Question 1

The __________ focus on the process of labeling and how it is directly related to the power and status of those persons who do the labeling and those who are being labeled.

Accepted Answer

A)  conflict theorists 
B)  functionalists 
C)  symbolic interactionists 
D)  postmodernists

Question 2

The lifetime earning gap between those individuals that earn a high school diploma or an alternative credential such as a GED and those that drop out of school is:

Accepted Answer

A)  $12,000 
B)  $23,000 
C)  $42,000 
D)  $630,000

Question 3

In 2010,the Obama administration issued __________ in an effort to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Accepted Answer

A)  "A Blueprint for Reform" 
B)  "No Child Left Behind Addendum" 
C)  "American Graduation Initiative" 
D)  "A Call to Action for Education"

Question 4

__________ is a social system in which status is acquired through individual ability and efforts.

Accepted Answer

A)  Tracking 
B)  Credentialism 
C)  Meritocracy 
D)  Educational bureaucracy

Question 5

Discuss problems within elementary and secondary schools.

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

Education keeps students off the street and out of the full-time job market for a number of years,thus helping keep unemployment within reasonable bounds.This illustrates a latent function of education.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Students may learn information in school that contradicts beliefs held by their parents or their religion.Debates over the content of textbooks and library books typically center on information that parents deem unacceptable for their children.This illustrates which latent function of education?

Accepted Answer

A)  social placement 
B)  matchmaking and production of social networks 
C)  restriction of some activities 
D)  creation of a generation gap

Question 8

Preindustrial societies existed before the invention of reading and writing.These societies have no written language and are characterized by very basic technology and a simple division of labor.Daily activity often centers around the struggle to survive against natural forces,and the earliest forms of education are survival oriented.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Race,class,language,gender,and many other social categories may determine the placement of children in elementary __________ systems as much as or more than their actual abilities and interests.

Accepted Answer

A)  mutuality activities 
B)  intelligence grouping 
C)  tracking 
D)  collective activities

Question 10

Middle- and upper-income parents endow their children with more __________ than do working-class and poverty level parents.

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural capital 
B)  proper social grace 
C)  accumulated social wisdom 
D)  cultural mystique

Question 11

Community college enrollment accounts for 44 percent of all U.S.undergraduates.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

__________ is the social institution responsible for the systematic transmission of knowledge,skills,and cultural values within a formally organized structure.

Accepted Answer

A)  Religion 
B)  Political science 
C)  Education 
D)  Sociology

Question 13

In Maryland,Alabama,Mississippi,Tennessee,Georgia,and Texas,approximately 30 percent of African American public school students attend schools that have at least a __________ percent black/African American population.

Accepted Answer

A)  50 
B)  95 
C)  30 
D)  33

Question 14

Discuss the conflict perspective on education and explain cultural capital and class reproduction.

Accepted Answer

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Question 15

The ___________ is the transmission of cultural values and attitudes,such as conformity and obedience to authority,through implied demands found in rules,routines,and regulations of schools.

Accepted Answer

A)  tracking system 
B)  hidden curriculum 
C)  latent function of education 
D)  educational indoctrination

Question 16

Functionalists acknowledge that education has certain __________ that are evident by lagging test scores.

Accepted Answer

A)  dysfunctions 
B)  contributions 
C)  operations 
D)  functions

Question 17

In elementary schools,tracking is often referred to as ___________ and is based on the assumption that it is easier to teach a group of students who have similar abilities.

Accepted Answer

A)  age grading 
B)  ability grouping 
C)  intelligence grouping 
D)  ability segregation

Question 18

There appears to be a lack of faculty diversity.White Americans make up 78 percent of all full-time faculty members,as compared with __________ percent of African Americans,3.5 percent of Hispanic Americans,and .5 percent of Native Americans.

Accepted Answer

A)  10 
B)  13 
C)  5.5 
D)  2

Question 19

Outline and explain some of the problems found in elementary and secondary schools in the United States.

Accepted Answer

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Question 20

__________ is defined as the learning that takes place within an academic setting such as a school,which has a planned instructional process and teachers who convey specific knowledge,skills,and thinking processes to students.

Accepted Answer

A)  Formal education 
B)  Latent education 
C)  Informal education 
D)  Manifest education

Exam 16: Education

The __________ focus on the process of labeling and how it is directly related to the power and status of those persons who do the labeling and those who are being labeled.

The lifetime earning gap between those individuals that earn a high school diploma or an alternative credential such as a GED and those that drop out of school is:

In 2010,the Obama administration issued __________ in an effort to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

__________ is a social system in which status is acquired through individual ability and efforts.

Discuss problems within elementary and secondary schools.

Education keeps students off the street and out of the full-time job market for a number of years,thus helping keep unemployment within reasonable bounds.This illustrates a latent function of education.

Students may learn information in school that contradicts beliefs held by their parents or their religion.Debates over the content of textbooks and library books typically center on information that parents deem unacceptable for their children.This illustrates which latent function of education?

Race,class,language,gender,and many other social categories may determine the placement of children in elementary __________ systems as much as or more than their actual abilities and interests.

Middle- and upper-income parents endow their children with more __________ than do working-class and poverty level parents.

Community college enrollment accounts for 44 percent of all U.S.undergraduates.

__________ is the social institution responsible for the systematic transmission of knowledge,skills,and cultural values within a formally organized structure.

In Maryland,Alabama,Mississippi,Tennessee,Georgia,and Texas,approximately 30 percent of African American public school students attend schools that have at least a __________ percent black/African American population.

Discuss the conflict perspective on education and explain cultural capital and class reproduction.

The ___________ is the transmission of cultural values and attitudes,such as conformity and obedience to authority,through implied demands found in rules,routines,and regulations of schools.

Functionalists acknowledge that education has certain __________ that are evident by lagging test scores.

In elementary schools,tracking is often referred to as ___________ and is based on the assumption that it is easier to teach a group of students who have similar abilities.

There appears to be a lack of faculty diversity.White Americans make up 78 percent of all full-time faculty members,as compared with __________ percent of African Americans,3.5 percent of Hispanic Americans,and .5 percent of Native Americans.

Outline and explain some of the problems found in elementary and secondary schools in the United States.

__________ is defined as the learning that takes place within an academic setting such as a school,which has a planned instructional process and teachers who convey specific knowledge,skills,and thinking processes to students.