ch. 8, 16 & 18 section quiz sociology

. Functionalist theory sees education as serving the needs of _________.

- Families - Society - The individual

Which of the following is the primary component of the evolutionary model of technological change?

A breakthrough in one form of technology leads to a number of variations, and technological developments

If someone does not earn enough money to pay for the essentials of life he or she is said to be _____ poor.

Absolutely

The 1972 case Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia set a precedent for __________.

Access to education

The government of ________ blocks citizens access to popular new media sites like, Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter

China

Which theory of education focuses on the labels acquired through the educational process?

Conflict theory

Which of these is an example of a commodity?

Corn

Which of the following is not a manifest function of education?

Courtship

Learning from classmates that most students buy lunch on Fridays is an example of ________.

Cultural transmission

Jerome is able to use the internet to select reliable sources for his research paper, but Charlie just copies large pieces of web pages and pastes them into his paper. Jerome has ________ while charlie does not.

E- readiness

When all media sources report simplified version of the environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing, with no effort to convey the hard science and complicated statistical data behind the story, _________ is probably occurring.

Gate keeping

One reason critics oppose globalization is that it:

Has negative impacts on the environment

Which is evidence that the United States workforce is largely a meritocracy?

Highly skilled jobs pay better than low-skill jobs.

All of the following are characteristics of global cities, except:

Host influential philosophers

The history of technology began_________

In the early stages of human societies

What is the most important commodity in a postindustrial society?

Information

Which of the following is not an aspect of globalization?

Integrating child care through international trade

Who was the leading theorist on the development of socialism?

Karl Max

The __________ can be directly attributed to the digital divide, because differential ability to access the internet leads directly to a differential ability to use the knowledge found on the internet.

Knowledge Gap

The type of socialism now carried on by Russia is a form of ______ socialism.

Market

Comic books, Wikipedia, MTV, and a commercial for Coca-Cola are all examples of:

Media

The movie Babel featured international cast and was filmed on location in various nations. When it screened in theaters worldwide, it introduced a number of ideas and philosophies about cross- cultural connections. This might be an example of:

Media globalization

Which is an economic policy based on national policies of accumulating silver and gold by controlling markets with colonies and other countries through taxes and customs charges?

Mercantilism

In the mid-90s, the U. S. government grew concerned that Microsoft was a ___________ exercising disproportionate control over the available choices and prices of the computers

Monopoly

What is the practice where the differences between low-end and high-end jobs become greater and the number of people in the middle levels decreases?

Outsourcing

Public schools must guarantee that ___________

Per-student spending is equitable

Conflict theorists see sorting as a way to ________.

Perpetuate divisions of socioeconomic status

The fact that your cell phone is using outdated technology within a year or two of purchase is an example of________.

Planned obsolescence

) If the U. S. Patent Office were to issue a patent for a new type of tomato that tastes like a jellybean, it would be issuing a __________patent?

Plant patent

In which sector of an economy would someone working as a software developer be?

Quaternary

Plessy v. Ferguson set the precedent that _____________.

Racial segregation in schools were allowed

Informal education _________________.

Refers to the learning of cultural norms

What are the major factors that affect education systems throughout the world?

Resources & Money

Among the reasons socialism never developed into a political movement in the United States was that trade unions _________.

Secured workers' rights

Which country serves as an example of convergence?

Singapore

The use of Facebook to create an online persona by only posting images that match only your ideal self exemplifies the_______that can occur in forms of new media.

Social construction of reality

Because she plans on achieving success in marketing, Tammie is taking courses on managing social media. This is an example of ________.

Social placement

Allowing a student to move to the next grade regardless of whether or not they have met the requirements for that grade is called ____________.

Social promotion

Key predictors for student success include ____________.

Socioeconomic status and family background

What term describes the separation of students based on merit?

Sorting

which theory of education focuses on the labels acquired through the educational process?

Symbolic interactionism

When Japanese scientists develop a new vaccine for swine flu and offer that technology to American pharmaceutical companies________ has taken place

Technological diffusion

When it comes to technology, media, and society, which of the following are true?

Technology, media, and society are bound and can not be separated

________ tend to be more pro- technology, while _________ view technology as a symbol of the coldness of modern life

Technophiles; luddites

Which of the following is not a form of new media?

The cable television program Dexter

Which of the following is not a risk of media globalization?

The creation of local monopolies

When it comes to media and technology, a functionalist would focus on?

The way that various forms of media socialize users

Which of the following is not a characteristic of multinational corporations?

They are headquartered primarily in the United States.

What do nations that are top-ranked in science and math have in common?

They recruit top teachers

Conflict theorists see IQ tests as being biased. Why?

They reward affluent students with questions that assume knowledge associated with upperclass culture

what term describes the assignment of students to specific education programs and classes on the basis of test scores, previous grades, or perceived ability?

Tracking

Rewarding students for meeting deadlines and respecting authority figures is an example of ________

Transmission of moral education

Research regarding a video game violence suggests that __________.

Violent video games lead to an increase in aggressive though and behavior

When did the first economies begin to develop?

When people began to grow crops and domesticate animals

A parent secretly monitoring the babysitter through the use of a GPS, site blocker, and nanny cam is a good example of:

panoptic surveillance

Ben lost his job when General Motors closed U.S. factories and opened factories in Mexico. Now, Ben is very anti-immigration and campaigns for large-scale deportation of Mexican nationals, even though, logically, their presence does not harm him and their absence will not restore his job. Ben might be experiencing _____________.

xenophobia