Distinguish between education, formal education, and schools
Please provide the best answer for the statement
1. Sociologists regard education as the transfer of the knowledge, values, and beliefs of
a society from one generation to the next.
2. Formal education refers to the transfer of knowledge, values, and beliefs through
systematic training.
3. Schools are specialized organizations that use professional teachers and
administrators to transmit knowledge, values, and beliefs.
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Those most likely to be liberal on social issues (say, by supporting feminism) are
a. rich, highly-educated people. b. average, middle-class people. c. less-educated working-class people. d. average lower-class people.
Globally, prostitution becomes normalized when sex work is
a. available in many different forms of media. b. made illegal and prosecuted as a crime. c. considered entertainment without legal impediments. d. coercive and involves debt bondage.
In recent decades, opinion polls have found that Jewish views on racial matters are most similar to which of the following groups?
a. African Americans b. white Protestants c. white Catholics d. Irish and Italian Americans
Which of the following statements best explains how government impacts social structure?
a. Government is the ultimate expression of the power of institutions. b. Governments have very little sway over the social structure. c. Small, informal organizations have enormous power over government institutions. d. Governments experience regular deinstitutionalization through social protest.