SOCIOLOGY EXAM 4 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
◉ For much of human history education occurred _________.
Answer: informally
◉ By the 18th century, the goal of education shifted to __________.
Answer: cultivating practical and productive skills.
◉ Which type of education is the norm in the most modern and
economically advanced advancing societies?
Answer: mass education
◉ Universal education systems provided by the government and
funded by tax revenues rather than student fees are referred to as:
Answer: public education
◉ public education emerged in the United States in the _______
century
Answer: 19th
,◉ which of the following is true of U.S. public education in the
19th. century?
Answer: mass public schooling was segregated by gender and race
◉ By the end of the 19th century the average U.S. student
achieved ______ years of schooling.
Answer: 8
◉ Which of the following is a manifest function of mass public
education?
Answer: learning to count
◉ On which of the following points do conflict and functionalist
theorist agree?
Answer: Education trains people in the dominant norms and
values of society.
◉ Which of the following statements reflects the conflict
perspective of education?
Answer: Children are given educational opportunities based on
social class.
◉ Which of the following is true of a credential society?
Answer: Access to good jobs depends on the possession of a
certificate or a diploma.
, ◉ A student is asked to write an essay on what he would like to be
when he grows up. Unlike his parents, who work minimum wage
jobs, the little boy would like to become a doctor to help other
low-income families. His teacher tells him that his goal is
unrealistic, and he should consider working at the local factory
instead. This is an example of which of the following?
Answer: the conflict theory of education
◉ Which of the following is true of Samuel Bowles and Herbert
Gintis' 1976 book, Schooling in Capitalist America?
Answer: The authors used statistical data to show that economic
status is passed on to children at least in part through unequal
educational opportunity.
◉ Every morning before class the teacher tells each of her
students that they are smart and will succeed. As a result, each
student tries hard to achieve good grades and eventually
graduates. This is an example of which of the following?
Answer: the symbolic interactionism theory of education
◉ A teacher in a history class tends to call on certain students
over others. The group of students who continue to raise their
hands but do not get called on score lower on tests and think they
are not as smart as the others. This is an example of which of the
following?
Answer: self-fulfilling prophecy
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
◉ For much of human history education occurred _________.
Answer: informally
◉ By the 18th century, the goal of education shifted to __________.
Answer: cultivating practical and productive skills.
◉ Which type of education is the norm in the most modern and
economically advanced advancing societies?
Answer: mass education
◉ Universal education systems provided by the government and
funded by tax revenues rather than student fees are referred to as:
Answer: public education
◉ public education emerged in the United States in the _______
century
Answer: 19th
,◉ which of the following is true of U.S. public education in the
19th. century?
Answer: mass public schooling was segregated by gender and race
◉ By the end of the 19th century the average U.S. student
achieved ______ years of schooling.
Answer: 8
◉ Which of the following is a manifest function of mass public
education?
Answer: learning to count
◉ On which of the following points do conflict and functionalist
theorist agree?
Answer: Education trains people in the dominant norms and
values of society.
◉ Which of the following statements reflects the conflict
perspective of education?
Answer: Children are given educational opportunities based on
social class.
◉ Which of the following is true of a credential society?
Answer: Access to good jobs depends on the possession of a
certificate or a diploma.
, ◉ A student is asked to write an essay on what he would like to be
when he grows up. Unlike his parents, who work minimum wage
jobs, the little boy would like to become a doctor to help other
low-income families. His teacher tells him that his goal is
unrealistic, and he should consider working at the local factory
instead. This is an example of which of the following?
Answer: the conflict theory of education
◉ Which of the following is true of Samuel Bowles and Herbert
Gintis' 1976 book, Schooling in Capitalist America?
Answer: The authors used statistical data to show that economic
status is passed on to children at least in part through unequal
educational opportunity.
◉ Every morning before class the teacher tells each of her
students that they are smart and will succeed. As a result, each
student tries hard to achieve good grades and eventually
graduates. This is an example of which of the following?
Answer: the symbolic interactionism theory of education
◉ A teacher in a history class tends to call on certain students
over others. The group of students who continue to raise their
hands but do not get called on score lower on tests and think they
are not as smart as the others. This is an example of which of the
following?
Answer: self-fulfilling prophecy
