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Unit 11 Assignment

Question 1         

Students who learn in school to be obediant to authority figures and to develop good work habits so they can make a smooth transition to the world of work, are experiencing which function of education?

Answers:            

cultural reproduction

 social control

promoting social integration

custodial care

Question 2

Bob and Mary, who are fundementalist Christians, are upset that their teenage daughter is learning about evolution in a public school. Their daughter now believes evolution is a better explanation of how humans developed as a species than creationism, which her parents believe in. Which of the dysfunctions of education is Bob and Mary experiencing?

Answers:            

custodial care

 generation gap

perpetuation of inequality

youth subculture

Question 3

Mrs. Thomas, a second grade teacher, is talking to Mrs. Wilson, a third grade teacher, about how next year she will have Julian, a disruptive student, in her class. Mrs. Wilson is already thinking of ways to deal with Julian's disruptive behavior. Which sociological perspective would BEST explain how Julian will be treated in Mrs. Wilson's class?

Answers:            

conflict theory

exchange theory

structural-functionalism

 symbolic interactionism

Question 4

Roberto has difficulty in reading and writing. However, despite his problem with reading and writing, he has been passed in to the next grade every year. this is an example of ____________promotion.

Answers:            

learning

functional

 social

classless

Question 5         

Juanita, who would like to be a writer, has noticed that in her world literature class, that all the authors she has studied have been white males. She begins to think that a career in writing is not possible. This would be an example of:

Answers:            

functional illiteracy

 the hidden curriculum

gatekeeping

tracking

Question 6         

In the United States during the mid twentieth century, a high school diploma was all people needed to find a good paying job in the labor force. As we enter the twenty-first century, a college degree is now required to find a good paying job. This is an example of:

Answers:            

 credentialism

functional illiteracy

tracking

mainstreaming

Question 7

Go to the following web page on college affordability.   Which state was rated the least affordable?    Which state was rated the most affordable?    

 

Answers:            

Mississippi; New York

Wisconsin; Florida

New Hampshire; Wyoming

Oregon; North Dakota

Question 8         

Go to the following web page on high school graduation rates in the U.S.  All of the following statements areEXCEPT:

Answers:            

the percentage of U.S. students graduating from high school within four years rose to its highest level in decades in 2010

Wisconsin had the highest dropout rate

Nevada had the lowest graduation rate for all states

Vermont had the highest graduation rate for all states

 

Question 9         

Paul began kindergarten in the fall. On the eighth day of class, Paul was assigned to the "slow learner" group and placed at a table in the back of the room. According to the symbolic interactionist approach,, it is likely that placing Paul in this group will result in:

Answers:            

 a self-fulfilling prophecy

increasing Paul's motivation to learn

Paul's teachers spending more time teaching him

Paul becoming withdrawn and quiet

Question 10       

According to information in the online text about Johnathan Kotzol's book "Savage Ineqalities", per pupil in suburban Chicago schools was ______ higher than in inner city Chicago schools.

Answers:            

28%

58%

 78%

88%

Question 11       

Which IS NOT bureaucratic problem associated with modern schools?

Answers:            

hierarchy of authority

 lack of written rules

division of labor

impersonality

Question 12

Over the last two decades, the cost of attending college has __________________ than the inflation rate.

Answers:            

has decreased far faster

 has increased far faster

has decreased slightly more

has remained steadier

Question 13

               

Go to the following webpage on how the United States compares in education internationally.   After reading the material, all of the following statements are true EXCEPT:

Answers:            

white students are also more likely to be in special education and less likely to be in gifted education programs than other students

only about 1 in 7 low-income students earn a  college degree

the American educational system is remarkable for the second chances it offers students who struggle in school

the U.S. was in the middle of the pack in science and reading and lagged in math

Question 14       

All of the folowing are suggestions from the online text to improve education in the United States EXCEPT:

Answers:            

have safer learning environments

adopt Chinese methods of education

establish higher standards

smaller class sizes

Question 15

Schools that allow more freedom to experiment with teaching methods but do not have to comply with state and federal educational mandates are called:

Answers:            

charter schools

for-profit schools

magnet schools

year round schools

 

Question 16       

In 2013, approximately how many students were homeschooled in the U.S.?

Answers:            

850,000

1.2 million

1.7 million

2 million

Question 17

In 1990, the Supreme Court ruled that for religious groups to meet in public schools they had to meet all of the following conditions EXCEPT:

Answers:            

the meetings are voluntary

held outside of regular class hours

are led by students rather than adults

pre-approval of appropriate religious material by the school board

Question 18

Go to the following web page concerning prejudice of Americans towards those of various faiths.http://www.religioustolerance.org/amer_intol.htm After reading the information, which of the following statements below is IN?

Answers:            

American adults, whether Christian or non-Christian, apparently regard only Christianity and Judaism as having a positive influence on society

surveys consistently show that about 40% of Americans say that they regularly attend religious service

Prejudice against those of other religions is lower for born again Christians than compared to non-Christians

the percentage of Americans with a favorable view of Muslims rose from 45% in May of 2001 to 59% in November of 2001

Question 19

               

Go to the following web page on religious cults.   After reading the information, which of the following statements below is IN?

Answers:            

the term "cult" is generally used as a hateful snarl word that is used to intentionally devalue people and the faith groups that they have chosen to follow

evidence indicates most cults use mind control techniques which reduce their members to near zombie-like status, who are unable to think clearly and become trapped within the group

The term "cult" creates fear and loathing among the public, and contributes greatly to religious intolerance in North America

the Counter-cult movement (CCM) classifies all non-traditional Christian faith groups as cults simply because their beliefs differ from historical Christian doctrine

 

Question 20       

According to Durkheim, _____________is a set of beliefs and practices related to sacred things that unite people into a moral community.

