CHAPTER 14 Multiple Choice
That students in U.S. schools are rarely taught about the great philosophers who have criticized the U.S. economic and political systems is evidence of the following? a. Little is known about these subjects. b. Schools teach the values of the existing culture. c. Teachers are poorly trained and inadequately educated. d. The philosophers are wrong in their analysis.
b
The British have long had which form of educational system? a. compulsory public education system b. sponsored mobility system of education c. contest mobility system of education d. all of the above are characteristics of the British educational system
b
Coleman concluded that differences in achievement were related to differences in ______. a. students' socioeconomic backgrounds b. quality of textbooks c. school facilities d. quality of school administration
a
The Puritan educational system was based on which of the following beliefs? a. Children were possessed by the devil, and needed religious training to overcome their evil nature. b. Children were innocent and needed protection from the adult realm of sin and worldliness. c. Children were controlled by instincts and biological drives and needed social instruction. d. Children were innately good and needed to experience a prolonged adolescence.
a
The latent functions of education include which of the following? a. prolonging adolescence b. the creation and transmission of new knowledge c. the teaching of skills such as writing and reading d. selection of the most talented for advanced training and the professions
a
In analyzing education and mobility, which of the following is true? a. Family background is more closely related to occupation than is level of education. b. There will never be an excess of college graduates in the United States. c. Today, few blue-collar jobs require a high school education. d. For the disadvantaged, increased education translates into increased earning power.
a
Magnet schools are those that do which of the following? a. They attract exceptional students. b. They are run by parent-controlled local school councils. c. They draw financial support from children with vouchers. d. They are run by selected universities.
a
Sponsored mobility in education is found where? a. Japan and most European countries b. Thailand c. most countries south of the equator d. the United States
a
Teaching values and norms necessary for maintaining the stratification system is part of the ______. a. hidden curriculum b. elite norms c. upper-class indoctrination d. functional theory of education
a
Berg's "great training robbery" refers to which of the following? a. the fact that schools are overly expensive for the amount of training offered b. the low return on investments in education for the disadvantaged c. upper-class students' taking jobs usually held by lower-class students d. the extensive educational teacher-training programs
b
______ is the practice of requiring degrees for most high paying jobs, even when the degrees do not necessarily signify skills necessary to do the jobs. a. Overeducation b. Credentialism c. Undereducation d. Elitism
b
______ is the system in which students must pass a qualifying exam to gain admittance to different types of high schools and colleges. a. Banning b. Contest mobility c. Mass expulsion d. Sponsored mobility
b
Conflict theorists contend that school systems are controlled by ______. a. parents b. school superintendents c. the elite d. politicians
c
Which of the following is not a manifest function of educational institutions? a. teaching skills b. transmitting new ideas and skills c. selecting and developing talented individuals d. creating new knowledge
c
Which theory argues that education is a means by which the elite maintain their social position? a. functionalism b. exchange theory c. conflict theory d. symbolic interaction
c
According to conflict theorists, the American educational system perpetuates inequality by doing which the following? a. encouraging conformity to elitist customs and values b. selectively teaching certain topics and excluding others c. implementing the hidden curriculum d. all of the above
d
Harvard College was founded in 1636 to educate which of the following groups? a. sociologists, with an emphasis on explaining society b. architects, with an emphasis on designing buildings c. physicians, with an emphasis on preventive medicine d. ministers, with an emphasis on morals and ethics
d
Stratification in the United States school system is evident in which of the following? a. the composition of school boards b. the gender of elementary school teachers c. the gender of school administrators d. all of the above
d
Which of the following is not a latent function of education? a. age segregation b. baby-sitting service for parents c. prolonging adolescence d. creating new knowledge
d
Which of the following is true of compulsory U.S. public education? a. It helped immigrant children assimilate into the mainstream culture. b. It was developed during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. c. It met with resistance from a variety of groups. d. All of the above
d
