Sociology FINAL CH 12

durkheim on religion

"no religions that are false"

Jesse is taking an online college course for the first time. After a few days gaining experience he realizes he could enroll in any college he chooses as long as that college has Internet courses. This lesson is part of a. formal curriculum. b. hidden curriculum. c. a virtual professor d. an informal organization.

B

Weber maintained that once capitalism became established, religion would become a/an __________ factor in maintaining the system. a. necessary b. increasingly insignificant c. sufficient d. increasingly important

B

__________ focus on ways in which people use religion to repress, constrain, and exploit others. a. Functionalists b. Conflict theorists c. Symbolic interactionists d. Structuralists

B

In the broadest sense, education is a. a purposeful, planned effort to impart specific skills. b. a program of formal and systematic instruction. c. those experiences that train, discipline, and develop a person's mental and physical potentials. d. spontaneous, unplanned exposure to ideas.

C

Material resources such as the kind of house in which a student lives, parents' income, and a quiet place to study qualify as a. informal curriculum. b. cultural capital. c. economic capital. d. formal curriculum.

C

T/FFunctionalists focus on the ways religion turns people's attention away from injustices and inequalities.

False

T/FWhen sociologists study religion, they take on the challenge of proving "God" exists.

False

religion

Protestants down Catholics up 7 day advent up mormons up 125 cremation 40%

T/F Sporting events, graduation ceremonies, and political rallies possess characteristics that we associate with religion.

True

education

any experience that trains, disciplines, and shapes the mental and physical potentials of the maturing person

fundamentalism

belief in the timeless ness of sacred writings and belief that the words apply to every setting

this worldly asceticism

belief that people are instruments of divine will and that god determines and directs activities

formal curriculum

classes

schooling

deliberate, planned effort that takes place in a brick and mortar or virtual classroom to impart specific skills of info

church according to durkheim

designate those who hold the same beliefs about what is sacred and profane, who share rituals,

knowledge economy

driven by info gathering and data collection activities that can be put to commercial use -knowledge is something that can be produced owned and sold -social networking, adaptability, entrepreneurship

religion

encompasses human responses to the ultimate and inescapable problems of existence -weber-rich and enless variety of responses to common problems

schooling : symbolic interaction

focus on how that curriculum conveys shared meanings about the subject matter

conflict theorists on religion

focus on ways in which people use religion to repress, constrain and exploit others/ religion turns peoples attention away from injustice and inequality

civil religion

institutionalized set of beliefs about nations past present adn future and a corresponding set of rituals

hidden curriculum

lessons conveyed through the way students are taught, assignemnts, assessements

false consciousness

marx: religious teachings encourage the oppressed to accept existing economic, political and social arrangements that limit thier opportunities in this life bc they are promised comp for suffering in next life

economic capital

material resources-kind of house in which a student lives, amount of money parents invest in child's social and intellecutual development

protestant work ethic

max weber: capitalism starting in europe instead of west

habitus

mental filter through which people view and understnad the social world and their place in it

cultural capital

nonmaterial resources

social reproduction

perpetuate inequalities by unequal ways they treat students and organize their academic experience -bordieau

secularization

process by which religious influences on though and behavior are gradually removed or reduced

tracking

process by which students are sorted into distinct instructional groups based on past academic performance

schooling : conflict perspective

schools simply perpetuate the inequalities of the larger society study the extent to which students are exposed to different and unequal kinds of curricula

credential society

situation in which employers use educational credentials as screening devices for sorting through a pool of largely anonymous applicatns

schooling: functionalist perspective

transmitting skills, facilitating personal growth, intgrating diverse populations, screening and selecting the most qualified students for what are considered the most socially important careers and solving social problems

illiteracy

57% failed english tests california 6million and 25% cant read US 12th in literacy 3/5 people in prison cant read 85% of juvi cant read

According to Durkheim, the sociological study of religion must be guided by the a. assumption that no religion is false. b. conviction that there must be one true religion. c. assumption that the supernatural can ultimately be observed. d. belief that some religions are better than others.

A

Brown v. Board of Education (1954) is a famous Supreme Court case dealing with a. segregated public schools. b. the no pass-no play (sports) policy. c. school prayer. d. school choice.

A