Answers:            

theology

superstition

 religion

cult

Question 21

All of the following are elements of religion according to Durkheim, EXCEPT:

Answers:            

 mechanism of social control

distinction between the sacred and the profane

a set of beliefs

a moral community based on rituals and practices

Question 22

During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims around the world fast from dawn to dusk. This collective religious experience would BEST be an example of which function of religion?

Answers:            

providing meaning and purpose to life

social control

 social solidarity

providing psychological or emotional support

Question 23

Go to the following web page on adherents of the world's major religions.http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html After reading the information, which of the following religions below is not in the top five for number of adherents worldwide?

Answers:            

Christianity

Islam

 Judaism

Secular/non-religious/Agnostic

Question 24       

Go to the following web page on religious affiliation of the U.S. Congress. http://www.pewforum.org/2015/01/05/faith-on-the-hill/2/  Scroll down the page until you get to the table titled, "Religious makeup of the 114th Congress by party affiliation".  Which of the following statements is IN?

Answers:            

Methodists lean towards the Republican Party

Jews lean towards the Republican Party

Catholics are represented in both parties

Baptists tend to lean towards the Republican Party

Question 25       

Go to the following web page on religious denominations in the United States: http://www.adherents.com/rel_USA.html#religions   Of the top ten religions (not counting the last ten which have small followings)  in the United States by percentage of the population  which two of those religions had the highest growth between 1990 and 2000 (use the the last column).

Answers:            

Christianity and Islam

Hinduism and Buddhism

Islam and Buddhism

Non-religious/secular and Hinduism

Question 26       

Go to the following web page on the U.S. Religious Landscape.  http://www.pewforum.org/2015/05/12/americas-changing-religious-landscape/   Scroll down to the section titled, "Other  Highlights in This Report Include".  Based on the information located there, all of the following statements are true EXCEPT:

Answers:            

Men are more likely than women to claim no religious affiliation

the percentage of college graduates who identify with Christianity has declined by nine percentage points since 2007

Jews and  Hindus  have obtained more post-graduate education and have higher reported incomes than the overall adult population

Whites are less likely than Blacks and Hispanics to identify as religiously unaffiliated

Question 27

In recent years fundamentalist churches in the U.S. have undergone a revival, while the mainstream churches have been losing membership. One explanation for this occurance is that fundamentalist churches _______________________.

Answers:            

are more secularized than mainstream churches

reflect U.S. culture more than mainstream churches

have an approach to religion based on individual interpretation of the Bible

 have an approach to religion that currently meets the basic needs of large numbers of Americans

Question 28

In recent years we have witnessed Protestants and Catholics killing each other in Northern Ireland, and Jews and Muslims engaged in conflict in the Middle East. These wars would be considered a ________________ by structural-functionalists.

Answers:            

function of religion

religious campaign

religious symbolism

 dysfunction of religion

Question 29

               

Sunday morning between ten and eleven has been called "the most segregated hour in the United States." The reason for this segregation is that people _______________.

Answers:            

 tend to join churches connected to their race/ethnicity

need to get together in private to share racial issues

are denied membership in churches of other racial and ethnic groups

are segregated by religion based on law

Question 30       

The belief that God has a special destiny for the United States is an example of:

Answers:            

"Bible Belt" theology

 U.S. Civil Religion

American fundementalism

American secularization

Question 31

The phrase, "Opiate of the People" was used by Marx to refer to religion as:

Answers:            

a drug that brings people closer to God

a meditation that brought spiritual enlightnement

 as something that diverts the thoughts of workers to the afterlife rather than toward social justice and equality

as a tool that could be used by the poor to overcome the oppression of the wealthy class

Question 32       

Which of the following statements concerning churches is IN?

Answers:            

 churches have less hierarchy of organization than sects

churches have endured for generations

membership occurs by being born to parents who belong

churches tend to compromise with the larger society and its values and institutions

Question 33       

Go to the following web page on the State of the News Media 2016.  All of the following statements are true EXCEPT:

Answers:            

advertising revenue at publicly traded newspaper companies fell by 8%

revenue continues to decline for cable channels

almost two-thirds of this $60 billion in digital advertising spending (65%) went to just five technology companies: Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Microsoft and Twitter

podcasting continues to experience audience growth

 

               

.

 

Question 34       

Mass production of the written word was possible with technology devised by:

Answers:            

the Catholic Church

the Gutenberg Press

the Luddite political movement

the establishment of the silk trade route to China

 

               

.

 

Question 35       

Most magazines survive by:

Answers:            

catering to general themes

receiving government subsidies

attracting specific readers by focusing on special interests

extensive billboard advertisments

 

               

.

 

Question 36

               

The main function of the television industry is to:

Answers:            

provide entertainment

provide viewers to advertisers

to integrate the country politicially

to provide training in ethics and morality

 

Question 37

               

________________________refers to how mass media outlets emphasize certain news items, while ignoring or rejecting others.

Answers:            

digitized control

cultivated propaganda

media supremacy

gatekeeping

 

Question 38

The "fourth estate" refers to:

Answers:            

the power of government to regulate the media

the control of the media by conspiracy groups

the power of the media to influence public opinion

recent media mergers

 

               

 

 

Question 39

               

Individuals developing a perspective from which they can interpret the meanings from the messages they receive from the media is referred to as:

Answers:            

media awareness

media cultivation

media literacy

the global village

Question 40 Watch the video below on "Who Controls the Media".  After viewing the video, answer the following questions:

If you are having a difficult time seeing the video, then click on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=awRRPPE3V5Q

1)  The commentator claims that there are ______ large media conglomerates that control most of the world's media.

2)  The largest media company in the world based on revenue is ________________.

3)  Ted Turner says that media media companies have become _____________ and have stifled ______________.