The text argues that schools:
a. treat all children equally regardless of social class.
b. are increasingly more able to give children individualized attention.
c. promote creativity and independent thinking.
d. prepare students for bureaucracies such as the workplace and the military.
Question 2In both poor and wealthier nations:
a. many children attend school for only a few years.
b. school years have become accepted as a normal part of childhood.
c. schools teach society's central values in addition to basic skills.
d. All of these are true about schooling in all nations.
Question 3Which of these is generally NOT something children learn from schools?
a. basic developmental needs
b. nonconformity and how to challenge authority
c. how to deal with bureaucracies
d. how achievement affects status
Question 4Some researchers believe the influence of peers is overestimated because:
a. adolescents remain concerned about their parents' opinions in addition to those of their peers.
b. there has been little research done on the influence of peers.
c. research indicates that peers actually have little influence on each other.
d. None of these; researchers do not believe the influence is overestimated.
Question 5In regards to adolescents and their peers, studies have found that _________ precedes _________.
a. group membership; peer similarity
b. peer pressure; group membership
c. peer similarity; group membership
d. group membership; peer pressure
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