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Kendall: Social Problems in a Diverse Society, 4/e

Chapter 12

Multiple Choice questions

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Which of the following statements is least accurate regarding education in the United States?

The education system in the United States is void of any difficulty in meeting its ideals and objectives.Education is studied at the macrolevel as well as microlevel of analysis. Education qualifies as being a major social institution.Education is responsible for transmitting cultural values.

Being able to achieve personal fulfillment and upward social mobility are two goals of education most aligned with the ____________ perspective.

conflictneo-conflict symbolic interactionistfunctionalist

A process of social selection that gives class advantage and social status to people who possess academic qualifications is called ____________.

self-fulfilling prophecycredentialismthe hidden curriculumtracking

Which of the following is not one of the manifest functions of the education system?

socializationchange and innovation serving as a matchmaking institution for spouse selectiontransmission of culture

Which of the following is not one of the latent functions of the educational system?

Matching to meet a future spouse. Keeping students and teenagers off the streets.Keeping teenagers out of the full-time job market.Change and innovation.

Yoshi is required to attend a juku after school today. In view of this, what will Yoshi most likely be doing?

Playing in a baseball contest as a part of his high school team.Staying after school to serve detention for bad conduct.Attending a cram school to score higher on standardized tests. Taking part in a sumo wrestling match as part of his school team.

Which of the following statements would be most aligned with the conflict perspective as it applies to explaining the education system in the United States?

Sally was able to rise from a poor family background to being the CEO of a major corporation because of her college education. Bubba works as a cowhand on the Ponderosa for Mr. Cartwright, a job his father and grandfather had held before him. Frank met his wife Barb of over 20 years in high school. Because Caroline scored 140 on her IQ test she was labeled as "most likely to succeed" and placed in the gifted program.

Information and values received from books, art, music, and other quality sources that children from middle- and upper-income homes bring to the classroom are called ____________.

manifest functions latent functionscultural capitalhuman capital

The transmission of certain cultural values and attitudes, such as conformity and obedience to authority, transmitted through implied demands in the everyday rules and routines of school is called _____________.

the hidden curriculum.manifest functions of the systemlatent functions of the systemthe track and level system

Jerry just retired from the U.S. Army after a distinguished 20 year career in the military police. Jerry attended every crime school available in the Army, studied with the FBI, and served as an advisor to police agencies around the world. When Jerry returned home, he applied for a job as a patrolman in his hometown but his application was rejected because of a requirement that all applicants have a bachelor's degree. Which statement best describes what Jerry has just experienced?

Jerry has been a victim of tracking because of his military service. Jerry is a victim of the credentialized society. Jerry has been victimized by the hidden curriculum.Jerry doesn't realize that community policing is far different from military police duty.

What was the major thesis of Herrnstein's and Murray's controversial book The Bell Curve?

Government programs such as Head Start and the No Child Left Behind Act have been dismal failures in improving educational achievement among minorities. The racism of society is responsible for the high dropout rate of Latinos and African Americans in the nation's schools.Intelligence is genetically inherited and no one can be smarter than they are born to be. Educational achievement is directly related to the amount of cultural capital a student brings to the classroom.

Terms such as learning disabled, gifted, and talented that often result in self-fulfilling prophecies for students to achieve or fail are most associated with the ____________ perspective.

symbolic interactionist feminist conflict functionalist

Hostility toward people who are assumed to have great mental ability or toward subject matter that is thought to require significant intellectual ability or knowledge is called _____________.

the hidden curriculumcredentialismtrackinganti-intellectualism

Fred works hard and makes a good salary in the construction trade as an electrician's helper. When his supervisor gave Fred a book on a new wiring procedure and told him to read up on it over the weekend Fred quit his job because he couldn't read. In view of this, which statement best describes Fred's situation?

Fred is a victim of the hidden curriculum. Fred is functionally illiterate.Fred doesn't understand the meritocracy system. Fred was a victim of the credentialized society.

Today approximately 18 percent of American residents age five or older speak a language other than English at home. This amounts to about _____ million people.

47554035

The 1954 Supreme Court case that struck down "separate but equal" schools in the United States was ____________.

Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka Gregg v. Georgia Jason v. the Chicago Public SchoolsT.L.O v. New Jersey

The practice of assigning students to specific educational courses and programs on the basis of their test scores or previous grades is called ____________.

redliningtrackingcredentializationmeritocracy

Based on the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2003, the highest percentage of persons by race not completing high school were and the lowest percentage not completing high school were .

white; African AmericanHispanic; whiteAsian; Native AmericanAsian; African American

The study that discovered young women and young men are treated differently in the education system that includes an overuse of the masculine pronoun, discouraging girls from taking certain courses, and using schools as "gender-sorting machines" was conducted by _____________.

the Harvard School of Education the U.S. Census Bureau.the American Association of University Womenthe U.S. Department of Education

The President of the United States who advocated students in all schools wear uniforms as a means to cut down on school violence was _____________.

William Jefferson ClintonGeorge W. Bush Ronald Reagan George Herbert Walker Bush

Most funds to operate schools come from and .

state legislative appropriations; property taxesfederal funds; state legislative appropriationscorporate sponsorship; private voucher systemsprivate donations; federal funds

The television network that broadcasts ten minutes of news and two minutes of commercials daily to 8 million students in 12,000 middle schools and high schools in the United States is ____________.

MSNBCMTV Channel One News Nickelodeon

The Supreme Court case Bakke v. The University of California at Davis addressed which of the following issues in higher education?

The use of standardized tests to measure intelligence. Class ranking for valedictorian. Grading practices that permitted curves for minority students and straight percentage for white students.Reverse discrimination for admission to medical school.

In Hopwood v. State of Texas the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court made a ruling that is best summarized by which of the following statements?

It established objective standards by which students are to be considered for admission to graduate programs in medicine and law.It declared that affirmative action programs in public education are unconstitutional, regardless of their purpose. It ruled that universities can assign "bonus points" to minorities for admission to law school based solely on race.It ruled that an equal number of white students must be admitted to any graduate program where preference is given to minority students based on race.

The act signed into law by President Bush in 2001 to make schools more accountable for students' learning was ______________.

Federal Admissions and Achievement ActOpen Classroom Bill No Child Left Behind Act Americans With Disability Act

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Multiple Choice questions

Which of the following statements is least accurate regarding education in the United States?

Being able to achieve personal fulfillment and upward social mobility are two goals of education most aligned with the ____________ perspective.

A process of social selection that gives class advantage and social status to people who possess academic qualifications is called ____________.

Which of the following is not one of the manifest functions of the education system?

Which of the following is not one of the latent functions of the educational system?

Yoshi is required to attend a juku after school today. In view of this, what will Yoshi most likely be doing?

Which of the following statements would be most aligned with the conflict perspective as it applies to explaining the education system in the United States?

Information and values received from books, art, music, and other quality sources that children from middle- and upper-income homes bring to the classroom are called ____________.

The transmission of certain cultural values and attitudes, such as conformity and obedience to authority, transmitted through implied demands in the everyday rules and routines of school is called _____________.

What was the major thesis of Herrnstein's and Murray's controversial book The Bell Curve?

Terms such as learning disabled, gifted, and talented that often result in self-fulfilling prophecies for students to achieve or fail are most associated with the ____________ perspective.

Hostility toward people who are assumed to have great mental ability or toward subject matter that is thought to require significant intellectual ability or knowledge is called _____________.

Today approximately 18 percent of American residents age five or older speak a language other than English at home. This amounts to about _____ million people.

The 1954 Supreme Court case that struck down "separate but equal" schools in the United States was ____________.

The practice of assigning students to specific educational courses and programs on the basis of their test scores or previous grades is called ____________.

Based on the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2003, the highest percentage of persons by race not completing high school were ____________ and the lowest percentage not completing high school were ____________.

The study that discovered young women and young men are treated differently in the education system that includes an overuse of the masculine pronoun, discouraging girls from taking certain courses, and using schools as "gender-sorting machines" was conducted by _____________.

The President of the United States who advocated students in all schools wear uniforms as a means to cut down on school violence was _____________.

Most funds to operate schools come from ____________ and ____________.

The television network that broadcasts ten minutes of news and two minutes of commercials daily to 8 million students in 12,000 middle schools and high schools in the United States is ____________.

The Supreme Court case Bakke v. The University of California at Davis addressed which of the following issues in higher education?

In Hopwood v. State of Texas the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court made a ruling that is best summarized by which of the following statements?

The act signed into law by President Bush in 2001 to make schools more accountable for students' learning was ______________.

Based on the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2003, the highest percentage of persons by race not completing high school were and the lowest percentage not completing high school were .

Most funds to operate schools come from and .