Margaret's teacher, Ms. Jones, is from an upper-middle class white family and is not fully aware of the culture of Margaret, who is from a working class African American family. Ms. Jones likes Margaret very much but has misinterpreted Margaret's language patterns as an indicator of lack of intelligence. Because she likes Margaret and wants her to do well and not be discouraged, she has assigned
her to a remedial reading group. By the end of the school year, Margaret's reading ability actually declines to the level of the students in her reading group. This is an example of:
a. credentialism.
b. the hidden curriculum.
c. a self-fulfilling prophecy.
d. cultural capital.
c
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a. 5 b. 7 c. 10 d. 13
The best remarriages in which one of the spouses was a widow was:
a. when the other spouse was divorced/not a widow b. when the widow talked about the former spouse but reassured the current spouse c. when the widow kept quiet about the former spouse d. when the widow talked disparagingly about the former spouse
Kevin works as a clerk at a firm that provides investment services to customers, and he earns around $40,000 annually. Upon joining the firm, Kevin had to go through only a brief period of on-the-job training as his job requires him to perform mechanized tasks that require little skill beyond basic literacy. In the context of the Weberian model of the U.S. class structure, Kevin most likely belongs to the ______.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Policymakers with a family change perspective would recommend that a single mother working to feed and clothe her two children spend her energies on
a. finding a partner to help raise her family. b. her career and parenting education. c. getting or staying out of debt. d. spending more time with her kids.