According to the chapter, which course is most likely to be opposed in U.S. public high schools?
a. Survey of British Literature 1800–1950
b. The Life and Teachings of Karl Marx
c. Particle Physics and the Big Bang
d. Survey of 19th Century Russian Literature
Answer: b. The Life and Teachings of Karl Marx
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
In his analysis of social change, Talcott Parsons applies a "homeostatic" model of society. By this he means that:
a. all social change can be seen as fluctuations between ideational and sensate cultures b. all societies pass through stages roughly equivalent to the life stages of human beings c. as change occurs, institutions attempt to restore society to equilibrium d. social change results from the challenges faced by a society and how it responds to them
Which of the following statements is true according to the analogy of the red-, blue-, and yellow-colored blocks cited in the text?
a. Races can be divided first into primary colors and then into secondary colors, like the colors on the color wheel. b. We share most, but not all, of the same mental rules of who belongs to what race. c. We grow up learning to look for certain pieces of information about a person's body to decide which race they belong to, while disregardingothers. d. The race we think people belong to is generally not the race with which they usually identify.
Evidence-based studies that examined the effectiveness of drug courts show that:
A. drug courts are less cost-effective than probation owing to increased victimization costs. B. drug courts have significantly increased the rate of rearrests among drug offenders. C. drug courts can reduce recidivism by an average of 8 to 14 percent. D. drug courts award punishments that are more severe than incarceration.