Postindustrial societies are characterized by
a. the production of information services.
b. an increase in manufacturing jobs.
c. a large working class of industrial laborers.
d. a strict division of labor.
Question 2Which of the following is most true about high school students entering a college today?
a. They come from high schools that are less segregated than in 1980s.
b. They come from high schools that are more segregated than in the 1980s.
c. They come from high schools that have mixed classes.
d. They come from schools where busing continues to integrate students.
Question 3According to the text, which of these is nota characteristic of most industrial societies?
a. Use of machines to produce goods and services
b. Increased death rates and a lowered life expectancy
c. Highly differentiated labor force
d. Social cohesion achieved through structures of social institutions
Question 4The SAT and IQ tests
a. were meant to measure achievement, not potential.
b. are not used much within the U.S. education system.
c. possess cultural and gender bias and a strong social class bias.
d. have had an equalizing effect on education for women and minorities.
Question 5In industrial societies, social cohesion is achieved through _____.
a. organic solidarity
b. kinship systems
c. religious beliefs
d. shared ethnic heritage
Question 6Which of the following is a criticism regarding standardized tests given in the text?
a. The tests tend to measure only limited ranges of abilities.
b. The tests possess at least some degree of cultural and gender bias and a strong social class bias.
c. SATs actually do not predict school performance very well for all groups.
d. All of the above are true.
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