QUIZ #6 (CHAPTERS 10, 11 and 12 & LECTURE NOTES)

TRUE or FALSE: According to the text, conflict theory does not view the control of the economy as enabling the economic elite to maintain their position at the top of society and allows those at the bottom of the economic ladder upward social mobility without facing structural barriers.

FALSE

According to the chapter 10 lecture notes, which term refers to a social institution that unites individuals in cooperative groups that care for one another, including any children?

FAMILY

According to the text, which term refers to the social institution through which society teaches it members the skills, knowledge, norms, and values they need to learn to become good, productive members of their society?

EDUCATION

According to the chapter 10 lecture notes, which of the following term refers to parents and children, plus grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, who often live close to one another and operate as a family unit?

EXTENDED FAMILY

According to the text, which term refers to a married heterosexual couple and their young children living by themselves under one roof?

NUCLEAR FAMILY

According to the chapter 11 lecture notes, during which decade did the courts end school busing?

1990s

According to the chapter 10 lecture notes, Samuel, Jake, and Jake's two children share an apartment. They consider themselves a family. Their relationship is referred to as _____________________.

A FAMILY OF AFFINITY

According to the text, in 1954, which decision by the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racially segregated schools violated the Constitution, striking down the "separate but equal" standard that dated back to 1896?

BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA

According to the text, since the 1980s, many manufacturing companies moved their plants from U.S. cities to sites in the developing world in Asia and elsewhere, a problem called _____________________________.

CAPITAL FLIGHT

According to the chapter 10 lecture notes, Friedrich Engels developed an early theory of family life making the claim that men gained control of women's sexuality as a means to protect their own wealth. This claim is the foundation for which type of theoretical perspective?

CONFLICT THEORY

According to the chapter 11 lecture notes, which term refers to the experiences and opportunities that shape a student's ability to learn and to succeed at school and elsewhere?

CULTURAL CAPITAL

According to the text, which of the following concepts refer to a set of values and beliefs that support the status quo, including the existing social hierarchy?

HIDDEN CURRICULUM

According to the text, which organizations seek to improve wages and working conditions for workers through various strategies, including strikes?

LABOR UNIONS

According to the chapter 10 lecture notes, families are built around a lawful relationship, usually involving economic cooperation, sexual activity, and childbearing. What is this relationship called?

MARRIAGE

According to the chapter 11 lecture notes, in 1896, what decision by the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the principle of racial segregation if the facilities for blacks and whites were separate but equal?

PLESSY V. FERGUSON

According to the text, which term refers to formal education carried out by teachers, principles, and other specially trained professionals?

SCHOOLING

According to the text, Functionalism's most important function of education is which of the following options?

SOCIALIZATION

According to the text, which theoretical perspective highlights social interaction in the workplace, on how employees respond to problems in their workplaces, and on how they perceive the work they do?

SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM

According to the chapter 12 lecture notes, Max Weber saw the Industrial Revolution as one expression of which larger historical process?

THE RATIONALIZATION OF SOCIETY

TRUE or FALSE: According to text and functionalism, work and the economy serve several functions for society. The economy makes society possible by providing the good and services it needs. Work gives people an income and also provides them some self-fulfillment and part of their identity.

TRUE

TRUE or FALSE: According to the chapter 11 lecture notes, many whites moved from the central cities to the suburbs in the 1960s—in a process called white flight—which prompted the continuation of educational segregation.

TRUE

TRUE or FALSE: According to the chapter 12 lecture notes, glass ceiling refers to a barrier—often involving institutional discrimination—that prevents women and other minorities from moving up in the workplace.

TRUE

TRUE or FALSE: According to the text, education also involves several latent functions, which refer to functions that are by-products of going to school and receiving an education rather than a direct effect of the education itself. Examples of latent functions of education include child care and the establishment of peer relationships for students.

TRUE

According to the text, abused children are much more likely than children who are not abused to end up with which of the following problems throughout their life course?

VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS

According to chapter 11 lecture notes, which state enacted Act 60, a law that combines school taxes all across the state and redistributes funding on an equal per-student basis?

VERMONT