The comparative research of Yi Che, Akiko Hayashi, and Joseph Tobin who observed preschools in the United States and China found that American early-childhood teachers in the United States tend to believe that
a. their job is to protect and support children's self-esteem.
b. it is developmentally appropriate to subject a child to peer criticism in front of other students.
c. any praise given to students should be genuine (not empty words like that's wonderfulregardless of quality.)
d. interpersonal conflicts should be downplayed.
Question 2In thinking about language, the __________ perspective is the perspective most likely to place emphasis on people as active agents in using language to challenge meaning.
a. functionalist
b. conflict
c. symbolic interactionist
d. feminist
Question 3The comparative research of Yi Che, Akiko Hayashi, and Joseph Tobin who observed preschools in the United States and China found that when compared with Chinese preschoolers, American preschoolers are taught to
a. give constructive critiques of each other's work.
b. learn from their peers' critiques of their work.
c. downplay interpersonal conflicts and play cooperatively.
d. expect praise for their work.
Question 4Sociologists drawing on the __________ perspective point to the associative qualities of language that make a certain gender a default (e.g., nurses evoke associations with women).
a. functionalist
b. conflict
c. symbolic interactionist
d. feminist
Question 5The various academic subjectsmathematics, science, English, reading, physical education, and so onmake up the __________ curriculum.
a. formal
b. unintended
c. hidden
d. planned
Question 6When teachers step into a classroom of students or doctors step into an examining room with patients, they step onto what dramaturgical sociologists call
a. the back stage.
b. the front stage.
c. the make up room.
d. the dressing room.
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