Education is a centrally important institution in a meritocracy because it has the potential to level the playing field and provide equal opportunities for students to learn, work hard, and compete to move up in the social hierarchy.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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Jane is part of a youth group where members push each other to refrain from sexual activities until marriage. Jane is influenced by
a. groupthink. b. peer pressure. c. mortification. d. enthnocentrism
According to Lawrence Kohlberg, when children have learned "right" from "wrong" and cooperate to avoid punishment, they are in the __________ stage.
a. preconventional b. amoral c. conventional d. complicit
Ethnocentrism refers to
A. the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice. B. the process by which a person forsakes his or her own cultural tradition to become part of a different culture. C. a negative attitude toward an entire category of people, such as a racial or ethnic minority. D. the tendency to assume that one's own culture and way of life are superior to all others.
In the intuitive (systemic) pattern of grieving, individuals experience and express grief
A. physically. B. by doing and problem solving. C. via feelings and emotions. D. through dreams and images.