Sociology quiz 9 study guide

What does a sociological perspective tell us about education in the United States

Educational success often has as much to do with social stratification as it does with individual ability

What was Jonathan Kozol's impression of the poorly funded schools he visited in urban Chicago?

They were extraordinarily unhappy places.

How does the textbook define the "hidden curriculum"?

lessons that students learn indirectly through the method in which the curriculum is presented and the way the school is organized

What are religions called that worship one divine figure?

monotheistic religions

In their Pygmalion in the Classroom, how did Jacobson and Rosenthal select the students they identified as ready to academically "bloom" in the coming school year?

randomly

Why do politics, education, and religion all appear in the same chapter of your text?

Political, religious, and educational concerns often overlap in everyday life.

In the Sermon on the Mount, in the Christian New Testament, believers are told, "Whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them." Which of the functions or dysfunctions of religion does this remind you of?

Religion provides morals, values, rules, and norms for participants.

The fact that school schedules are organized around Christmas is evidence:

that the United States is not a totally secular society.

According to C. Wright Mills, who rules America?

the power elite

What is the most extreme form of authoritarianism called?

totalitarianism