Social Class, Education, and Family (SOC-1)

About how long do the majority of single mothers stay on the welfare rolls in the United States?

2 years

Approximately what percentage of Americans marry at some point in their lives?

90 percent

Based on recent research, which of the following statements is true with regard to preferential admissions to colleges and universities?

Admissions preference for athletes has risen steadily, surpassing that of minority students.

A TV director pitches the idea of remaking The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, but with African American characters. An African American producer says, "This is a terrible idea! That family never could have been black!" Why was the traditional family depicted in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet never a reality for African American families?

African American women have always had to combine work and family.

Which example illustrates an emerging sense of entitlement?

Alexander asks his doctor questions during his appointment.

Which of the following would be an example of social capital?

Parents volunteer to work in the library of a public school that does not have the funding to pay a librarian's salary.

What is the author's hypothesis?

Social class creates distinctive parenting styles.

Which of the following is an argument against tracking in schools?

Systems of tracking socialize students to the inequalities they will encounter in American society.

Cole's parents divorced when he was six, but now both of them are remarried. He has two stepsisters on his mother's side and a new stepbrother on his father's side. These families are examples of which of the following type of family?

a blended family

In the 1960s, many social scientists, including Daniel Patrick Moynihan, viewed the strong role held by women in many African American families as:

a detrimental characteristic that undermined men's roles in the family and caused all sorts of social problems.

Results from the Coleman Report found that:

achievement differences between schools could be explained best by the family background of students and peers with whom children attended school.

Steve is facing medical bills that threaten to bankrupt him. He reads an article about Kari Smith's "creative" financing of her son's college education. Steve decides to follow her example, so he:

agrees to wear a corporate logo on his hospital gown in exchange for payment.

Dr. Shamus Khan studied one of the most elite boarding schools in the nation. Suppose that graduate student Kia Darby replicates Dr. Khan's methodology in her study of public schools in Appalachia. Kia:

becomes a teacher at a public school in Appalachia.

Working-class parents are more likely to

encourage close ties with extended family members.

The pattern of concerted cultivation encourages an emerging sense of x, while the pattern of accomplishment of natural growth encourages an emerging sense of y.

entitlement; constraint

In his book The Marriage-Go-Round: The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today (2009), sociologist Andrew Cherlin proposes that America's "love-hate" relationship with marriage stems from the:

fact that Americans are individualistic and evaluate their marriages in personal terms.

Harold's life is best described as

free-flowing.

Knowledge and skills that make someone more productive and bankable are known as:

human capital.

All of the following are true of Alexander except he

lives in a working-class family.

Which class of parent conforms to "concerted cultivation"?

middle-class

Rosenthal and Jacobson's 1968 study of the Pygmalion effect provided strong evidence that teacher expectations matter. Mr. Hildebrand is a teacher who reads this study and, in an effort to improve his teaching, decides to:

offer promising learners detailed and personalized feedback on their performance—not just a generic "good job."

One of the problems with credentialism is that more and more students (with their parents' help) are attempting to attend private schools or to be placed in the best tracks in their public school. This may be one of the reasons that:

parents are attempting to have their children accepted at the "right" day care, sometimes even before they are born.

The SAT was developed in order to provide children from public schools with a chance to demonstrate their fitness for college and to show they are as able as students from private high schools. It is therefore ironic that:

researchers now question how meritocratic the SAT is, because the SAT may test knowledge that is biased against certain groups.

Which 1996 legislation led to national welfare reform during the Clinton administration?

the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act

Black and poor women in the United States have come to rely on which of the following in order to manage child care and work responsibilities?

their extrafamilial female networks

It is difficult to make generalizations about Latino families in the United States because:

their origins and geography are so diverse.

Which of the following was a motivation of the welfare reforms of 1996?

to promote self-sufficiency and personal responsibility

The author chose to focus the reading on the lives of

two black boys.

Which key dimension of family life is most essential conceptually?

use of language

Which informal activity would Harold be most likely to do in his free time?

visiting relatives