Sociology Chapter 15

Front 1

Which of the following groups is the LEAST likely to finish high school?

Back 1

Hispanics

Front 2

Tests of educational achievement comparing Asian and American children indicated that ________.

Back 2

American children as a group had lower math scores than Asian children

Front 3

It has been found that open classrooms ________.

Back 3

improve attendance by working-class and minority students.

Front 4

Christopher Jenks' research indicated that teacher characteristics had ________.

Back 4

little influence on student lifelong academic performance.

Front 5

Which of the following is NOT true of the comparison of math skills between U. S. and Chinese students seen in the chapter?

Back 5

The Chinese kids were more satisfied with their own performance.

Front 6

The average age of a murderer in the U. S. is closest to ________.

Back 6

30 or above

Front 7

According to Michael Parenti's study of whether media bias exists, the correct answer is ________.

Back 7

the media's bias is to support the status quo.

Front 8

Which group tends to think children with high math and science scores are "born that way?"

Back 8

The U. S. parents

Front 9

Who desires the most years of education?

Back 9

Black kids

Front 10

Among 8th graders, who more often today expects to obtain a Baccalaureate degree?

Back 10

Females

Front 11

Studies of incarcerated sex offenders compared to control groups show that when it comes to exposure to pornography, violent sex offenders have ________.

Back 11

seen less pornography early in life. (

Front 12

Over the past several decades, students at Oxford university have increasingly emphasized which of the following as "very important" to them?

Back 12

Being very well off financially

Front 13

The parts of IQ tests that measure different intellectual abilities are highly correlated across all such areas of intellectual ability seen within the tests.

Back 13

False

Front 14

Which one of the following was a well-known critic of U. S. education during the past several decades?

Back 14

BOTH

Paul Goodman

Ivan Illich

Front 15

Ivan Illich strongly argued that the reason students didn't do well in school was that they need a much more rigid type of instruction and set of rules within the classroom.

Back 15

False

Front 16

While there is a real problem with science literacy among the nation's young school children, Miller's data shows that far above 50% of U. S. college graduates can be said to manifest basic science literacy.

Back 16

False

Front 17

There is substantial evidence that preschool programs can make a significant difference in the educational attainment of attendees and even overcome some social class influences.

Back 17

True

Front 18

the use of radio as a source of information and entertainment among Americans has decreased sharply in the past two or three decades.

Back 18

False

Front 19

According to the chart in the chapter, Mexico has one of the world's highest illiteracy rates.

Back 19

False

Front 20

The video in the chapter shows that in recent decades adolescents and young adults have been strikingly absent from protest movements around the world.

Back 20

False