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Ch. 13
Soc Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Research shows that the closer in age siblings are, the more they compete for family resources, _______. | which negatively impacts their education outcomes because they dont get enough attention and support from their parents |
| What are the two primary functions of schools? | to educate students and socialize them |
| Best practices can be defined as _____ | teaching methods whose effectiveness is supported by extensive research |
| The SAT was originally created for what purpose? | to provide an objective evaluation of student ability to help colleges and universities expand their pol of applicants |
| Socioeconomic status is a combined measure of an individual's or family's economic and social positions relative to others, based on any combination of which of the following groups of elements? | parents' level of education, parents' jobs, and family income and wealth |
| Affirmative action has been found to affect the makeup of the student body primarily at what type of U.S colleges and universities? | elite institutions |
| A parents decision to become actively involved in the Parent Teacher Association at his or her child's school may be related to the parents' level of ______. | cultural capital |
| What were the findings of the 1966 Coleman Report and why were they surprising? | differences in achievement among schools depended primarily on students' family background and their classmates; researchers had expected to find that the achievement gaps were caused by differences in school resources |
| Leticia, a high school student....... This scenario is an example of _____. | the Pygmalion effect |
| Studies show that when low-achieving students are placed in a class with mostly high-achieving students, their academic performance tends to improve. This is an example of the importance of ______. | peer-to-peer dynamics |
| What have studies shown about academic performance in public versus private schools? | Private school students outperform their public school peers, even among students with similar backgrounds |
| What is tracking? | A way of dividing students into different programs of study according to their abilities and interests |
| The resource dilution model is a hypothesis stating that ______ | parental resources are finite, so the more children in a family, the fewer resources available to each child |
| _______ is the fear that one's behavior will confirm an existing stereotype of a group with which one identifies. | Stereotype threat |
| Which of the following statements about changes in the boy-girl achievement gap during the past 30 years is true? | Girls have caught up with boys in most measures of educational achievement |
| In deciding on course offerings and curricula, do schools take into account the fact that students have different interests, talents, and skills? | Yes, most school offer more than one program of study and elective courses so students can tailor their education to their needs to some degree |
| According to conflict theorists, what explains the increase in educational levels in the U.S.? | Competition for jobs |
| The achievement gap....What does this tell us about the connection between race, class, and educational outcomes? | Class is a greater predictor of educational outcomes than race |
| Which of the following is an example of what sociologist Phillip Jackson called the "hidden curriculum" in schools? | learning not to talk when the teacher or a classmate is talking |
| _____ refers to the knowledge and skills that make someone more productive and bankable | Human capital |
| Affirmative action can best be defined as _____ | a set of policies that grant professional treatment to a number of particular subgroups within the population |
| A ______ response to the question of why there has been significant increase in the number of high school and college graduates.... | functionalist |
| In his interview, Stephen Morgan explains that non-Catholic students.....what sociological phenomena would this be an example of? | stereotype threat |
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