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Hidden curriculum

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At 9:05 AM, the bell rings and children file into their third-grade classroom. The first student sits at his or her desk-book open and pencil ready to write-wins a star for the day. The students love this little bit of competition. This is an example of nonacademic socialization (which can teach students the benefit of competition) can be referred to as:

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Their parents are better able to obtain help for them, as in SAT prep courses and extra tutoring if they are doing poorly in school.

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What might be a reason that upper-status students score higher on SAT's?

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Jobs have become more skilled and technologically advanced, and a more educated workforce is necessary to fill these jobs.

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Which of the following is a functionalist explanation for the increased number of americans with college degrees throughout the course of the twentieth century?

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tend to have jobs that require them to be obedient and they want their children to learn this.

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One of the major reasons that lower-status parents use more directives and teach their children to be more obedient than inquisitive is that they:

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embodied, objectified, and institutional

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According to Bourdieu, the three types of cultural capital are:

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When a family goes from two to three children, middle children are significantly more affected by the loss of family resources.

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With regard to the effects of families on children's educational outcomes, which of the following is true?

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There is a high degree of social capital in Asian American communities, and the community reinforces norms regarding education and parenting.

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Which of the following is a factor affecting the strong academic performance of Asian Americans?

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Human capital

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Knowledge and skills that make someone more productive and bankable are known as:

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Stigmatized minorities in all countries have lower IQ scores, lower educational attainment, and lower occupational status, indicating that social processes of stratification and stigmatization affect the life chances of these groups.

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With regard to biological of genetic differences between people, sociologists have found that:

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researchers now question how meritocratic the SAT is, because the SAT may test knowledge that is biased against certain groups.

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The SAT was developed in order to provide children from public schools with a chance to demonstrate their fitness for college and to show that they were as able as students from private high schools. It is therefore ironic that:

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If a parent has confidence in social settings, he or she may be better able to advocate for children in front of the school board or at parent-teacher meetings.

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The embodied cultural capital that parents have may work with institutional cultural capital. Which of the following illustrates this?

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As education becomes more common for all people, social elites needed to obtain more education in order to set themselves apart from others.

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Which of the following is most likely to be a conflict perspective argument about why education levels have continually risen in the United States over the course of the last century?

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In order for schooling to be equal for all children, parents should be able to decide where their children go, regardless of their ability to pay.

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Which of the following is an argument in favor of school vouchers?

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Larger; lower

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Research has shown that the ______ the family, the _______ the children's achievement on test scores and grades.

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Social Capital

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Jacqui is a student at a catholic middle school. One day she is asked by her friends from the public schools to skip school. Though Jacqui wants to be with her friends and is excited by the thought of breaking the rules, she decides not to go. Jacqui is concerned that if she were seen skipping school, her actions would reflect badly on her school, her parents, and her teachers. She does not want to undermine the trust that the adults have placed in her. This example illustrates how _______ in Catholic schools may influence behavior.

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no longer predicts college grades very well.

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When studies control for family background characteristics, the SAT:

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to socialize them to become "civilized" americans

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One of the major reasons Native Americans were placed in boarding schools for 60 years was:

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Josua and Sam have both earned bachelor's degrees from a local university and are now interviewing for the same job. When Joshua goes into the job interview, he is able to discuss art, architecture, and travel experiences he had while growing up. Sam has not had these same experiences and is not able to have the same kind of conversations with the interviewers.

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Which of the following illustrates the concept of cultural capital?

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Decrease black and hispanic admission acceptance rates by one-half to two-thirds

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According to Espenshade and Chung (2005), eliminating affirmative action programs would do which of the following?

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When lower class students went to school with more upper-status students, their grades improved.

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One of the most interesting findings from the Coleman Report was that:

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tracking

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When classrooms are divided into ability levels, type of preparation, or according to future plans, it is called:

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When social class characteristics are controlled for, test score gaps between black and white students shrink, black students have a higher high school graduation rate, and black students are less likely to be held back a grade.

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With regard to research on the effects of race and social class on education outcomes, which of the following is true?

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racial background

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Which of the following is NOT an element of socioeconomic status?

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Siblings who weighed less at birth exhibit lower educational attainment than their heavier siblings.

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What is the relationship between birth weight and education?

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the collection of relationships that can facilitate the actions and behaviors of others.

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Social capital is:

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it is difficult to identify characteristics that will make effective teachers because these characteristics are hard to quantify.

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The research on teacher quality demonstrates that:

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In the last 15 years, admissions preference for athletes has risen steadily, surpassing that of minority students.

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Which of the following statements is true with regard to preferential admissions to colleges and universities?

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indoctrination into capitalist ideology

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According to functionalist theories of education, which of the following would NOT be a function of the American education system?

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resource dilution model

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A prominent hypothesis about the effect of family size on children's educational outcomes is the:

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Antoine, a black student at Yale University, is nervous about taking the LSAT. He fears that if his score is low, he will confirm negative perceptions about the intelligence of black men. His fear then affects his performance, and he scores lower on the actual test than he did on practice tests.

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Which of the following scenarios illustrates "stereotype threat"?

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People will seek to differentiate themselves not only by having a degree but also by earning degrees from the most selective and prestigious colleges and universities.

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As more people obtain college degrees and it becomes unreasonable for students to stay in school for most of their young adulthood, what is one consequence?

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Girls and boys score about the same in national math tests.

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Contrary to popular belief:

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Stigmatized minorities in all countries have lower IQ scores, lower educational attainment, and lower occupational status, indicating that social processes of stratification and stigmatization affect the life chances of these groups.

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With regard to biological or genetic differences between people, sociologists have found that:

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