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Henslin, Essentials of Sociology, 12th Edition, Test Bank
Chapter 13: Education and Religion
Multiple-Choice Questions
TB_Q13.1.1
In grade schools in Japan, all children in a class
a. study the same page from the same textbook at the same time.
b. work with a state-provided tutor.
c. progress at their individual pace.
d. are required by law to attend a “cram school.”
TB_Q13.1.2
“Cultural capital” refers to privileges accompanying a social location that help
someone in life, such as
a. having to work to help support your family while in school.
b. highly educated parents.
c. parents with a grade-school education.
d. speaking more than one language.
TB_Q13.1.3
In Russia,
a. politicians are interested in using the educational system to shape minds, unlike
in other countries.
b. there is vigorous competition among textbook publishers.
c. schools are critical of Russia’s past.
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d. politicians are interested in using the educational system to shape minds, as in
other countries.
TB_Q13.1.4
In the world’s Least Industrialized Nations, _____, as was once common around
the globe.
a. it is mainly the wealthy who get a formal education
b. no one goes to school
c. education is universal
d. education is illegal
TB_Q13.2.5
The intended beneficial consequences of people’s actions are known as
a. latent functions.
b. manifest functions.
c. credential society.
d. the cultural transmission of values.
TB_Q13.2.6
_____ are the unintended consequences of people’s actions.
a. Manifest functions
b. All functions
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c. Latent functions
d. Only negative results
TB_Q13.2.7
Inez was able to name the first few presidents of the United States from memory
by the time she was in fifth grade. Schools extol a society’s founders and
pass on a society’s core values through
a. inclusion.
b. gatekeeping.
c. the cultural transmission of values.
d. habit.
TB_Q13.2.8
Both mainstreaming and _____ refer to helping people to become part of the
mainstream of society.
a. gatekeeping
b. credential society
c. home schooling
d. inclusion
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TB_Q13.2.9
_____ refers to a function of education that funnels people into a society’s various
positions.
a. Home schooling
b. Social placement
c. Manifest function
d. Promoting the brightest
TB_Q13.2.10
Girish found himself in honors classes or special, smaller, more innovative
versions of regular classes as soon as he entered high school. He had not
asked for this; it just happened automatically, based on his performance in
middle school and perhaps some tests he had taken along the way. Girish’s
experience is an example of
a. the credential society.
b. home schooling.
c. cultural transmission of values.
d. tracking.
TB_Q13.3.11
Conflict theorists look at
a. the benefits of education.
b. reproduction of the social class structure by the educational system.
c. the usefulness of the hidden curriculum.
d. the way that education helps undermine the dominance of the elite.
TB_Q13.3.12
Part of the hidden curriculum, according to conflict theorists, is
a. obedience to authority.
b. to make the United States the top nation in the world in math scores.
c. actually forbidden by law.
d. questioning authority.
TB_Q13.3.13
Intelligence tests
a. help to keep the social class system intact.
b. use neutral questions rather than culturally biased questions.
c. perform a useful function for society, according to conflict theorists.
d. are geared to help lower-class children perform well.
TB_Q13.3.14
From a conflict perspective, school funding
a. is actually quite equitable in the United States.
b. is irrelevant to the larger struggle.
c. shows its true colors by being based on property taxes.
d. is stacked against the poor in some, but not all, states.
TB_Q13.3.15
Regardless of whether children have high or low ability, they are more likely to
go to college if their parents
a. did not go to college.
b. have high income.
c. come from a lower social class.
d. have low income.
TB_Q13.3.16
Of those who complete high school, a higher percentage of _____ go on to
college.
a. whites
b. African Americans
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c. Latinos
d. conflict theorists
TB_Q13.4.17
In a classic study by Ray Rist, it was determined by observation that each child’s
journey through school was essentially
a. haphazard and unpredictable.
b. completely like the other children’s.
c. determined by the eighth day of kindergarten.
d. determined by the end of fifth grade.
TB_Q13.4.18
Through _____, a student may influence teacher perceptions and receive higher
grades.
a. signaling
b. showing off
c. lack of cooperation
d. disagreement with the teacher
TB_Q13.4.19
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In a self-fulfilling prophecy, the assertion was originally _____, and becomes
_____.
a. true; false
b. true; true
c. false; true
d. false; false
TB_Q13.4.20
Researchers found that from kindergarten to fifth grade, when children have equal
test scores, _____ receive higher grades.
a. girls
b. students with poorer behavior
c. boys
d. the more difficult students
TB_Q13.4.21
Research shows that the power of _____ can help you to rise to many challenges
in college and in life.
a. negative expectations
b. self-expectancy
c. signaling
d. blaming oneself
TB_Q13.5.22
From the 1960s to the present, verbal scores in the SAT have
a. risen slightly.
b. risen greatly.
c. remained the same.
d. declined.
TB_Q13.5.23
_____ refers to higher grades given for the same work.
a. Social promotion
b. Grade inflation
c. Rising standards
d. Grade deflation
TB_Q13.5.24
With _____, students get passed from one grade to the next despite failing to learn
the basic materials.
a. increasing literacy
b. increased standards for teachers
c. grade inflation
d. social promotion
TB_Q13.5.25
_____ refers to high school graduates who have never mastered things they
should have learned in grade school.
a. Mediocrity
b. Grade inflation
c. Functional illiteracy
d. IQ adjustment
TB_Q13.5.26
High school administrators across the nation have faked their graduation rates in
order to
a. not lose funding.
b. show that they value honesty above all else.
c. help failing students.
d. improve educational standards.
TB_Q13.5.27
Concerning deaths in school shootings, the trend over the last 20 years is _____
deaths.
a. a decrease in
b. a slight increase in
c. no change in
d. a doubling of
TB_Q13.6.28
_____, for Durkheim, meant things connected with the supernatural.
a. Church
b. Sacred
c. Profane
d. Belief
TB_Q13.6.29
Things that are not connected with religion, but are instead part of ordinary,
everyday life, Durkheim called
a. profane.
b. sacred.
c. profound.
d. the church.