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Soc 203 test 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| institution that perpetuates inequality | America’s Education system is most accurately described as a ____ |
| achievement gap | The difference in academic performance between groups of students, particularly those based on race, gender, and social class is? |
| remained consistent | According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), achievement gaps have ___ since 1980 |
| the process whereby individuals or groups of differing ethnic heritage are absorbed into the dominant culture of a society | In its infancy, the American education system was primarily concerned with assimilation? What is Assimilation? |
| cohesion | Emile Durkheim supported education because it promote ____ |
| social problem | According to your book, media play a central role in shaping what we define as ____ |
| Claims Making | The process whereby groups compete to have their claims about difficult social issues acknowledged, accepted, and responded to by authorities is called |
| sponsor activites | Gamson and Modigliani (1987), saw the work of promoting and publicizing specific media frames as ____ |
| Moral Panics | Situation in which broad public feats and anxieties about particular social problems are disproportionate to the dangers of those problems are called? |
| Cohabitation | Unrelated, unmarried adults in an intimate relationship sharing living quarters is called? |
| marriage movement | Social movement that advocated for traditional marriage and warns against the sexual revolution, teenage pregnancy, and marriage equality for LGBT people? |
| marriage dearth | The decline in the proportion of adult Americans who are married is called |
| Half of all marriages end in divorce | What is the statistic around marriage and divorce? |
| Multiple answers, just know whats up | How does Mass Incarnation affect families? In addition how do fathers being left at the boarder effect family stuructures? |
| What is/was CRACK (racialized) and Opioids | The war on drugs was about ____ whereas modern issues with drugs are around ____ |
| They break it down – why, because families aren’t able to fight back on policy that is breaking up their homes and etc. | How do mass incarceration and crime affect a community's collective efficiency (what residents are willing to do to improve their neighborhoods) and why? |
| Multiple answers | How/Why is crime a social problem? |
| Mala Pro Crimes | Acts that may not be inherently evil but are viewed as wrong because they are defined as illegal by those in power |
| What is Prosecutor, Defense attorney, and the Judicial Officer/judge | A courtroom workgroup often involves three people… What are they and what are those roles? |
| cult of thinness | Idealization of a decidedly slim body type that is unachievable for the vast majority of the population |
| pool of eligibles | The supply of potential partners for marriage |
| reinforces the status quo – Education section | From a Conflict Theory, the hidden curriculum does what? |
| Teachers define students’ Academic abilities based on their class and race | Rist, Hallinan, and Oaks discovered that ____ |