_____ is a process of social selection in which class advantage and social status are linked to the possession of academic qualifications.
a. Credentialism b. Tracking
c. The hidden curriculum d. Ability grouping
Question 2The income gaps between richer and poorer countries of the world are __________ than the income gaps between classes in the United States.
a. more pronounced
b. less pronounced
c. more equal
d. less stratified
Question 3According to the dramaturgical approach proposed by Goffman, _____ stage refers to the area where a player is not required to perform a specific role because it is out of view of a given audience.
a. frontb. exterior
c. back d. interior
Question 4Through the _____, schools for middle-class students stress the processes (such as figuring and decision making) involved in getting the right answer.
a. latent function of education b. educational indoctrination
c. tracking system d. hidden curriculum
Question 5__________ are nations characterized by highly industrialized economies technologically advanced industrial, administrative, and service occupations and relatively high levels of national and per capita income.
a. Middle-income countries
b. Low-income countries
c. High-income countries
d. Relative-income countries
Question 6A college professor projects a professional image in dress, speech, and mannerisms while actively teaching a classroom full of students. This illustrates what sociologist Erving Goffman called _____ stage behavior.
a. backb. exterior
c. front d. interior
Question 7One study of five elementary schools in different communities found significant differences in how knowledge was transmitted to students. Which of the following observations was NOT found?
a. Schools for working-class students emphasize procedures and rote memorization without much decision making, choice, or explanation of why something is done a particular way.
b. Schools for affluent students focus on creative activities in which students express their own ideas and apply them to the subject under consideration.
c. Schools for middle-class students emphasize procedures and rote memorization without much decision making, choice, or explanation of why something is done a particular way.
d. Schools for students from elite families work to develop students' analytical powers and critical-thinking skills, applying abstract principles to problem solving.
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