BUS 3870 Final Exam with Complete Solutions

Class Identities - ANSWER Majority self-identify in the Middle Class Curriculum Manifest - ANSWER Actual graduation requirements Curriculum Hidden - ANSWER Learned social ideas; punctuality, obedience, etc. Coleman Report - ANSWER Family, friends & school leads to good grades Factors Influencing School - ANSWER Family background, education, occupational achievement & other Agents of Socialization - ANSWER Primary & Secondary Primary agents of socialization - ANSWER Learned ideas from family Secondary agents of socialization - ANSWER Learned ideas from school Credential Inflation - ANSWER As more degrees are earned, the importance of it goes down due to job competition Super Elite - ANSWER Ivy league schools give you a leg up College Completion - ANSWER Better off rich & stupid than poor and smart Reducing Class Size - ANSWER Short time frame there are benefits for low income class rooms Educational Achievement - ANSWER Low income students and middle income students achievement gap grows each summer Will lengthening the school year increase achievement? - ANSWER True Cultural Capital - ANSWER Knowledge, skills, education, attitudes & preferences; differs by socioeconomic class Habitus - ANSWER It is not possible to change your social class Fields - ANSWER Social arenas where cultural capital is deployed and rewarded Symbolic Violence - ANSWER The process by which cultural advantages are concealed and legitimated Embodied - ANSWER Attitudes preferences, behaviors internalized during socialization Objectified - ANSWER Goods that require embodied cultural capital to be appropriated (Books, paintings, wine, etc.) Institutionalized - ANSWER Things that certify the value of embodied cultural capital (degrees, diplomas, etc.) Economic capital - ANSWER Physical and financial assets Human capital - ANSWER Education, knowledge, skills Social capital - ANSWER Who you know and who they know Cultural capital - ANSWER Lifestyles, tastes, norms, competencies School performance - ANSWER Determines career opportunities Career opportunities - ANSWER Determines family's socioeconomic status Family's socioeconomic status - ANSWER Determines individual cultural dispositions Social class shapes daily life - ANSWER True Different classes have different parenting styles - ANSWER True Hawthorne Effect - ANSWER Research subjects will behave differently when they are watched Childrearing - ANSWER Accomplishment of natural growth and concreted cultivation Concerted Cultivation - ANSWER Parents actively foster and assess child's talents, opinions, skills Accomplishment of Natural Growth - ANSWER Parents care for child, set boundaries, and allow them to grow Social Class - ANSWER Cultural logics of childrearing Childrearing logics - ANSWER Child's cultural capital Child's cultural capital - ANSWER Negotiating institutions Language use is more elaborate within concerted cultivation - ANSWER True Positional Boundaries - ANSWER Authority rooted in roles Person-centered Boundaries - ANSWER Authority rooted in personality Customization Upper Class - ANSWER Don't take no for an answer Customization Lower Class - ANSWER Life isn't fair Comportment Upper Class - ANSWER Assertive Comportment Lower Class - ANSWER Reserved Connections Upper Class - ANSWER Weak ties & trust Connections Lower Class - ANSWER Strong ties & distrust Working Class (Masons) - ANSWER Directly confrontational Middle Class (Irvings) - ANSWER Reserved, teacher never knew the source of their concern.