Sociology: Chapter 16: Education

Scores on IQ tests correlate highly with: a. economic differences b. left-handedness c. hair color d. athletic ability

a. economic differences

Jonathan Kozol's (1991) study of American schools found that: a. high levels of segregation within schools and great inequalities between them exist b. schools around the country spend the same amount per pupil as a result of government funding c. tracking is a successful practice d. schools have no long-term effect on a person's success

a. high levels of segregation within schools and great inequalities between them exist

Much of what is learned in school has nothing to do with the formal content of the lessons. The teaching of values, attitudes, and habits constitutes the: a. formal curriculum b. hidden curriculum c. tracking system d. credentialism

b. hidden curriculum

In a counterargument to the claims made in The Bell Curve, a team of sociologists from the University of California, Berkeley asserted that the factor that is more important than intelligence in determining how well people do in life is: a. the success of busing b.. one's parents' socioeconomic status c. one's SAT score d. the number of students per classroom

b. one's parents' socioeconomic status

Education institutinos are active participants in social reproduction because they: a. were pioneers in the movement to provide a photocopy or reproduction of transcripts for students b. reinfroce the cultural advantages of upper- and middle-class families c. introduce new technologies and provide opportunities for poor people to learn middle-class d. increasingly offer classes on sexual reproduction and contraception

b. reinforce the cultural advantages of upper- and middle-class families

A sociological analysis of education would include: a. individual reasons for attending college b. the relationship between education and social inequality c. an uncritical analysis of IQ scores d. biological bases for the educational gap

b. the relationship between education and social inequality

The mass media are important because they affect our attitudes and experiences and: a. give us something to do with our free time b. provide most of our entertainment c. provide access to knowledge d. give us moral guidance

c. provide access to knowledge

The Berkeley team of sociologists who critically analyzed The Bell Curve found that: a. racial differences in intelligence are biologically determined b. inequities in intelligence cannot be removed by implementing good social policies c. racial differences in intelligence are socially caused d. men have genetic advantages over women when it comes to intelligence

c. racial differences in intelligence are socially caused

Evidence that social advantage results in higher IQ scores ________ Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray's view on intelligence. a. proves b. neither supports nor refutes c. refutres d. supports

c. refutes

Emotional intelligence is defined as: a. the tendency to use mediation and antianxiety practices to overcome educational barriers b. the phenomenon in which students who are happied tend to score higher on standardized tests c. the ability to identify, assess, and control the emotions of oneself or others d. middle and upper-middle-class paretns who tend to invest more heavil in their children's cognitive developemtn

c. the ability to identify, assess, and control the emotions of oneself or others

What is one possible reason for the reversal of the gender gap in education? a. a rise in traditionally male jobs in the economy b. that there are more stay-at-home father role models c. the introduction of gender-neutral learning materials d. the encouragement of boys to study "female" subjects

c. the introduction of gender-neutral learning materials

The practice of dividing students into groups that receive different instruction on the basis of assumed similarities in their ability or attainment is called: a. the hidden curriculum b. credentialism c. tracking d. assimilating

c. tracking

An unintended consequence of school busing is that: a. tracking in schools became more problematical as school diversity increased b. literacy rates increased in urban areas as poor students worked to keep up with wealthier ones c. white families fled from the city into suburban areas, leaving the center cities to decay d. racial divisions were erased, particularly in center-city urban communities in the United States

c. white families fled from the city into suburban areas, leaving the center cities to decay

The credentialism approach in understanding sociology and education advocates that the: a. content of education is its most important component b. credential implies having training and skills necessary to do a job and is equal in importance to the content c. credential is valid only if it stems from quality content and a common cultural environment in the classroom d.. content is much less important than the diploma or credential itself

d.. content is much less important than the diploma or credential itself

Schools oringinally arose: a. to prepare women for the war effort, in which they would have to take men's jobs b. largely as a result of the development of print and the ensuing need for broader literacy c. to meet the popular demand for education d. to help recently freed slaves integrate into society

B. Largely as a result of the development of printing and the ensuin need for broader literacy

As the global economy becomes more knowledge-based, the likely outcome is that: a. there will be no changes in the global economy b. the least-developed nations will rapdily adopt information technology c. Internet access will become the new line of demoarcation between the rich and the poor d. the knowledge economy will rapidly decrease economic inequality between nations

C. Internet access will become the new line of demarcation between the rich and the poor

Which of the following is part of the hidden curriculum in schools? a. another phrase for the foreign language curriculum b. offering business courses that are not publicized to students c. teaching students to respect authority d. the fact that students may have to go to summer school in order to graduate because of classroom shortages

C. teaching students to respect authority

George, who is African American, gets nervous when taking tests in his college class because he assumes that his professors will think he cheats on his tests because he is African American. This is an example of: a. a concrete attitude b. test anxiety c. an abstract attitude d. a stereotype threat

D. A stereotype threat

Active, curious social actors who can derive insights from multiple sources, not merely institutional settings, are known as: a. students b. adults c. literate d. learners

D. Learners

Scientists have agreed on a simple measure of intelligence: the ability to solve abstract mathematical puzzles. True / False

False

Match the terms: Terms: Pierre Bourdieu Paul Willis Assimilation Theory Credentialism Hidden curriculum Cultural Captial Answer options: a. argues that the specific skills and information that students learn in the classroom are much less relevant to their later achievements than the actual diploma b. the idea that students from different social class backgrounds are provided different types ofe ducation c. theorist who argued that schools reproduced social class inequality by rewarding certain cultural norms over others d. looks at questions such as how learning a c ommon language creates a sense of "affinity" among members of society e. conducted a classic study showing how working-class students exhibit an implicit understanding that schooling is not structured to benefit their group as a whole f. the advantages that well-to-do parents usually provide their children

Pierre Bourdieu - C Paul Willis - E Assimilation Theory - D Credentialism - A Hidden Curriculum - B Cultural Capital - F