Overview

Chapter 11
Education

1) The way of life of a people, including both material products and nonmaterial characteristics, is referred to as ________.
A) society
B) culture
C) tradition
D) civilization

Answer: B
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2) The way the young are socialized into the basic values, beliefs, and customs of the society is called ________.
A) society
B) culture
C) tradition
D) civilization

Answer: B
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3) Which of the following is a function of education?
A) to create good and effective citizens
B) to provide the individual with the possibility for upwar d mobility
C) personal development
D) All of these answers are correct.

Answer: D
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4) One factor that has aided educational attainment is the proliferation of ________.
A) scholarships
B) professors
C) two-year colleges
D) grants

Answer: C
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5) At best, you can say that the greater happiness and satisfaction reported by the better educated may reflect ________.
A) a tendency toward greater fulfillment of potential
B) a tendency toward higher status
C) a tendency toward higher wages
D) a tendency toward more responsibility

Answer: A
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6) The general mood and social influences in a situation or place is called its ________.
A) climate
B) vibe
C) social area
D) atmosphere

Answer: D
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7) A school atmosphere in which the motions of teaching and learning continue, while the students are more concerned about surviving than learning is called ________.
A) no response classroom
B) hollow lessons
C) going through the motions
D) ritualized deprivation

Answer: D
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8) The number of years of education completed by a student is a measure of educational ________.
A) achievement
B) attainment
C) aptitude
D) ability

Answer: B
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9) In the context of social structural factors, which of the following statements is true about children from low-income backgrounds?
A) As they progress through school, their academic problems become less rather than more serious.
B) They enter a lower-quality school with less well-prepared and less-experienced teachers than children from high-income backgrounds.
C) If they attend good schools and receive equal treatment from teachers, they can have educational opportunity equal to that of others.
D) They have a greater need for acceptance and warmth and are more likely to receive it than are middle-class children.

Answer: B
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10) If a low achiever is labeled as one with a low capacity, both the reaction of the teacher and the self-expectations of the child are negatively affected. In effect, labeling becomes a form of the ________, blaming the students rather than the system for their lack of achievement.
A) fallacy of authority
B) fallacy of appeal to prejudice
C) fallacy of personal attack
D) fallacy of circular reasoning

Answer: C
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