SYG2000 FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS |GUARANTEED
ACCURATE ANSWERS |UPDATES
2025
A Marxist theorist of education would critique schools for socializing
children to accept the status quo, because schools____
a. are pawns of the lower classes
b. make students class conscious
c. teach skills that make students subordinate
d. socialize children to rebel against dominant cultural values. -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ b. make students class conscious
Knowledge and skills that make someone more productive and bankable
are known as:
a. human capital
b. implicit education
c. innumerate advantage
d. socialization - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ a. human capital
Which of the following is an argument against tracking in schools?
,a. tracking is instrumental in preparing students for future positions in
higher education or jobs.
b. tracking creates a better learning environment because students' goals
and skills are matched to the curricula
c. students who are tracked into vocational training programs are less
likely to be unemployed and will enter the workforce as skilled
employees.
d. systems of tracking socialize students to inequalities they will
encounter in American society. - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ d.
systems of tracking socialize students to inequalities they will encounter
in American society.
Marilee Jones, former dean of admissions at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT), resigned from her position in April 2007 after it
came to light that she had claimed to have academic degrees she did not
have. While this is an extreme case, it illustrates the overemphasis on
qualifications such as college degrees in order to be hired for a job. This
is known as:_________
a. credentialism
b. overeducation
c. educationalism
d. college bias. - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ a. credentialism
Which of the following is a conflict perspective argument about why
education levels have continually risen in the United States over the
course of the last century?
, a. competition for scarce jobs requires that Americans become
overqualified for the jobs they want.
b. as education became more common for all people, social elites needed
to obtain more education in order to set themselves apart from others.
c. a result of industrialization is that jobs have become more and more
skilled, and a more educated workforce is required to fill these positions.
d. more education increase the amount of trust people have in others,
and this tends to reduce social conflicts. - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
b. as education became more common for all people, social elites needed
to obtain more education in order to set themselves apart from others.
__________ is the practice of marriage of one individual to two or more
other individuals.
a. Patrilocalism
b. Patriarchy
c. Polygamy
d. Progressive plurality - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ c. polygamy
Grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins who live together in a
multigenerational household are considered a(n)family.
a. outer
b. extended
c. polymember
d. intergenerational - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ b. extended
QUESTIONS |GUARANTEED
ACCURATE ANSWERS |UPDATES
2025
A Marxist theorist of education would critique schools for socializing
children to accept the status quo, because schools____
a. are pawns of the lower classes
b. make students class conscious
c. teach skills that make students subordinate
d. socialize children to rebel against dominant cultural values. -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ b. make students class conscious
Knowledge and skills that make someone more productive and bankable
are known as:
a. human capital
b. implicit education
c. innumerate advantage
d. socialization - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ a. human capital
Which of the following is an argument against tracking in schools?
,a. tracking is instrumental in preparing students for future positions in
higher education or jobs.
b. tracking creates a better learning environment because students' goals
and skills are matched to the curricula
c. students who are tracked into vocational training programs are less
likely to be unemployed and will enter the workforce as skilled
employees.
d. systems of tracking socialize students to inequalities they will
encounter in American society. - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ d.
systems of tracking socialize students to inequalities they will encounter
in American society.
Marilee Jones, former dean of admissions at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT), resigned from her position in April 2007 after it
came to light that she had claimed to have academic degrees she did not
have. While this is an extreme case, it illustrates the overemphasis on
qualifications such as college degrees in order to be hired for a job. This
is known as:_________
a. credentialism
b. overeducation
c. educationalism
d. college bias. - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ a. credentialism
Which of the following is a conflict perspective argument about why
education levels have continually risen in the United States over the
course of the last century?
, a. competition for scarce jobs requires that Americans become
overqualified for the jobs they want.
b. as education became more common for all people, social elites needed
to obtain more education in order to set themselves apart from others.
c. a result of industrialization is that jobs have become more and more
skilled, and a more educated workforce is required to fill these positions.
d. more education increase the amount of trust people have in others,
and this tends to reduce social conflicts. - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
b. as education became more common for all people, social elites needed
to obtain more education in order to set themselves apart from others.
__________ is the practice of marriage of one individual to two or more
other individuals.
a. Patrilocalism
b. Patriarchy
c. Polygamy
d. Progressive plurality - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ c. polygamy
Grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins who live together in a
multigenerational household are considered a(n)family.
a. outer
b. extended
c. polymember
d. intergenerational - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ b. extended
