Education keeps students off the street and out of the full-time job market for a number of years, thus helping keep unemployment within reasonable bounds. This is a latent function of education.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 2A __________ is a set of behavioral expectations associated with a given status. For example, a carpenter (employee) hired to remodel a kitchen is not expected to sit down uninvited and join the family (employer) for dinner.
a. positionb. character
c. value d. role
Question 3According to Forbes magazine, the richest people in the world are Bill Gates (cofounder of Microsoft Corporation) and Amancio Ortega (founder of the Zara clothing line). In Wright's Marxian model, these men would be members of the __________ class.
a. managerial
b. capitalist
c. small-business
d. working
Question 4As schools bring together people of similar ages, social class, and race/ethnicity, young people often meet future marriage partners and develop social networks that may last for many years. This is an example of the manifest function of socialization in education.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 5For homeless women and men, ___________ are not status symbols as much as they are a link with the past, a hope for the future, and a potential source of immediate cash.
a. occupational indicators b. possessions
c. role performances d. behavior expectations