SOCI 111 Week 6 CH 13 REVIEW QUIZ

M06 CH 13 REVIEW QUIZ

SOCI 111 Week 6 CH 13 REVIEW QUIZ | Ivy Tech Community College

Question 1

 (Q001) At a store, you pay the cashier $20.00 for your $13.95 purchase. The cash register is malfunctioning, so the clerk calculates your change in his head. He gives you $5 and a nickel: a dollar short of the correct amount. You don't interpret the incident as getting deliberately shortchanged but rather as an example of the clerk's   

·         functional illiteracy.  

·         functional literacy.  

·         inability to cope with technology. 

·         innumeracy.

 

Question 2

 (Q002) What educational issue does Kari Smith's forehead tattoo highlight?   

·         the general difficulty of paying for higher education  

·         the uptick in the percentage of Americans with an undergraduate degree  

·         the reduction of class-based inequalities in schooling  

·         the boy crisis

 

Question 3

 (Q003) What is an example of what sociologist Phillip Jackson called the "hidden curriculum" in schools?   

·         learning how to read and write  

·         learning new expressions and clothing styles from peers  

·         learning not to talk when the teacher or a classmate is talking  

·         learning alternative versions of accepted historical "truths"

 

Question 4

 (Q004) Studies on student achievement have demonstrated that smaller class sizes benefit students significantly. What implications do these studies on smaller class size have?

·         Smaller class sizes would mean that more resources, such as teachers, classrooms, books, and so forth, would be needed.  

·         Smaller class sizes would mean that fewer resources, such as teachers, classrooms, books, and so forth, would be needed. 

·         Smaller class sizes would mean that student achievement outcomes could be changed in spite of a lack of resources.  

·         Smaller class sizes meant that the original study was flawed, and that the data could not be trusted.

 

Question 5

 (Q005) Studies have shown that students in private schools outperform students in public schools. In his interview with Dalton Conley, Shamus Khan talks about St. Paul's School. Khan notes that students attending essentially convert their "birthright into credentials." What important aspect of education in the United States is reflected in his comments?   

·         the problem of addressing family stability in America  

·         the difficulty of balancing equal opportunity with wealth  

·         the difficulty of removing the elite from schools  

·         the problem of addressing inequality in schools

 

Question 6

 (Q006) Researchers find that private Catholic schools are among the most successful in preparing students academically, particularly students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Several researchers attribute this to the beneficial connections made through the schools; this is an example of

·         social capital.  

·         tracking.  

·         cultural capital.  

·         hidden curriculum.

 

Question 7

 (Q007) Sorting students according to ability, also known as tracking, is controversial. In his interview with Dalton Conley, Stephen Morgan describes his work with non-Catholic students attending Catholic schools. He casts doubt on the benefits of tracking and instead suggests that   

·         Catholic children are more likely to benefit from attending a Catholic school.  

·         parents' goals for their children may play a large part in their success.  

·         non-Catholic students in a Catholic school are driven by ambition.  

·         parents in a Catholic school are more active in their participation and thus have a positive impact on student outcomes.

 

Question 8

 (Q008) Leticia, a high-school student who has been in remedial math classes for years, changes schools and is placed in a regular math class. Her new math teacher encourages Leticia and tells her she shows promise. In a few weeks, Leticia is surprised to find that she is doing well in the class. This scenario is an example of   

·         the hidden curriculum.  

·         using best practices.  

·         the Pygmalion effect.  

·         tracking.

 

Question 9

 (Q009) The text recounts an example of classroom difficulties around discipline when students become rowdy and hard to manage. The teacher, Mr. Ortiz, uses classroom time to encourage students to insult one another. What kind of approach is Mr. Ortiz failing to use in this case?   

·         teaching methods that are supported by extensive research  

·         teaching methods tailored to a specific class  

·         teaching methods developed to replace tracking  

·         teaching methods aimed at the average student

 

Question 10

 (Q010) 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   

·         the Pygmalion effect.  

·         peer-to-peer dynamics.  

·         hidden curriculum.  

·         ignoring tracking mandates.

 

Question 11

 (Q011) The number of high school and college graduates in the United States has significantly increased over the past century. Explaining this as a case of supply and demand in which a need for a more educated workforce encouraged more people to stay in school longer would be in line with   

·         symbolic interactionism.  

·         conflict theory.   

·         functionalism.  

·         Marxism.

 

Question 12

 (Q012) If success in the workplace typically requires learning on the job, why do Americans place so much emphasis on formal schooling?   

·         The skills needed for particular jobs have increased, so people must study more in order to obtain them.  

·         Economic prosperity has allowed people to study more and delay entrance into the labor market.  

·         Employers want well-rounded employees who are versatile and can adapt to changing market conditions quickly.  

·         The expansion of the education system attracts people who want to remain or become members of the elite.

