Besides learning skills and knowledge, schools serve three other major purposes. What are they?
a. economic, future preparation, and socialization functions
b. economic, citizenship, and gender role functions
c. future preparation, socialization, and self-worth functions
d. socialization, self-worth, and online learning functions
Question 2Kyle is concerned that the social movement being formed by his fellow artists and musicians will never reach its full potential nor be sustainable for very long.
He fears that the movement lacks sufficient numbers of people and adequate financial support. In his analysis of his social movement's chances for survival, what school of thought is Kyle invoking?
a. the collective identity approach
b. the framing approach
c. the political process perspective approach
d. the resource mobilization approach
Question 3Using your sociological knowledge of how people adapt to a changing environment and your knowledge of demographics, why would fertility rates eventually decline in response to lower mortality rates?
a. Developed countries are the first to experience lower mortality rates, and these are the countries most concerned about population growth.
b. An explosion in population growth scares the average person and so they have fewer children.
c. As fewer people die young, couples have smaller families because more of their children will live to be adults.
d. Population growth leads many governments to enact extreme measures to limit fertility rates.
Question 4What do sociologists mean when they refer to the hidden curriculum of schools?
a. changing intellectual skills and content
b. unstated standards of behavior or teachers' expectations
c. recognizing different learning styles of students
d. prevention of crime and the teaching of religion
Question 5Why are elections seen as the democratic translation of the class struggle?
a. People elect rulers who are representative of their class.
b. Interest groups and lobbyists mediate with social movements and help shape elections.
c. Elections allow for social and class conflicts to be expressed without rebellion.
d. Democracy is really an ongoing revolution in and of itself.
Question 6Why are religious issues like abortion, homosexuality, public support for religious education, and prayer in schools often central issues in American politics?
What will be an ideal response?
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