on the author's assessment,what are two major solutions that will increase the success of education?

A fundamental effort of cults is evangelism,the active recruitment of new members.