 

Question 13

 (Q013) Johannes's parents both work as highly paid executives in large multinational corporations. His parents have ensured that Johannes received lessons in a number of different languages, including Mandarin and Italian, and visited many countries as a child. Now, as a young adult, he is finding that being multilingual and having a global perspective gives him a competitive advantage in his education and career. Johannes is benefiting from possessing which form of cultural capital?   

·         objectified  

·         embodied  

·         institutionalized  

·         credentialism

 

Question 14

 (Q014) Affirmative action has been found to affect the makeup of the student body primarily at what type of US colleges and universities?   

·         large public universities  

·         community colleges  

·         elite institutions  

·         small private colleges

 

Question 15

 (Q015) One reason why intelligence quotient (IQ) tests correlate highly with academic performance is that the tests were   

·         designed to compensate for differences in race and ethnicity.  

·         developed to assess one kind of intelligence found in schools. 

·         developed to pinpoint social and economic differences.  

·         developed to support the conclusions in The Bell Curve.

 

Question 16

 (Q016) Students' socioeconomic status (SES) reflects parental level of education, employment, and assets, and is a big factor in their educational opportunity and success. What is one nonfinancial boost that parents can provide a student planning to attend college?   

·         Parents living in remote, rural areas are more likely to expend greater effort to get their child to school.  

·         Parents often depend on existing special education programs to ensure that their child is given the same opportunities as other children.  

·         Parents may invest in specialized after-school programs for their children.  

·         Parents with more education can help with a child's more challenging homework.

 

Question 17

 (Q017) Their ability to deal with bureaucracies and confidence in public social settings allow Liam's parents to be actively involved in his school's Parent Teacher Association. These traits are an example of   

·         cultural capital.  

·         credentialism.  

·         social capital.  

·         parents' desire for their children to succeed.

 

Question 18

 (Q018) The achievement gap between black and white students decreases significantly when students from similar socioeconomic background are compared. What does this tell us about the connection between race, class, and educational outcomes?    

·         Much of the achievement gap can be attributed to race.  

·         Much of the achievement gap can be attributed to class.  

·         Neither race nor class is a good predictor of educational outcomes.  

·         Race and class are equally good predictors of educational outcomes.

 

Question 19

 (Q019) Angelica, a working-class Latina student, is admitted to college due to her scholastic ability, but by the end of her sophomore year, she is in debt, so a well-meaning professor suggests she onsider transferring to a cheaper school. How might this suggestion contribute to her sense of stereotype threat?

  

·         The question presumed that Angelica was not smart enough to be a student at an elite university.  

·         The question was premised on Angelica's ethnic identity rather than her scholastic abilities.  

·         The question simply reinforced what Angelica already had come to learn about herself as being too poor to attend college.  

·         The question was based on the professor's own personal experience and not Angelica's.

 

Question 20

 (Q020) Which statement is true about changes in the achievement gap between boys and girls during the past 30 years?    

·         Achievements among girls are better in math and reading, whereas boys from lower-class backgrounds have improved in SAT scores overall.  

·         Achievements among girls are now markedly better than boys from all backgrounds in most measures of educational achievement.  

·         Achievements among girls are now better in athletics due to the Title IX provisions.  

·         Achievements among girls have improved in many ways, whereas among boys from lower-class backgrounds they have worsened.

 

Question 21

 (Q021) Julia is the fourth of five children. When she started college, her parents told her she would have to get a job to help pay for her education. Julia's parents are an example of    

·         poor family planning.  

·         the resource dilution model.  

·         savvy responders to a failed education system.  

·         the inevitable response of families on the welfare system.

 

Question 22

 (Q022) Jordan's parents are both college-educated professionals who make a comfortable living and have a sizeable net worth. Jerome was raised by his mom who dropped out of high school and has worked in various low-wage jobs in the restaurant industry. As they approach high-school graduation, Jordan is trying to decide which admission offer she should accept from several elite universities, whereas Jerome is worried that he won't even graduate because of low grades in several of his classes. This illustrates    

·         the effect of parenting on educational achievement.  

·         how race and credentialism interact to reduce educational performance.  

·         how parents' socioeconomic status tends to affect students' educational achievement.  

·         how stereotype threat operates to further disadvantage less privileged students.

 

Question 23

 (Q023) Zaria failed a few classes early in high school due to a stressful family situation. Due to her performance, she was subsequently placed in classes meant for students that will not go on to attend college after graduating high school. This is an example of    

·         tracking.  

·         affirmative action.  

·         credentialism.  

·         mainstreaming.

 

Question 24

 (Q024) Ahmed's daughter, Elif, suffers from a moderately severe developmental delay. Her school suggested she might be better off in a special classroom just for disabled students. Ahmed argued forcefully against this plan because he thinks Elif would benefit socially if not academically by being in a typical classroom with the "normal" children.

Ahmed is arguing for the ______ approach to special education.    

·         tracking  

·         mainstreaming  

·         institutionalized  

·         pecking order