SOC 100 purdue 140 final Practice Test with answers

education - ️️the process through which academic, social, and cultural ideas and tools are developed functional illiteracy - ️️the inability to read or write well enough to function in society innumeracy - ️️having insufficient math skills to function in society manifest functions of schools - ️️1. to train and socialize students 2. create social cohesion 3. transmit culture from generation to generation 4. sort students, presumably by merit -schools transmit values, beliefs, and attitudes that are important in society human capital - ️️refers to the knowledge and skills that make someone more productive and bankable latent functions of schools - ️️1. create a youth culture and a marriage market 2. create a custodial and surveillance system for children 3. maintain wage levels by keeping students out of the job market 4. occasionally becoming a 'school of dissent' that oppose authority 1966 Coleman Report - ️️showed the family background and peers explained diff in achievement among schools, rather than diff in school resources as expected